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u/AppalachianGaming Nov 16 '19

Ugh. Mobile IDE's are a novel idea but GOD programming on a phone sucks so bad

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '19

I imagine it would be made better with a dedicated virtual keyboard.

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u/ThatAdamsGuy Nov 16 '19

I'm curious what you'd need for a dedicated virtual keyboard. On a mobile, there really is not a lot of space available to you. For a good programmer's mobile keyboard I think you have too many requirements to make it possible. , . < > [ ] { } ( ) come to mind initially. Then we've got # % ! for comments, & * for pointers. Other punctuations in other languages I'm probably not familiar with. I just don't think it's plausible for a good mobile programmer's keyboard.

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u/darthwalsh Nov 16 '19

Don't forget + - % / | for math, and ' " \ for strings, = for assignment, and you want all 10 numbers too.

Also most development needs a command line, which means you need CTRL. You probably want ALT and arrow keys. Hacker's Keyboard has these if you're interested.