Codebox
Dev tools
cloud ide
SHOW HN2014
136points
65comments
#189of 2,272 in 2014
Top 9%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
6 positive, 23 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 19 critical, out of 50 comments about the project. Thread score -0.39.
Execution: 0 for, 12 againstIdea: 3 for, 5 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting idea of encapsulated VM boxes and open source code
From 3 comments
The idea of encapsulated VM boxes is intriguing. What I couldn't find at first glance though is: what programming languages are supported by this IDE?
kybernetyk on HNIt might be worth noting that some of the key components used by Codebox are actually developped by Ajax.org (the Cloud9 team) like the ACE code editor component and the vfs…
filearts on HNExactly what I was looking for yesterday researching an interactive programming tutorial I was thinking of putting together. Great timing! Not sure if it's intentional but the…
talkingquickly on HN
Objections
Site failed to load: errors, auth prompts and ECONNREFUSED during signup and box creation
From 4 comments
Signed up with codebox.io. When trying to create a "box" I get this: Error creating this box Error: undefined: <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style type="text/css"> html, body,…
itry on HNI'm running into an error. 1) I signed up via github oauth 2) I created a new "public" box with a python stack 3) Clicked "start editing" The app says "PREPARING YOUR WORKSPACE"…
staticshock on HNI'm getting Error: connect ECONNREFUSED when trying to create a new box @codebox.io
Goranek on HNI really tried to give this a shot but it fell down spectacularly. 1. NPM install failed. 2. Registering for an account with github failed the first time. 3 Creating a workspace…
jhappoldt on HN
Cloud IDEs lag and cannot replace local editors like Vim
From 3 comments
I sometimes wonder, can cloud IDE's will really be able to replace traditional code editors like Sublime Text, Vim, Emacs. I really like the idea of cloud IDE's, but practically…
jalan on HNI have the same reservations. There are a few notable developers who have blogged in the past abut using Nitrous [1] as their primary development environment, so I'd like to say…
JangoSteve on HN> I really like the idea of cloud IDE's What advantage do you see versus just the ability to edit remote files (which has been around for decades) or sync local files with a…
username223 on HN
Name clashes with existing CodeBox app
From 2 comments
I was confused for a moment at the app name as I thought this referred to the excellent CodeBox application[1]; I thought maybe that app had been evolved into a full IDE. [1]…
whazzmaster on HNSeems like a cool project, but you might want so consider changing the name, given that CodeBox has been around for years: http://www.shpakovski.com/codebox/
blairbeckwith on HN
Requests
Desktop app for Mac and Linux
From 2 comments
Codebox will actually be released as a desktop app as well. And I think that's going to be pretty important to have a truly hybrid IDE that runs both on the desktop and in the…
AaronO on HNSorry about the confusion. Codebox (our IDE) will have a full desktop application soon on Mac/Linux (the IDE can run on the desktop).
AaronO on HN
Add more languages such as Rust
From 1 comment
Oh, that's pretty interesting. Going to try this out - maybe this will be the first usable C++ IDE under Linux for me :) Oh, and Rust support would be awesome. But I guess that's…
kybernetyk on HN
Sync local IDE state across machines
From 2 comments
I'd love to see someone build an IDE that lives locally but syncs up to a cloud service so I can pull everything back down to a different machine and work there. I think you…
pjungwir on HN+1 to this suggestion! Something that feels as seamless as Dropbox would make my dreams come true. And even better if it could sync to different providers of my choosing, e.g.…
sprizzle on HN
Questions
Which programming languages are supported
From 1 comment
The idea of encapsulated VM boxes is intriguing. What I couldn't find at first glance though is: what programming languages are supported by this IDE?
kybernetyk on HN
Can it run on a local machine
From 1 comment
is there a way to run this on a local machine. from the root, I run "node index.js" and nothing happens. from /core/cb.server, I run "node main.js" and nothing happens. I…
marigoldpicker on HN
Alternatives named
Cloud9
From 1 comment
How does this compare with Cloud9? https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9/
arikrak on HN
Vim over ssh with tmux
From 1 comment
Well, I find my self writing code in VIM via ssh using tmux and works fine. You can do pretty much everything on CLI, so I don't see how this is a substitute for VIM when all you…
atmosx on HN
Nitrous
From 1 comment
I have the same reservations. There are a few notable developers who have blogged in the past abut using Nitrous [1] as their primary development environment, so I'd like to say…
JangoSteve on HN