Devs might be able to write software on iPad and iPhone with Xcode:
macOS and iOS software developers will soon be able to code on an iPad or even iPhone, if an unconfirmed report is correct. iPadOS 14 and the iPhone equivalent will reportedly include support for Xcode, Apple's software development environment.
This report comes from Jon Prosser, founder of YouTube channel Front Page Tech, who recently correctly predicted the launch date of the 2020 iPhone SE. On Monday, Prosser said via Twitter "XCode is present on iOS / iPad OS 14. The implications there are HUGE."
I'm not gonna say that Final Cut is coming to iPad...
But XCode is present on iOS / iPad OS 14.
The implications there are HUGE.
Opens the door for "Pro" applications to come to iPad.
I mentioned this last week on a live stream, but figured it was worth the tweet ♂️
— Jon Prosser (@jon_prosser) April 20, 2020
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Sunday April 26 2020, @02:43PM (2 children)
I'd never buy an iPad or an iPhone to begin with, but I do think it's good to at least have the option of compiling code on mobile devices. I agree with you it's a very uncomfortable interface for a developer and so hard to see why it would be anyone's first choice. However, I can see a use case for someone desperate to throw together a bit of code whilst on the move, in an environment where a small laptop would still be too bulky, heavy or vulnerable to bring out. Coding on a camping vacation, perhaps?
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Pino P on Sunday April 26 2020, @03:04PM
Then the real problem is that 10.1" laptops were discontinued in December 2012 in favor of tablets, which at the time had a higher profit margin than netbooks. When netbooks returned, they had grown to 11.6".
I was thinking more along the lines of coding while riding a bus or other transit to and from school or to and from a day job.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Thexalon on Sunday April 26 2020, @04:04PM
A key aspect of a camping vacation, as somebody who has taken many of them, is that you leave at home anything you'd need to do that one little super-emergency thing that your boss called you up about, which will take you at least 4 hours of what HR will still consider a vacation day.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.