I'm not a developer, so I can’t give a full-on review for suitability to task, but I like to think that my research can save you several hours. I downloaded and installed each of these iPad text editors, and herein I share my poked-at-it experience. This overview should help you get started at the task of finding an iPad text editor that works for your needs, especially since iTunes makes it hard to do really focused searches. (Unattributed quotes within the app write-ups come from the app's iTunes webpage.) The apps I list here were selected based on searching iTunes and other research. Here's our list! In alphabetic order, and their advantages and disadvantages.

(What do you expect for under twenty bucks? Or for free?)ġ5 Code Editing and Development Tools Available for The iPad Certainly, none of these are a full integrated development environment. Accept the limitations of these tools, such as only one foreground window, poorer task switching, and no mouse. Don’t look for features like auto-indent support for lots of languages, or embedded command windows to be standard be pleasantly surprised when you find such capabilities. Some editors include syntax highlighting, perhaps even local preview capability.īut be prepared to set your expectations differently for a tablet environment. In general, these tools all include a way to download-and-upload code, and some can sync files across systems.

Coders, of course, need (or want) more than that, and there are iOS apps that provide some of the features you want – although there's no guarantee you'll find an app that has the right feature mix. There's no shortage of simple text editors and Word-like apps for the iPad. We compare more than a dozen iPad text editors for general programming and HTML web development.Ĭan developers write code on an iPad, as an alternative to using their desktop or notebook? Sure they can – as long as they are equipped with a programmer’s editor that lets them work with HTML or with their favorite programming language. Can you leave your notebook computer at home and still code on the road? Absolutely.

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