I am very interested in an open source web based ide, I would probably take note from bespin moving from canvas to dom is that reimplementing a whole bunch of stuff from scratch that you get for free with dom is a hard thing
I have looked at cloud9 and its an awesome project, but I feel uncomfortable developing against it because it doesnt feel "open source", can anyone expand on their experiences with it? I sent in one patch was ignored and it seems all / most development is aimed towards their commercial offering.
I would probably feel more comfortable if there was a completely open source community edition which cloud9 was downstream from, somewhat like chromium / chrome
We just released this over the weekend, it was built from a very similar mindset - Cloud9 looks great but not 'open' enough. If you like it, pass it along: http://www.wiode.com
Sorry, but wiode isn't an "IDE" to me. What's "I"ntegrated? Where's the "D"evelopment "E"environment? While I do appreciate and like the push to new technologies, let's keep the terminology straight....
Coloring some keywords might make things look pretty, but it surely doesn't make it all by itself an IDE or even a good text editor. Line numbering isn't a 'feature', that's a basic necessity. If these things are taught as 'features', what else is a 'feature' then? The ability to save the text without errors? Let's raise the bar here, please.
For me, Eclipse or VisualStudio is an IDE. Aptana (now Appcelerator Studio) is also more than just an editor. TextMate, VIM, Notepad++, UltraEdit and the like are not IDEs. They are (mostly dumb) text editors.
Personally I draw the line at whether there's contextual code-completion provided via instant introspection or background compilation.
I have looked at cloud9 and its an awesome project, but I feel uncomfortable developing against it because it doesnt feel "open source", can anyone expand on their experiences with it? I sent in one patch was ignored and it seems all / most development is aimed towards their commercial offering.
I would probably feel more comfortable if there was a completely open source community edition which cloud9 was downstream from, somewhat like chromium / chrome