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Nigel Price
Iron Contributor
Jun 19, 2017

Can I install Visual Studio Code on an iPad ?

Hi   I am trying to install Visual Studio Code on my 12" iPad Pro - so there is pleanty of poke there. I find the Visual Studio Code downloads and I click on Down Load for Mac and I get a zip file...
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Nigel Price
Iron Contributor
Jun 19, 2017

Hi Darren Parkinson

 

I have an iPad Pro with a keyboard I would have thought that would be as powerful as some of the apple macs.

 

So I cannot use VSCode on the train then without getting my rather large Laptop out.

 

But hang-on does VSCode not run on a Windows Surface - is that not a tablet - so why not on an iPad ?

 

Regards

 

Nigel

 

 

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skyPurpleCloud
Copper Contributor
Sep 19, 2020

Nigel Price 

 

Hey Nigel,

 

Mac laptops run MacOS (previously OS X) which is a Unix based OS.

 

iPads and iPhones run iPadOS and iOS respectively (some older iPads still run iOS).

 

I use iPad for a lot of stuff and just usually get a terminal into target systems or utilise a VDS of some sort (like Amazon Workspaces running Windows 10).

 

For traveling to conferences etc. so I still have access to all my tools, like VS Code, I have a light(er) weight MacBook Pro with all I need.

 

The better option for your needs maybe a MacBook Air or the MacBook, which are only slightly heavier than an iPad (just no touch screen, which is frustrating).

 

p.s. I cam here looking for a version of VS Code for my iPad too ... hopefully, MS will bring something official out soon.

 

Are there any alternatives (iPad apps not web apps) which people have suggested?

 

Many thanks,

Roy.

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