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Can I install Visual Studio Code on an iPad ?
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
Nigel Price wrote:But hang-on does VSCode not run on a Windows Surface - is that not a tablet - so why not on an iPad ?
Because as Darren Parkinson said, the iPad is not a full laptop replacement. The current generation Surface is.
So no, you cannot use VS code on the train (yet). However, you can edit your files in any plain text editor that you can get to run on your iPad. :-)
Joseph Ackerman It has nothing to do with your opinion of whether it is a full laptop replacement. It is a different operating system, that is why, and VS Code has not been compiled to run on it or published in the app store. This, and only this, is why.
Nigel Price It is a fantastic portable computing device and is rather versatile. I would really appreciate having VS Code right on it, but for the time being, I use JumpDesktop to remote into my Windows machine (I also have LTE on my iPad Pro) and I can even use a mouse (Swiftpoint GT) with that app and the remotely connected system.
- Thanks. Yes, precisely. There are some IDEs available for iPad, such as:
- Continuous for C# development http://continuous.codes/
- And if you fancy programming Swift for your iPad, you can use Swift Playgrounds
https://www.apple.com/uk/education/everyone-can-code/
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/swift-playgrounds/id908519492?mt=8
Potentially someone with the appropriate skill and inclination could create a version of VSCode for iPad, who knows.
