I recently came across Cloud9 IDE, a web based code editor that allows editing of your code from anywhere via a web browser. The IDE uses node.js and html5 features to provide a fantastic user interface.
I decided to give it a go on my (debian based) server, here is are the steps I took, I have included further resources at the bottom of the page.
install git
``` {.js name=”code”} sudo apt-get install git-core
install apache 2 utils (needed for node.js)
``` {.js name="code"}
sudo apt-get install g++ curl libssl-dev apache2-utils
change to the directory where you want to install the ide, then run
``` {.js name=”code”} sudo git clone git://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9.git
update submodules
``` {.js name="code"}
sudo git submodule update --init
install node.js (note: compiling node.js takes the most time)
``` {.js name=”code”} sudo su git clone git://github.com/ry/node.git cd node ./configure make make install
start cloud9 ide
``` {.js name="code"}
node bin/cloud9.js -w /path/to/your/awesome/workspace
And that is it! Cloud9 IDE is now available from http://localhost:3000
I plan to write a full review of Cloud9 once I have used it for a while, but here is a preview video to tempt you.
Resources: Installing node.js