Show HN: I Built a Java IDE for iPad

apps.apple.com

189 points · coolius · 21 days ago

Includes OpenJDK 17 and IntelliSense. I don't know what led me to make this but here it is.

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pquki4 · 21 days ago
The app store page doesn't mention debugging, so I assume it's not there.

And probably not "go to definition". Completion quality is also questionable. These are very hard problems, even for a language with strict typing like Java. It's not easy to get these basic lookups correct and smooth.

Personally I wouldn't call it an IDE (yet).

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aduffy · 21 days ago
I’m very curious, are you running the JDK inside the app? What difficulties did you run into trying to embed an external runtime?

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sdwr · 21 days ago
In university, my friend used an iPad for all his notetaking. He had a keyboard for it, and used it like a little laptop. Bet he would have been all over this!

The UI is good, looks clean

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wanderbuilds · 20 days ago
This is awesome! I definitely think it makes coding way more accessible to beginners and would allow me to work on cool side projects, without having to carry a laptop around. Can't wait to try it out.
criddell · 21 days ago
Can you use it to write iPadOS applications that you compile and run on the device?

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