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by saagarjha 2785 days ago
You can program on an iPad already using interpreted languages such as Python and Lua. And you can SSH into other machines, run Git, and have a text editor already.

The main issue with developing on an iPad is that it’s not easy to load unsigned, compiled code on it, and even if you do, there’s not much that the code can do because of the system sandbox.
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cm2187 2785 days ago
I would have thought the main issue would be screen size. Don't developers like large screen real estate, being able to see documents side by side, or the code of your app, a browser rendering it and the debug tools inside the browser, and stackoverflow on the side?
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LyndsySimon 2785 days ago
It depends, mostly on preference, but also eyesight (and therefore, age).

My main dev machine is a 12” MBP. I have external monitors, but do quite a bit of work even on my 9.6” iPad. I spend 9% of my time in a terminal anyhow, and have good eyesight.

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saagarjha 2785 days ago
The parent comment asked to put aside hardware issues, so I left this out.
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