I tried cloud IDE's like cloud9 and code anywhere and I didn't like them very much. They seemed useful initially but a few things range from mild annoyances to giant pains:
a) lack of complete control / root access to development environment. So installing packages is not always that easy
b) coding within browser slows you down and its clunky. I can't alt-tab easily (control tab is not that intuitive).
c). the IDEs are never that advanced and you can't customize them much or install plugins like with atom or eclipse.
I much prefer hosting the dev environment remotely but using a local IDE like atom.
The cloud IDEs are pretty useful if you need to make a quick fix when on the go - from the iPad or even an iPhone 6. But thats an edge case.
I tried cloud IDE's like cloud9 and code anywhere and I didn't like them very much. They seemed useful initially but a few things range from mild annoyances to giant pains: a) lack of complete control / root access to development environment. So installing packages is not always that easy b) coding within browser slows you down and its clunky. I can't alt-tab easily (control tab is not that intuitive). c). the IDEs are never that advanced and you can't customize them much or install plugins like with atom or eclipse.
I much prefer hosting the dev environment remotely but using a local IDE like atom.
The cloud IDEs are pretty useful if you need to make a quick fix when on the go - from the iPad or even an iPhone 6. But thats an edge case.