- The future of IDEs may be in the browser and cloud rather than traditional desktop applications, as tools like Eclipse are slow to open and upgrade while the browser can search the entire web quickly. - Existing IDEs are difficult to install and upgrade, consume resources, and feel outdated, while the browser is a full-featured UI toolkit that allows tools to be accessible from anywhere without installation. - Cloud-based IDEs like Cloud 9 and Eclipse Orion aim to provide ready-to-use environments and infrastructure in the cloud without the need for local setup or updates, though connectivity and storing only files in the cloud present challenges.

1. Browser & Cloud
- The Future of IDEs?
Martin Lippert,VMware
mlippert@vmware.com, @martinlippert

2. How will developer tooling
look like in the future?
Or
”why is Google able to search the whole web in
10ms and my Eclipse needs 1000ms to open a type
hierarchy“

3. Everything changed
(in app development)

8. tooling developers

10. sounds and looks outdated...
big downloads
painful installation
version upgrades awful
plugin installation tedious
incompatibilities among extensions
consumes a lot of resources
getting slow for large projects
...

11. So what instead?

12. Innovation happens here

13. The JavaScript Story
http://www.maztek.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/javascript.jpg

14. Light Table
http://www.chris-granger.com/2012/04/12/light-table---a-new-ide-concept/

15. Adobe Brackets
http://brackets.io/

16. GitHub

17. Chrome Dev Tools

18. summary
browser is full featured UI toolkit
everything is possible

19. promises of running in the cloud
no installation
no setup
no updates/upgrades
accessible from everywhere
infrastructure & environment ready-to-use
”unlimited“ and shared resources
new ways of collaboration

20. Cloud 9 IDE

21. Exo Cloud IDE

22. Eclipse Orion

23. Chrome Dev Tools
(again)

24. problems & challenges
transform existing IDEs into the browser window?
what about connectivity (aka offline)?
files/resources only in the cloud?
what about re-using existing (local) tools?

25. we are working on
Scripted
a lightweight JavaScript editor
that runs in your browser

26. Inside Scripted
Scripted Client
(all JavaScript client)
simple navigator content assist
cross file
inplace outline
Editor Component analysis
single page layout JSLint
CommonJS AMD support
support
Scripted Server
(local, all JavaScript)
serve JS/HTMS/CSS/files search
cross file analysis
node.js

27. Outlook
Scripted becomes your
favorite JavaScript editor :-)
working on:
add more innovative features
continue to think beyond the borders

28. Outlook
cloud IDEs not mainstream
yet or anytime soon
not a replacement for Java
development yet
the browser is the future UI
toolkit for IDEs (no
limitations anymore)
cloud-based IDEs will
become reality in the future

29. Q&A
and thank you for your attention
Martin Lippert,VMware
mlippert@vmware.com, @martinlippert