Paul Conway Personal Project for CIS 440
This is a tool I came across recently and was interested in the idea of it, SourceLair is an in browser IDE that supports many languages including Python, Ruby, SQL, C/C++, HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, and Java. As it is cloud based there is only the need of internet access to access the IDE and continue developing your project. The setup is very simple, sign up for an account and you are ready to program. Additionally there is allegedly git integration within SourceLiar, however I was not able to figure out how to push or pull anything from the IDE to my repository.
With the difficulty that our group had with the setup in Grails I see a great benefit in being able to setup an IDE online and acccessing the IDE from anywhere. No more worrying about conflicting IDE versions and transferring files between one computer and another. Hopefully more IDEs become cloud based as I think for someone developing personal projects SourceLair will add a level of conveniece the will not only benefit experienced programmers but those looking for an easy IDE to start learning programming.