Re:ActiveShell: A Shell for the Web
by inimino on Monday January 16, 2012 @02:22PM
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I don't want to get too far into this because it's a bit of a side-topic (but I did include that paragraph knowingly).
Now, yes, I'm speculating, but aren't mobile device sales passing general-purpose desktops and laptops? I think the days when everyone that grew up around computing devices automatically had something they could hack on are passing. Of course, the Web is on all those devices, so let's get them hacking on the Web.
I'd bet that 50% of all software development (the IDE, text editor, shell, or whatever you do your daily work in) will be happening on the Web by 2020.
Speculation aside, my aim is to build a tool that's better than bash for the tasks I already do in a shell. Having it available to me from anywhere would be an extra benefit, whether software development migrates to the Web or not.
Now, yes, I'm speculating, but aren't mobile device sales passing general-purpose desktops and laptops? I think the days when everyone that grew up around computing devices automatically had something they could hack on are passing. Of course, the Web is on all those devices, so let's get them hacking on the Web.
I'd bet that 50% of all software development (the IDE, text editor, shell, or whatever you do your daily work in) will be happening on the Web by 2020.
Speculation aside, my aim is to build a tool that's better than bash for the tasks I already do in a shell. Having it available to me from anywhere would be an extra benefit, whether software development migrates to the Web or not.