July 5, 2013 at 06:25Interesting development of Koding.com
A year ago, Habré was announced service Koding.com . He pleased with the unpleasant buns in the form of a free server, apache, php, mysql, ruby, python, a console in the web interface, a convenient similarity to the IDE in the browser and other nice things.
In addition to the social component, the developers promised more and more innovations, applications and development of the project. As promised, everything that was delivered in the beta version will remain free at the time of release (although it is still not a release, as it were).
These statistics are shown to us on the main page of the service.
Everything is clear with the project participants. Then there is data on Topics (an analog of hubs on the hub), the number of running virtual machines, and something like the activity of the participants, for “General Thoughts”. Groups are a relatively recent innovation.
As for virtual machines. Earlier (at the time of beta) you were simply given a daddy on the server, which could be accessed via http using the template your_nik.koding.com, but you could work with it via ftp, or through a fairly convenient webmord. Now everything is somewhat different. By default, you have nothing. But you can create an unlimited number of virtual machines to work with them. The first is free. The rest is $ 5 per month.
For machines, backups are provided, an application for migration from beta version to full (selected VM).
The guys did a good job on the frontend of the service. This is extremely noticeable in the form of reducing the brakes of rendering the animation and the work of the project as a whole.
Previously, the application page was a sheet with a bunch of “coming soon”, which did not change over the year. The only application at that time was ace editor (by the way a cool thing). Now the assortment has become richer.
Groups imply not only the social component. You can create a virtual machine for a group and limit the circle of people to use it. For this, there is its own pricing policy (the essence of which I have not completely cut through).
Two levels of tabs appeared in the interface. The first is running applications. The second one is subtabs for the editor, which can now be dragged as browser ones. The lack thereof previously brought some inconvenience. The file tree is also not spared. Now you can change the structure of folders and files by dragging them with the mouse. Previously, such manipulations were possible only in the form of cut / copy -> paste or through the ftp client.
For me, this service was convenient in that I dumped all kinds of layouts and scripts there for showing to the customer. But today I found a stub on my VM, which broadcast that the machine was stopped, because the developer has not used it for the last 15 minutes. Those. Now we use it solely for the purpose of team or single-handed development and testing of the project. No blocs.
UPD: I noticed the appearance of the plug only a few times this night. In the discussion below, information appears that no plugs have been observed. Dont clear. Time will tell.
UPD2: Still 15 minutes later she appeared.
Not all the functions of the service are working to the full extent, you can see labels like (Not available on Private Beta), but everything is on its way to release. The project is being sawn, and he is actively living, not suffocating. I can’t say that I was interested in the social part of the project, but as a cloud-based development environment, I am quite attracted to it and I will use it.
UPD : Kodepad application allows you to write your own applications for the service Koding.com
In addition to the social component, the developers promised more and more innovations, applications and development of the project. As promised, everything that was delivered in the beta version will remain free at the time of release (although it is still not a release, as it were).
What do we have now?
These statistics are shown to us on the main page of the service.
Everything is clear with the project participants. Then there is data on Topics (an analog of hubs on the hub), the number of running virtual machines, and something like the activity of the participants, for “General Thoughts”. Groups are a relatively recent innovation.
As for virtual machines. Earlier (at the time of beta) you were simply given a daddy on the server, which could be accessed via http using the template your_nik.koding.com, but you could work with it via ftp, or through a fairly convenient webmord. Now everything is somewhat different. By default, you have nothing. But you can create an unlimited number of virtual machines to work with them. The first is free. The rest is $ 5 per month.
For machines, backups are provided, an application for migration from beta version to full (selected VM).
The guys did a good job on the frontend of the service. This is extremely noticeable in the form of reducing the brakes of rendering the animation and the work of the project as a whole.
Applications
Previously, the application page was a sheet with a bunch of “coming soon”, which did not change over the year. The only application at that time was ace editor (by the way a cool thing). Now the assortment has become richer.
Groups
Groups imply not only the social component. You can create a virtual machine for a group and limit the circle of people to use it. For this, there is its own pricing policy (the essence of which I have not completely cut through).
A trifle, but nice
Two levels of tabs appeared in the interface. The first is running applications. The second one is subtabs for the editor, which can now be dragged as browser ones. The lack thereof previously brought some inconvenience. The file tree is also not spared. Now you can change the structure of folders and files by dragging them with the mouse. Previously, such manipulations were possible only in the form of cut / copy -> paste or through the ftp client.
Slight disappointment
For me, this service was convenient in that I dumped all kinds of layouts and scripts there for showing to the customer. But today I found a stub on my VM, which broadcast that the machine was stopped, because the developer has not used it for the last 15 minutes. Those. Now we use it solely for the purpose of team or single-handed development and testing of the project. No blocs.
UPD: I noticed the appearance of the plug only a few times this night. In the discussion below, information appears that no plugs have been observed. Dont clear. Time will tell.
UPD2: Still 15 minutes later she appeared.
Not yet a release
Not all the functions of the service are working to the full extent, you can see labels like (Not available on Private Beta), but everything is on its way to release. The project is being sawn, and he is actively living, not suffocating. I can’t say that I was interested in the social part of the project, but as a cloud-based development environment, I am quite attracted to it and I will use it.
UPD : Kodepad application allows you to write your own applications for the service Koding.com