Node.js development on android tablet

Question

I bought an Android tablet with manual keyboard and since the combo seems so ideal for other work, I thought coding with it would enable a pension for my oldish PC computer if the tablet would substitute that approach, too.

Node.js is run on npmI suppose, and I have installed a terminal app that enables me using common unix commands.

I found this link:

https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/59863/a-real-terminal-root-or-no-root

stating that terminal would never be like terminal in normal linux e.g. lacking sudo and apt for example.

Any go for a node.js program development then on my machine?

Answer 1

I think your best bet is to use a "workaround". Sign up for a cloud based IDE such as Cloud9. Then you can use the web browser on your tablet. The source code can be stored on GitHub, or your own private git repository, and tested and run on the cloud9 servers. You get a command line interface to your VM where you can do your git and npm things.

I find it nearly unuseable on my old, slow Nook tablet with the screen keyboard, though I can log in and browse code. On a newer tablet with a real keyboard it should be acceptable. Let us know how it works for you, or if you find another cloud based IDE you prefer to Cloud9, which looks good to me but is the only one I really tested.

Answer 2

There is an App for npm and node runtime in Google Play Dory - Node.js