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I basically use a laptop and a desktop for everything I do. To link them all together, I use Cloud9 (a web based IDE) to dump my files into so I can have an off-site copy along with my local copies. If any one is interested in a Web Based IDE, Cloud9 is pretty slick. I'd give it a try especially since there's a free subscription along with it's many premium memberships.
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don't know about you, but I think my computer is super
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That the PC isn't dead, according to these numbers. 
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It all depends on the question. It's not a surprise that the majority of code is written on PCs (Desktop/Laptop). If the question was "on what type of devices are you browsing the web (or watching movies, or playing games)" I bet you wouldn't get such a distinct result.
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I personally can't stand browsing the web on my phone. Too many websites have the most atrocious ads it makes it too hard to use their website. Having a tiny amount of data to use (1GB/Month) also makes it difficult to watch any sort of video or listen to any music that's not cached already.
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Having unlimited plan on my phone, still I prefer to use my desktop (not even a laptop).
Call me old school but I feel desktop is more powerful than any laptop
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You can actually write any non-trivial code ON anything smaller than a tablet? 
I didn't even know single-board computers could be coded ON... Lack of monitor and keyboard (call me old fashioned)...
Needless to say I code ON a PC or laptop.
Tried tablet once, but it was a little too little for my taste.
Now if you're talking on what I'm writing code FOR...
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Sander Rossel wrote: You can actually write any non-trivial code ON anything smaller than a tablet?
Yes, I can and sometimes do. By making a tiny microcontroller board emulate an ancient computer, running the original programming tools and communicating via VT52 terminal emulation.
Sander Rossel wrote: Now if you're talking on what I'm writing code FOR...
At times I also go that way for the same ancient computer. I edit the code in VisualStudio or in CodeBlocks, run the assembler and test the result in an emulator, all on a PC. Often I still run a really cool debugger, the first software I ever bought long ago, in the emulator.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Well, you stood up for me, indirectly. 
I had the same feeling and thought, how can someone write a program on a "None", or a "Raspberry Pi 2" (unless installing Windows 10 on it, but I am not sure whether Windows IoT supports Visual Studio or not). The survey needs another survey for whether it is "ON" or whether it is "FOR".
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote: how can someone write a program on a "None"
Not everyone here codes for a living. Heck, not everyone here codes.
Cheers,
विक्रम
"We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread 
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"on" is clear, because some time ago it gave a poll with "for"
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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Lua and C on a Single Board Computer.
C, C++, C#, Java and whatever on the PC.
C, ASM on a Microchip PIC24 powered board.
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I target the web as the platform trying to be as agnostic as possible when it comes to the client.
Last time I targeted a platform I think was in the old Windows Forms days.
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AlexCode wrote: I target the web as the platform trying to be as agnostic as possible when it comes to the client.
Last time I targeted a platform I think was in the old Windows Forms days.
I wonder if you misread the question. It says "ON WHAT", not "FOR WHAT".
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That's a good point 
I did in fact misread the question.
Thanks for the remark but I think I'm not alone here.
Is it possible that so many people are actually writing code on a Smartphone? iPad? Directly on a supercomputer or mainframe?
Hummmm... I guess if I'd never posted my comment you would have never catch me either!
Cheers!
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That someday I will write programs for Mainframes or Supercomputers, never tried one, never touched one, never saw it, but read about it in a few books and other stuff like that, but do I want to try it out.
I have of course tried application programming for them all, the rest of them, oh yeah remove that "None"; the ones other than that. Application programming in C++ or C# or Java is not as much a harder thing to do, seriously. Everything is already managed. You just continue to write something, above that IDE tells you if there is some error, that's not at all fun. Programming must be fun, right?
I really have a dream, someday, I will write a program for Supercomputer. So, let's hope for it to come true soon.I have tried many platforms to write and compile source code against. Windows was the initial, and I have been using Windows since then to write the applications and test them, or deploy them here and there.
Recently, I have found myself shifting the frameworks, I am more active in Ubuntu. Ubuntu comes in a wide variety of flavors (mine is Ubuntu Studio), I am not interested in installing it in a Virtual Machine. Works as a charm!
I have tried installing the SDK, it takes just like 10 minutes on my device to get everything set up. Plus, Qt creator allows me to have the source code compiled for multiple platforms. If someday I have to chose something other than Windows, I will chose Ubuntu Studio (not the vanilla Ubuntu) and if I have to chose something other than Visual Studio, I will go with Qt creator.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
modified 7-Oct-15 3:46am.
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Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan wrote: I have of course tried application programming for them all, the rest of them, oh yeah remove that "None"
Sure you have, but that's not what this survey is about.
You have just been Sharapova'd.
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Ah my bad! Thanks for the heads-up.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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I found laptop to light for my work - I use to hit my computers from time to time...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I bought a (refurbished) Dell M6500 - not too light.
This is sort of the bottom of the series which can go to i7.
On the other hand, if you include the huge power supply, we're talking 4 kilos to schlep.
Not too light in the other sense, as well.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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My laptop isn't. 24 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, 1 TB high-speed HDD, 3 GB video memory, support for all the latest OpenGL and DirectX stuff, and a lot more. It weighs quite a bit too.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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You sure? I don't think laptops are bad or desktops are better than laptops.
I started to learn programming on a P4 Dell computer, but, left the computers to have a laptop. I find myself better in laptops and ever since then (like 2011) I am using laptops and I am fine with it.
You may want to hit a little lighter, in case of a laptop.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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You can write code on a laptop, but you'll be much faster doing it on a desktop. It's mainly because laptop screens are too small.
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My laptop has a 17.3" screen. Not bad for coding. I also often connect it to my 40" 1080p HDTV using HDMI.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Smartphones can be used for other productive things such as skyping chatting etc, but coding looks like a waste of time and energy
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