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[OOT] Swift IDE for iOS
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Hi @omz,
Sorry for asking an out of topic question. I'm just curious and can't hold myself to ask.
Since Swift is now open source, is it possible to create a Pythonista-like app for Swift in iOS? If it's possible, do you consider to make one? If you do, just tell me… I'd pay for it in a heart beat, even right now at this very moment! Just like… shut up and take my money! 😀
Please, Moritz… please make one for Swift. Thank you.
Regards,
-Bee
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+1. Same question for
golangtoo. https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Mobile but running the entire code --> build --> run cycle all on the iPad/iPhone. -
Isn't Swift a compiled language? I always have the feeling that Pythonista is only allowed in the app store because Python never compiles to native code.
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@dgelessus: Swift can be a compiler and produce native code, but it's also able to be an REPL similarly like Python. Open swift.org for further details. 😊
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That doesn't make it an interpreted language though, I'd assume that the REPL still does compilation to native code internally. That would make it impossible to use in an app, because process forking (and probably also C
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@dgelessus Even if Swift always compiles to native code (no idea), I guess you could theoretically compile the code as a shared library, and load that into the host app process, so you don't have to fork... Just a thought, I really have no idea how practical that approach would be.
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Apple TV first 😍😍😍😍😍👍👍👍👍
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@omz: So, does that mean theoretically you would make a Swift IDE for iOS? 😀
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@bee Nah, I don't think so. It's tempting to play around with it, but hard to foresee the difficulties actually getting it to work in a useful way. Besides, if it's feasible, I'm sure someone is already working on it (and way ahead of me).
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I think it's clear that Apple is full steam ahead in the direction of iOS... iPad pro etc are the writing on the wall for an Xcode on iOS as far as I'm concerned. I'm sure pythonista is already on their radar...you've essentially demonstrated how an ide could be implemented on iOS. If there was a Swiftista for iOS, I'm almost certain that would spell "acquisition."
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Or it might result in "that's one step too far, you may keep your $100 next month". Okay, that's kind of extreme, but it's not very clear how Apple stands towards programming apps. Workflow was all hyped up and featured on the front page, while Pythonista is not allowed to accept files via "Open in". I'm still interested in seeing how Pythonista 2.0 does in the app review, especially because of
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I'm still interested in seeing how Pythonista 2.0 does in the app review, especially because of ctypes.
I hope we'll find out soon. I've submitted 3 days ago.
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Oh, nice, I wasn't aware that you've already submitted it. In that case good luck with the review, let's hope it gets through!
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Sorry for going offtopic (okay, this thread is already OT) but starting with one of the beta updates there were issues with files getting lost if the beta was installed over an existing 1.5 install. Should we expect to lose any files when updating to 2.0 from 1.5 or the 1.6 beta? I'll make a backup in any case, but it would still be good to know.
