Objective
- work on Node/React projects on the go with an external keyboard with native iPad or iPhone. Not a web solution but from the shell.
Update
this is just a dump of my commands and findings. It is not stable yet, still finding out things... keep you posted
Update 20240726 - i Switched to iPad pro because iPhone 11 pro can’t use side-by side and when the console is not in focus, the website that I serve doesn’t respond and I have to alt-tab and alt-tab back.
Why even want this?
Just for fun, because I can. Practise with shell, if you have shell, you can do everything (except browsing the web for pages that use javascript).
Limitations
- only
viseems to be stable, nvim - without side-by-side the server process halts when out of focus
How (basics)
install ish from app store
~ uname -a
Linux iPad 4.20.69-ish SUPER AWESOME May 20 2023 23:41:32 i686 Linux
Resources
To find out still
- where are the logs
- how to debug? nvim keeps on crashing, nothing in /var/log
- how to scroll up with keyboard?
- can I use it for web development?
- how to restore fast after reset?
Q&A
- how to reset to clean ish? Yes: remove the app, reinstall
- is it persistant? Yes: after restart, it keeps the installed packages and your code
Alpine Package Keeper (apk)
apk add git
apk search nodejs-current
Editor: neovim
Don't use, not stable (at least not edge), will try
echo https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/main > /etc/apk/repositories
echo https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community >> /etc/apk/repositories
apk update
apk upgrade
apk add neovim
Usage
not all commands work: vsplit etc, keeps on crashing
nvim
escape key: ctrl-c
basic noevim commands
Shell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF1tMjvHDRA&ab_channel=JoseanMartinez
apk add curl
apk add zsh
apk add git
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
Node
If you install npm and nodejs-current then you get v16.11.1 and npm 7.
➜ ~ apk search node npm
npm-7.17.0-r0
nodejs-less-4.1.1-r0
nodejs-14.21.3-r0
npm-doc-7.17.0-r0
nodejs-clean-css-5.1.2-r0
nodejs-current-doc-16.11.1-r0
nodejs-current-16.11.1-r0
nodejs-dev-14.21.3-r0
nodejs-current-dev-16.11.1-r0
npm-bash-completion-7.17.0-r0
nodejs-doc-14.21.3-r0
➜ ~
To install node:
apk add nodejs-current npm
latest is v14, v16 is there as 'current'
See https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/ for latest or specific version
vi /etc/apk/repositories
Tried, but doesn’t work:a``
add:
https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latests-stable/main
https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/latest-stable/community
apk upgrade
// need specific version because npm has newer versions
apk add node npm
SSH
// todo
Update the shell
// todo
Sample web project
mkdir -p ~/git/hub/express-test && cd "$_"-
git init -q- generate a.gitfolder -
npm init -y- init a defaultpackage.jsonfile -
npm i- init the node_modules folder -
npm i express- mkdir -p src && touch $_/index.js
`js
const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const port = 3000
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
res.send('Hello World!')
})
app.listen(port, () => {
console.log(Example app listening on port ${port})
})
`
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