I have the same reservations. There are a few notable developers who have blogged in the past abut using Nitrous [1] as their primary development environment, so I'd like to say it's possible.
I wonder though if something like Vim.js [2] couldn't start to get closer to making this a practical tool for my workflow. Between that and having offline support / native app to use, there'd certainly be a lot of benefits. Ultimately though, I think the #1 thing it'd come down to is lag; if there's lag (like ever, including trying to launch the program, when I'm offline, or while I'm typing), it can't be my primary development environment without constant annoyance.
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I have the same reservations. There are a few notable developers who have blogged in the past abut using Nitrous [1] as their primary development environment, so I'd like to say it's possible.
I wonder though if something like Vim.js [2] couldn't start to get closer to making this a practical tool for my workflow. Between that and having offline support / native app to use, there'd certainly be a lot of benefits. Ultimately though, I think the #1 thing it'd come down to is lag; if there's lag (like ever, including trying to launch the program, when I'm offline, or while I'm typing), it can't be my primary development environment without constant annoyance.
[1] https://www.nitrous.io/
[2] http://coolwanglu.github.io/vim.js/web/vim.html