Take the 2-minute tour ×  Why don't we have a lot of good web-
based IDEs? Which aspects of the system make it difficult for
IDE to be implemented as a web application?  share|improve this
question Define "good web-based IDE". –  Spoike Nov 17 '12 at
16:03 Because you havent written one –  GrandmasterB Nov 17 '12
at 20:24 Follow up question: Why do you want a good web based
IDE? What does web based give you that a "traditional" IDE can't
give you? –  Billy ONeal Nov 17 '12 at 21:52 Have you actually
searched for any? Depending on what 'good' means, you should
have found at least 2 that I can think of immediately. And are
the two questions really related? –  vgoff Nov 17 '12 at 22:37
Because web projects are not that complex. –  m3th0dman Nov 18
'12 at 20:18  5 Answers 5  up vote 4 down vote accepted  Modern
IDEs are wrappers around more primitive tools (ie local
compilers and debuggers) so you can't really answer the question
without considering the limitations of pure web-based
development in general.  One hu