What is AWS Cloud9?
Cloud9 provides a development environment in the cloud. Cloud9 enables developers to get started with coding immediately with pre-setup environments called workspaces, collaborate with their peers with collaborative coding features, and build web apps with features like live preview and browser compatibility testing. It supports more than 40 languages, with class A support for PHP, Ruby, Python, JavaScript/Node.js, and Go.
AWS Cloud9 is a tool in the Cloud IDE category of a tech stack.
Who uses AWS Cloud9?
Companies
45 companies reportedly use AWS Cloud9 in their tech stacks, including LinkedIn, Accenture, and Salesforce.
Developers
463 developers on StackShare have stated that they use AWS Cloud9.
AWS Cloud9 Integrations
GitHub, Bitbucket, Heroku, Microsoft Azure, and Red Hat OpenShift are some of the popular tools that integrate with AWS Cloud9. Here's a list of all 10 tools that integrate with AWS Cloud9.
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AWS Cloud9's Features
- Real-time collaboration and chat
- Connect via SSH and FTP
- Code Completion (suggestions)
- Highlighting and syntax hints
- Goto File- fast file access
- Adaptive Themes- chnage themes and skin
- Code Folding- folding arrows allow you to collapse code
- Multiple cursors- add a cursor to the rows above and below the current line
- Focus- Every part of the Cloud9 UI can be collapsed or hidden entirely, so you get the maximum space to focus on your code. And for the truly exceptional among us, there’s zen mode, where the editor floats above the IDE to fill 100% of the browser.
- Drag & Drop- The project tree scrolls, highlights and expands folders automatically for the most natural drag n drop experience.
- Command-Line- command-line is your shortcut to a ton of useful features, like "mkdir", "npm", "git" and "zen"
- Git and Mercurial support
- Seamless Node.js Integration
AWS Cloud9 Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to AWS Cloud9?
WebStorm
WebStorm is a lightweight and intelligent IDE for front-end development and server-side JavaScript.
Git
Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.
GitHub
GitHub is the best place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers. Over three million people use GitHub to build amazing things together.
Visual Studio Code
Build and debug modern web and cloud applications. Code is free and available on your favorite platform - Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.
Docker
The Docker Platform is the industry-leading container platform for continuous, high-velocity innovation, enabling organizations to seamlessly build and share any application — from legacy to what comes next — and securely run them anywhere
