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Codeanywhere vs Git: What are the differences?
Codeanywhere: Online code editor, available on iOS, Android and more. Integrates with GitHub and Dropbox. A development platform that enables you to not only edit your files from underlying services like FTP, GitHub, Dropbox and the like, but on top of that gives you the ability to collaborate, embed and share through Codeanywhere on any device; Git: Fast, scalable, distributed revision control system. 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.
Codeanywhere and Git are primarily classified as "Cloud IDE" and "Version Control System" tools respectively.
"Sleek interface" is the primary reason why developers consider Codeanywhere over the competitors, whereas "Distributed version control system" was stated as the key factor in picking Git.
Git is an open source tool with 28.2K GitHub stars and 16.3K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Git's open source repository on GitHub.
Netflix, reddit, and Lyft are some of the popular companies that use Git, whereas Codeanywhere is used by Accenture, Techstars, and Bameslog. Git has a broader approval, being mentioned in 3933 company stacks & 4781 developers stacks; compared to Codeanywhere, which is listed in 5 company stacks and 6 developer stacks.
Pros of Codeanywhere
- Sleek interface17
- 3rd party integration16
- Easy to use13
- Web IDE11
- FTP support9
- Fast loading9
- Emmet7
- SSH Connections for free5
- Anywhere coding5
- Full root access5
- GitHub integration4
- Preconfigured development stacks4
- SFTP support4
- Private use for free4
- Easy setup3
- Amazon S3 Integration2
- Easy Setup, Containers2
- Code directly by FTP1
Pros of Git
- Distributed version control system1.4K
- Efficient branching and merging1.1K
- Fast959
- Open source845
- Better than svn726
- Great command-line application368
- Simple306
- Free291
- Easy to use232
- Does not require server222
- Distributed27
- Small & Fast22
- Feature based workflow18
- Staging Area15
- Most wide-spread VSC13
- Role-based codelines11
- Disposable Experimentation11
- Frictionless Context Switching7
- Data Assurance6
- Efficient5
- Just awesome4
- Github integration3
- Easy branching and merging3
- Compatible2
- Flexible2
- Possible to lose history and commits2
- Rebase supported natively; reflog; access to plumbing1
- Light1
- Team Integration1
- Fast, scalable, distributed revision control system1
- Easy1
- Flexible, easy, Safe, and fast1
- CLI is great, but the GUI tools are awesome1
- It's what you do1
- Phinx0
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Cons of Codeanywhere
Cons of Git
- Hard to learn16
- Inconsistent command line interface11
- Easy to lose uncommitted work9
- Worst documentation ever possibly made8
- Awful merge handling5
- Unexistent preventive security flows3
- Rebase hell3
- Ironically even die-hard supporters screw up badly2
- When --force is disabled, cannot rebase2
- Doesn't scale for big data1
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