AWS Cloud9 is a cloud-based integrated development environment (IDE) used to write, run, and debug code with just a browser. It includes a code editor, debugger, and terminal. Cloud9 comes prepackaged with essential tools for popular programming languages, including JavaScript, Python, and PHP, with no need to install files or configure a development machine to start new projects.
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Replit
Score 7.9 out of 10
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Replit is a cloud-based software development platform that combines a browser-based Integrated Development Environment (IDE), natural-language app generation, collaboration tools, and built-in publishing. The platform supports building web apps, mobile apps, dashboards, prototypes, documents, and other project artifacts from a shared workspace.
When I am working with a large team of developers. Also, when a security policy, you are not allowed to install any app on your laptop. Cloud 9 is well integrated with Cloud commit. So we don't have to spend time in configurations.
Replit is incredible for fast prototyping and then actually bringing it to life. One area it could improve would be allowing for easier connecting one app to another. Being able to create multiple apps inside of one ecosystem that can speak to each other would be a game-changer. That being said, Replit is still the best I've seen anywhere in the market for what it does.
Confusing documentation - AWS's documentation remains quite confusing, and the layout of other services/settings that you have to use with Cloud9 can be a bit of a handful.
Sometimes slow - As the size of a project increases, the editor gets increasingly slower, and starts slowing down the browser overall.
Long setup process - The setup for Cloud9 can be hard and tough, especially since the documentation is quite hard to understand.
The interface for Cloud9 needs some improvement. It is simply not as powerful and intelligent as a local text editor would be and thus it lacks the capabilities of fast filling when coding. Otherwise, I think it has a fair interface that they have tried mimicking an IDE.
[AWS] Cloud9 offers specific features not available in the competition: Code collaboration using the chat features is the highlight which sets it apart. [The] code completion feature makes [it] very similar to the offline IDE like eclipse. It's much easier to use compared to Codeanywhere. It provides terminal access to EC2 instances and hence other amazon services.
Replit wins because it has the best combination of internal tools that work compared to how easy it is. I am not a developer, and I find Replit to be the absolute easiest. I have taught thousands of people how to use Replit. Many of these people came from other platforms, but when I showed them Replit, their assessment lines up with mine. Replit makes it easiest across the board without sacrificing power and capability