I bought a Chromebook yesterday as a Amazon Prime Day special. A somewhat dangerous buy for a developer, but driven by a minimal budget.
I’m an experienced developer but not experienced in JavaScript so I hope to get up to speed using this device. I’m looking at Caret for editing and 200 OK! as a local web server.
Any advice on how best to achieve this goal would be appreciated, but I’d rather not make any substantial changes to the OS.
UPDATE: My Chromebook arrived today. Alas, the backlight doesn’t appear to work. Tried adjusting brightness and resetting but no effect. If I shine a light on the screen, I can see the Welcome message, but totally invisible without it. I bought it direct from Amazon, so I hope the return is easy. Not sure if I want to take a chance on another device of the same model. I’ve never had this kind of problem with a brand new computer.
UPDATE2: I decided to exchange it for the same model. If the next one doesn’t work, I’ll ask for a refund instead.
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#293337"><em>In reply to paul-thurrott:</em></a></blockquote><p>As copied from Amazon: Acer Chromebook 15 CB515-1HT-P39B, Pentium N4200, 15.6" Full HD Touch, 4GB LPDDR4, 32GB Storage, Pure Silver. I paid $315.</p><p><br></p><p>I know the CPU isn't a speed demon, but I hope it will be good enough. I will probably have to curb my tendency to have a lot of tabs open at the same time. I don't care much about touch, but it's nice to have. Not exactly light, but I don't expect to carry it around too often.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#293605"><em>In reply to offTheRecord:</em></a></blockquote><p>Encouraging, thanks.</p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#293400"><em>In reply to hrlngrv:</em></a></blockquote><p>Thanks for the tip, but I get 70s flashbacks when I open a console :)</p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#293431"><em>In reply to curtisspendlove:</em></a></blockquote><p>Should I assume that the Linux VM running in the cloud is something you pay for?</p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#293455"><em>In reply to curtisspendlove:</em></a></blockquote><p>Thanks for your insights.</p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#293450"><em>In reply to curtisspendlove:</em></a></blockquote><p>I guess knowledge and experience with some of the frameworks would be needed for a lot of potential jobs.</p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#293457"><em>In reply to curtisspendlove:</em></a></blockquote><p>My current expertise doesn't lie in anything web related, I've mostly done low-level embedded and classic Windows. </p>