Imagine being able to author and edit code from any computer all inside your browser window. Cloud9 brings you this technology by utilizing cloud technology. This project was created to work seamlessly with GitHub so even large projects are possible. The editor lies inside your brower and even has built in features so you can chat with other developers working on your project.

I discovered this project’s existence while brainstorming with a friend about ideas for apps that could be built inside of a cloud server. After doing some research, I found a project by Mozilla called “Skywriter” which started life as a web-based code editor. Mozilla having a reputation for creating excellent open-source apps, I was excited and a bit shocked that I didn’t stumble upon it sooner. I then found out by viewing Mozilla’s site that Skywriter had been merged into two other projects, ACE and Cloud9. ACE being the latest development of Skywriter and Cloud9 taking the environment to the cloud.

Check out these links and let me know what you think. I’d love to try this environment myself, sounds like a really useful tool for people who code in groups and feature rich editors in a low resource environment.