Cloud9 IDE Review
A couple of weeks ago, Ajax.org released a new IDE for Javascripters known as Cloud9. It’s an open source project built on Node.js. In case you don’t know, Node.js is an implementation of Server Side JavaScript (SSJS) and is now actively being used for SSJS development. Since Cloud9 IDE is built on top of Node.js, it has an integrated debugger for Node.JS applications. In this article we’ll be taking a look at various features of Cloud9 such as those mentioned above, but for now let’s begin with installation.
Installation
Installation is very simple provided you’re familiar with the terminal. There are three ways to install Cloud9:
1. If you’ve Git installed on your system then you can get the code repository directly from Github. Just enter the following command in your terminal:
git clone git://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9.git
After Git checkout, enter the following command to install all the submodules and run the IDE:
bin/cloud9.sh
The editor will open in your default browser after all the submodules have been installed.
You can also install Cloud9 via NPM
npm install cloud9
or by downloading the source code from Github.
Review
Cloud9′s UI is similar to Eclipse IDE, so Eclipse…





