Is the Future of Programming… Mobile?

With the rise of mobile technology, tablets and smartphones are overtaking PCs as our primary computing devices. This has led many of us to wonder how far it will go. Many tech experts I’ve talked to believe that for most of our computing needs, the traditional PC will be wiped out altogether.

As a developer, my first concern about this is how it will affect the state of programming. Right now, if all you have is a mobile device, it will be much harder to get into programming. You need a keyboard and a mouse as well as a monitor to start coding- all things that eventually might not be common items.

This would be bad for someone who doesn’t know how to code, but is interested in learning. No one should have to buy a whole computer just to write his or her first program.

Luckily, I’ve found out that there are already some new services that let you program directly on your phone. This...