Chapter 2
Configuring Your Mobile System
IN THIS CHAPTER
Getting and using CppDroid
Working with other mobile IDEs
Using CppDroid to write code
Getting CppDroid help
At one time, developers relied exclusively on desktop systems to perform useful tasks because desktops provided the required computing power. Laptops came next, but essentially a laptop is a smaller form of a desktop. Today, however, developers rely on all sorts of mobile devices to write code. Even though someone could conceivably use a smartphone for the task, the majority of this activity occurs on high-powered tablet computers. The reason relates not so much to the power, but the form factor. A tablet offers more screen real estate to see your code and observe how it works. Keeping these two goals in mind and looking at the available Integrated Development Environments (IDEs), this chapter relies on Google CppDroid to make the leap from desktop systems to Android-powered tablet systems, such as the ASUS ZenPad 3S 10.
However, you shouldn’t get the idea that CppDroid is the only game in town. You also find a description ...
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