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Well unless apple releases iPad Pro that can actually run programs instead of "apps" from store then maybe. But it's not the case.

And for Chromebook, I don't think it's even close.

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This is obviously anecdotal but I work on a somewhat popular web game (millions of sessions/month despite having a mobile app) and Chrome OS (1.15%) represents less of our sessions than even 3rd place Linux (1.23%). We actually get almost as many people visiting our web game from a mobile device _by mistake_. So to put it lightly, Chromebook has some work to do.

What's the difference between running "apps" and "actually running programs"?

Pokemon Go is an app.*

Visual Studio is an actual program.

* Technically "app" is also a program. But I think people got what I meant.

Pokemon Go is a game.

The point is, I don't see any reason why you can't make productivity programs for iPad or an Android tablet. There are plenty out there.

However, I wouldn't use an IDE on there because I prefer a laptop with a bigger screen and a good keyboard for dev work.

AFAIK it's just hard to do. Imagine porting 3dsMax or Photoshop to run as a mobile/chrome app. I think it would just require too much work.

Trust me, I would love for it to be the case, but I honestly don't see it being that way in the next 5 years minimum.

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