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Do people really code on their tablet/phone? I can't imagine how hard it would be for me to code on one. Usually (since I'm still relatively new to the platform) I'll be switching to StackOverflow/Google a fair amount while coding. Also ergonomics and speed of typing on a tablet if you're used to using a keyboard become an issue.

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I think it might be great for kids, from what I've seen most teenager these days don't use computers a whole lot anymore and rely on their phone as primary internet device (for messaging, chatting, email and browsing). So they might stumble upon the possibility to make their own app and play around with it, creating a HelloWorld app and so on. That's how you get them hooked.

Possibly, I'm a college student currently and don't really see the use of it so maybe I'm already too old!

My phone? Naw, but a tablet like the transformer I would work on code if I was offsite and I needed to do a small fix or something like that.

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