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The things you need to begin coding on your mobile

Getting Started

The first thing you need is a device which is portable enough! A laptop comes under the category of a PC so it is out of our scope.

Things you need:

Pre-requisites

  • An Android Device [Possibly with Android version 5.0 or above]
  • Any Browser
  • An App Store/Play Store

For the purpose of this guide, we will be using:

  • An Android 5.0 device
  • Google Chrome as the broswer
  • Play Store as our App Store

Scripting App

First of all we need some place where we can run our scripts. It won't be fun without that, will it?

There are several options for this:

  • Termux [Requires Android 5.0 or above]
  • Debian NoRoot
  • PyDroid [Only for Python scripts]
  • SL4A and many more ...

For the purpose of this guide, we will mostly be using:

Termux - Because of it's light weight, reliablilty and sleek design!

Writing Code

Then you need some tool where you can write code! You can write in your termminal or some application.

For terminal, you can use:

  • Nano
  • Vim
  • Emacs etc,

For apps, there are some really good tools:

  • DroidEdit
  • PyDroid [Only for Python scripts] etc,.

For the purpose of this guide, we will be using:

DroidEdit


Last update: 2021-06-12