Purpose
Designed for those who don’t have a computer and would like to experiment with programming, BacioneJS is the most thumb-friendly IDE for coding small JavaScript games on a phone offline; the only one with a fully custom keyboard and the only one implemented in standalone JavaScript. These innovations reduce editing frustration, simplify installation, and enable rapid enhancements.
Installation
- Download bacionejs.html
- Open your file manager
- Click
bacionejs.html
to launch in Chrome
- Click
Run
to play the game which contains the cursor
Features
- Run: Instant code execution
- Debugging: Displays message and positions the cursor at the error
- Editing: Save, cut, copy, paste, undo, redo
- Search: Replace, incremental find, highlight all
- Code Assistance: Auto-complete, auto-indent, auto-comment
- Themes: Light and dark mode syntax highlighting
- Diff: Changes since open/save
- Zoom: Adjust text size
- Fullscreen: Expand your workspace
- Gestures: Swipe and long-press-repeat support
- Pickers: Icon and color selectors
- Configurable: Modify the editor source within itself
- Examples: Games included
- Help: Built-in guide
Limitations
- Security: Chrome cannot access local resources. Instead, use programmatic graphics and sound.
- Alternative: For complex needs, try Neovim with Termux and Apache.