# Codenvy Reviews **Vendor:** Red Hat **Category:** [Java Integrated Development Environments (IDE)](https://www.g2.com/categories/java-integrated-development-environments-ide) **Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 67 ## About Codenvy Codenvy is a developer workspace cloud that runs behind your firewall, connected to your systems and projects, removing configuration maintenance from development. Codenvy allows developers to: - Start a project in seconds, from any computer. - Work on-prem or in the cloud with an adaptable and well-paced IDE - Configure workspaces to include any stack using Dockerfiles. - Customize the IDE with Eclipse Che extensions and assemblies. - Launch parallel processes to build, run and deploy. - Work online, or offline with CLI push, pull and clone. Codenvy can be deployed to your own datacenter or any cloud in just seconds. ## Codenvy Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users highlight the **cloud accessibility** of Codenvy, allowing convenient access to workspaces from anywhere. (1 reviews) - Users appreciate the **collaborative environment** of Codenvy, enabling multiple developers to work efficiently on projects together. (1 reviews) - Users value the **convenience** of Codenvy’s cloud-based access, allowing development from any location and device. (1 reviews) - Users commend Codenvy's **responsive customer support** , which enhances their overall development experience and satisfaction. (1 reviews) - Users find Codenvy to be **extremely convenient** for easy access to development workspaces from anywhere. (1 reviews) - Users appreciate the **collaborative environment** of Codenvy, enabling multiple developers to work together seamlessly on projects. (1 reviews) - Git Integration (1 reviews) - Users appreciate the **wide language support** of Codenvy, enhancing flexibility for diverse tech stacks and teams. (1 reviews) - Lightweight (1 reviews) - Platform Compatibility (1 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find **customization difficult** in Codenvy, feeling it lacks the flexibility of local IDE installations. (1 reviews) - Users note that Codenvy can be **expensive** as costs increase for larger projects and additional users. (1 reviews) - Users experience **limited customization** options in Codenvy, finding it less flexible than other IDEs. (1 reviews) - Users note a **steep learning curve** in transitioning to Codenvy's cloud environment, especially for those accustomed to local storage. (1 reviews) - Users experience **limited customization** in Codenvy, finding the IDE less flexible compared to traditional setups. (1 reviews) - Performance Issues (1 reviews) - Users note that the **pricing model can be expensive** for larger projects, making scaling challenging for teams. (1 reviews) - Users experience **slow performance** and lag during heavy workloads, impacting the efficiency of their projects. (1 reviews) - Users experience **slow startup** times, leading to frustrations with heavy project execution and code compilation. (1 reviews) - Steep Learning Curve (1 reviews) ## Codenvy Reviews ### 1. Browser-Based IDE That Simplifies Developer Workflows **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Javier C. | Full Stack developer, Education Management, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 04, 2026 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** It is a base envarioment where IDEA, which developers use to write and run the code from the browser, was designed to simplify the workflows of each developer **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** If you do not have internet will not work and have limited offline capabilities, a learning curve can take time. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's good for deploying the code, and the workflow works with any problem ### 2. Cloud-Based Flexibility and Convenience for Diverse Teams **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sandip P. | Software Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 28, 2025 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** Because it’s cloud-based, you can access your development workspace from anywhere (browser, different machines) without needing to install everything locally — very convenient. It supports a wide variety of languages, tools and frameworks, making it quite flexible for a team that works with different tech stacks **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** Limited customisation of the workspace and environment — some developers feel the IDE is less flexible compared to more mature/local installations. Sometimes slower performance or lag, especially for larger projects / heavier workloads in the cloud environment. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Problems it addresses Developer onboarding & environment setup: Many teams waste considerable time getting developers set up or matching local dev environments. Codenvy offers “instant developer workspaces” so any authorised user can begin coding with minimal local setup. Environment drift / “works on my machine”: Inconsistent environments across developers cause issues with builds/tests. Codenvy uses containerised workspaces so the environment is consistent and reproducible Key benefits you or your team can gain Faster time to productivity: New team members or contractors can get up and running quickly since they don’t need to install/configure a full local IDE environment. Consistent tooling & environment: Everyone coding in a project uses the same stack/versions/configuration, which reduces “it fails on my machine” issues and debugging environment differences. ### 3. My hands on experience on Codenvy- a collaborative coding environment **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Prabhupratik P. | Member, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 27, 2024 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** Being a software developer I often have to work with teams and whle working with teams,the biggest problem that I face is a collaborative environment.Everyone is working on their own PC so there is no engagement between team members and due to which the efficiency of the project decreases But herecomes Codenvy a cloud based IDE which doesnt even require you to install anything extra,all you require is a browser and thats it. Here are some of the best features of Codenvy in my opinion: Collaborative Environment: Multiple developers can work on the same project at the same time. Containerized Workspaces: It utilizes Docker containers to encapsulate the development environments, and thus it enables you to have consistency in the local, staging, and production environments.Being a docker user I find Codenvy to be the best place to implement my knowledge Supports all programming languages : It supports a range of programming languages and frameworks and provides integration with tools like Git, CI/CD pipelines among others. Scalability: It can work with teams of all sizes, starting from an individual to large enterprises.I have worked various projects on this along with my team and each one of us is highly satisfied with the work outputs. Easy to use Interface : The best point of Codenvy is that its beginner friendly , only a few steps and u are ready to start your development journey Lastly this is cloud based so there is no need to worry about storing data on local storage everything is stored on the cloud and can be accessed from any part of the world **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** There aren't a lot things that i dislike about Codenvy but still there are some areas that need some improvements like - Lagness - While working on some heavy projects i faced some issues like slow execution/compiling of code and even sometimes the page would get "not responding " error. Lot of things to learn - Since its a cloud based environment so for people who have been working their whole life by storing data on local storage , they have to learn a lot about cloud and therefore their usage.Although this is not a problem but still i had to face while working with a elder age group person. Pricing -Although its free for upto 3 users but while working on larger projects or more complex use cases may require a paid subscription. The cost can add up, especially when scaling across multiple team members. This is all about my experience with Codenvy **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** It mainly helps by its collaborative environmment. When working on a project you require all the team members to work on a single workspace and thats only possible using Codenvy My past experience with Codenvy is a live example of how it has benefitted me ### 4. Very Good IDE as one stop solution **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Amol K. | Sr. Software engineer, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 13, 2022 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** - Best thing is, it is easy to use for development - We can give access to other developers as well - Deployments can also be done though the Codenvy so it becomes one stop solutions **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** - sometimes it is bit slow for the deployment, speed can be boosted a bit. - We should have more shortcuts of keyboard to search in project and do other things quickly **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** - It is helping to solve biggest problem that even other environment code can be changed fro IDE itself. - Also parallel things can be handle at a same time as it runs on docker - all the things are cloud based so no risk of data loss ### 5. Codenvy for ease development **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 23, 2022 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** Everything in technology is based on cloud nowadays. Since codenvy provides cloud-based deployments, it is the best platform for a developer. Very easy to code and debug. More built-in options makes easy to use. Good support from codenvy team to make it flawless, if there is any issue. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** Certain statements or commands are not executed properly sometimes, which might cause delay in the process. And it is not open source. If the codenvy IDE becomes open source, then many users can use and give reviews. The reviews can be considered and included in the new version releases to make codenvy a best platform. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** No need to install any software in our system to use it. We can just open the browser and start coding. To our amaze it supports many languages as well. More built-in options are there. It is no less than other IDE. ### 6. Great cloud platform for development **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Prathamesh S. | QA ENGINEER, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 11, 2022 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** What I like most about this is a cloud-based platform with great built-in options/functions and is very easy to access. It is very much robust as it supports many programming languages. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** So far very good for programming; as it is based on the cloud, we require a good bandwidth internet connection. Sometimes it becomes irritating when gets hanged due to low bandwidth connection. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Various programming languages sometimes become hectic to maintain and run on different platforms, which is getting solved here as it supports almost all languages. Also, the IDE is quite simple and easy to use. ### 7. One platform for the finest code delivery **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sharada B. | Software Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 16, 2022 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** It has helped us in editing the cod end debugging the code . Also helped in easy deployments **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** UI could have been better. Not much user friendly **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** For easy deployments and easy fixing the code for any bugs ### 8. great Cloud IDE. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Basudev K. | Associate Consultant, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 30, 2022 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** The best thing is it's provided as PAAS so no need to worry about any installation, just connect to the server and you are good to go. And is the same as any conventional IDE with code completion and other features. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** Not many cons with the IDE as it's in the cloud and making your app available be like little tricky and require lots of integration effort and git integration is also a bit tricky. Overall service can be improved by proper training. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Used for learning and developing platform for an institute with limited computer resources, so PAAS made it easier to access just only through a browser and internet connection.it provided to be pretty much useful and efficient. ### 9. Codenvy best tool for the application development **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 24, 2020 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** I had been used the Codenvy software for creating many projects for a learning point of view. The Codenvy is totally cloud-based software means you no need to worry about the infrastructure setting. It has supported a large number of programming languages which makes this tool more robust. It also provides 3GB free memory for running and testing the project on the Codenvy premises. Furthermore, with the help of Docker functionality, the developer can easily develop code. The main benefit which I supposed this tool is provided which is very important for any developer that is portability. In case of any issue, your code is automatically saved in the Codenvy hosted environment. It is a fantastic tool for learning different types of programming languages. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** I need to mention here some areas of improvement required for the software for example user interface should be appealing, and sometimes during development software halt(because of the low internet connectivity issue, the tool should be capable of handling this situation). **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** For the beginners, i would highly recommend this tool for learning different programming languages. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** I learned a lot of programming languages with this tool. I did not need to install software for different programming languages. ### 10. Online IDE for a decent development **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Banking | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 23, 2020 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** Simple, Fast and Can easily access the root directory of the machine **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** hang and session expiration happening fastly. Not fit for android development etc. But backend development or for any small projects super best fit. After RedHat bought lot of changes **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** Easy IDE but now migrated to Redhat open shift. Price is now high but quality seems good **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** No need linux or high configuration laptop. From anywhere we can develop ### 11. test code and run in cloud **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** David J. | Software Programmer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 09, 2019 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** It seems to me an essential work tool has very good built-in functions and pre-designed options ... it is compatible with environments such as php java among others which makes it very versatile and useful when undertaking a small or large programming project in the company ... being based on the cloud you can easily work as a team which greatly reduces the load and makes the programming of a project much more efficient **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** the only bad thing is that you need to have a good internet connection and if for some reason the internet goes down the team project can be seriously affected ... otherwise it is a highly recommended software **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** I recommend it especially for programming in teams since it is very useful in this aspect .. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** It simply makes programming projects a more agrdable thing quickly and easily ... it has a very friendly and easy to use environment so there are no major problems when using it ... in the company where I work most projects of programming are in team so we distribute the loads among several people and this software allows us to work separately but together at the same time to be based on the cloud ### 12. Great workspace for developers **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Adam L. | DigiFabsterf, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 12, 2019 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** I am a heavy user of the Cloud 9 IDE and a big fan of the complete cloud based coding environment. So, I was very excited to give Codenvy a whirl. I must say that I was not disappointed. I'm always wary of products that claim to be developer tools that do not do a good job catering to the developer community. Right off the bat, Codenvy does a great job at that. Their free offering is at par with Cloud 9. They do not give clear specifics on upgrading their services, which I find a bit off putting. The starting 512mb of ram that they give is not adequate for much beyond a bit of prototyping. To really work on a full scale app requires allocation of more resources. I'd rather not have to speak to someone in sales just to upgrade my workspace to a high tier. One thing that I am excited about is how they offer a paid version offsite. Cloud 9 is also based on an OpenSource project and so you can easily run the C9 engine on your own servers, but you lose a lot of the features that they have coded into their product offering....the fact that I can run an Open Source version as well as pay to run the full version in my own environment is a nice feature. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** Bottom line, I do not feel that this is a mature a platform as C9...but that is a fault that is easily cured with time. But they do have a great product, and certainly with the ability to code and use eclipse plugins, makes this a GREAT choice for an Eclipse shop. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** Great workspace for developers **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Codenvy makes the development of our applications much easier and more efficient, because when working with collaborators, large projects become small since it saves a lot of time using this great tool as well as money and a lot of space in the work teams thanks to It is based on the cloud, so it is enough to have a good internet connection and the productivity of our work will be much higher. ### 13. Great tool for development and programming in the cloud. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nicole C. | Desarrollador de software, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 24, 2018 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** Codenvy I like it mainly because it only needs a browser on the internet for its use, it offers most programming languages ​​for development and its interface is very simple which makes it easy to work with this tool and the best thing is that it is ideal For group work, since external users can be added to the project, whether large or small and all for a great price, Codenvy is ideal for the development of applications. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** Codenvy is so complete that I have not found any problems yet so I do not have anything that I do not like about this great super functional tool for software development. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** Codenvy is recommended to increase the productivity of developers of large software projects because it allows group work can be configured to taste the same. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Codenvy makes the development of our applications much easier and more efficient, because when working with collaborators, large projects become small since it saves a lot of time using this great tool as well as money and a lot of space in the work teams thanks to It is based on the cloud, so it is enough to have a good internet connection and the productivity of our work will be much higher. ### 14. Condenvy great software for development teams! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nahomi G. | Desarrollador de software, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 15, 2018 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** The best thing about Codenvy is that you only need access to the internet because it works from any browser and allows the integration of several development teams for the same project so that each user chooses who can be integrated into their work space, and is not required Using your IDE we can use our local IDE without any problem. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** Being hosted in the cloud depends a lot on the internet connection so it can sometimes get very slow when working. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** Working with Codenvy facilitates the work together and with external collaborators since the larger the projects, the better their operation will be because productivity is greatly increased. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Codeconvy helps our team a lot because it is much easier to develop because we only have to focus on our own instead of worrying about the configuration of the IDE so that it can admit different languages ​​in our work machines. ### 15. A handy tool to write and debug code **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Electronics | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 29, 2018 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** Codenvy targets me as a java software developer to run and debug applications in their hosted cloud IDE, while being able to share and collaborate during development and finally publish to a repository – e.g. Git – or a number of deployment platforms – e.g. Amazon, OpenShift or Google App Engine. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** Always need internet. Also, hard to change mindset if using traditional IDEs for long time. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Write code and collaborate ### 16. Collaboration made easier **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Elizabeth M. | Grants and Programs Coordinator, Non-Profit Organization Management, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 28, 2017 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** Connecting with our open source software, we are now able to allow our employment specialists work through workshops with student, as workshop setup time that used to take almost an hour now takes only a moment or two. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** The cloud does not have a safe feeling, while it may have protections in place, it has quite a generic feel to the safety of use. No visible safety features, and I am unsure if I trust this cloud usage with discussing our business. We are still in testing mode with this software, and are not yet decided if we will permanently utilize this or not. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** Teams and developers alike can use this as a simple software to collaborate efforts to new creations. Inexpensive solution to teamwork across the globe. Skeptical of the safety through the use of codenvy's cloud design. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Creating teams in a cloud work space makes it easy to work together from all over the globe. We are using this internationally, so my assistant may be in Japan, while I am in the USA, and we are still able to work together. The developers can use it for source code editing, debugging, and for building automation codes. ### 17. Great developer tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Eric C. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 23, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** Great tool for on the spot developing with easy access and a great solution when switching device and/or having to develop on a device without pre-installed software on it. Also find it good for changing between languages quick and easy and switching between diffrent projects in a few easy clicks. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** Like all IDE's it takes a little while to get going and getting started with the project, but it's all about time and getting used to it. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** Try it out and give it a shot is the best way to put it. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** The benefits are the one named in what i like best about the product, but also the doors that this product open with how this will change the way we will use our devices. With a tool online that handles the processing etc the demand on having the hardware in the device decrease. ### 18. Get a Project Started Easily **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nicholas O. | Software Engineer, Computer Games, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 30, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** I really like that I don't have to set up my own development environment. Just select what project type you want and when you are ready to test your code choose a run configuration and press the run button. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** Due to the utility of the IDE it can feel a bit cluttered on a small screen. I recommend using a larger monitor or a second screen if you plan on using a laptop. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** Give it a try. There's a free tier so you don't have to spend any money up front to use it. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am working on a few personal projects, nothing with a specific problem to solve. The biggest benefit is definitely that I don't have to set up development environments. Also the fact that it works on a chromebook is a huge bonus. ### 19. Complete programming environment and cloud-based platform. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alberto C. | Desarrollador de software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 09, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** It has complete integration with new technological platforms, is cross-platform, and you don't need to install any tools other than a browser. With this environment, it is easy to establish rules and general guidelines in large projects with many collaborators. It supports most languages, and you can have server instances inside to run unit tests or web services. It has been in the market for quite some time, therefore it is used by many developers and is well-tested, which provides confidence and stability in using it. It is very well designed for web development, both for backend and frontend. It is highly integrated with GitHub, third-party API services, and cloud-based services. It has advanced features for building or compiling code. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** Sometimes it can load very slowly, when I started using it, it was somewhat difficult and complicated to set up, the user interface can be loaded with many options, few themes to change its appearance or syntax colors, it does not have code completion, the guides can be scarce or not very understandable, the payment prices tend to be somewhat high. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** It is a powerful cloud-based environment that provides a high level of productivity. The unique features can generally be appreciated when developing large projects with many collaborators at the same time because global parameters and configurations can be established without the need to maintain complicated code building tools or servers installed on different operating systems. ### 20. Formidable development environment **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anastacia M. | Desarrollador de software, Program Development, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 09, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** The ability to have server instances dedicated to deploying your project or to meticulous testing units directly from the browser, very well established for web projects in general, supports multiple platforms and new development technologies, and has a complete and clean integration with GitHub and advanced tools. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** It needs a better user experience, many more guides on how to do things, it is difficult to adopt especially for new developers, on some occasions it can be really slow and have an overloaded interface with many options and tools at the same time. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** You should consider it in complex projects that require many dependencies between operating systems and an adequate default configuration. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Projects based on NodeJS and Front-End in general can be a great tool, especially because they can allow you to implement your projects more quickly and productively than local environments that require complex installations and configurations. ### 21. Powerful IDE for modern apps **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Cristobal M. | Desarrollador de java, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 30, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** Flawless GitHub integration, multiple server instances on demand, well suited for testing and factorizing code, beautiful UI and interactions that give you instant feedback, it support last tech stacks in market, complete solution for large teams and different parts of projects separately, code specs and quality enforcement, it's cloud base and platform independent. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** Sometimes it can load slowly, it needs more tutorials and guides to use it, it can be hard to start with, configuration settings and features can be messed up sometimes. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** It can be a great tool for implementing projects with different tech stack, large teams and large base code. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Applications development, code debugging, tech implementation, it can be a powerful tool for current modern applications with last tech stack, it's well suited for large teams and large projects that need some management and quality enforcement. ### 22. Highly compatible with current technologies and on the cloud. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Carlos A. | Senior Java Developer, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 25, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** Remote work spaces on demand. Really stable infrastructure and compatible with the latest technologies in both web back end and front end, Java and Javascript's NodeJS. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** There isn't really a flaw at the moment at least for me, been using it as a time saver so I don't have to setup development environments on-the-go. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** If you find yourself working out of the office too often and don't want to remote access to your services while using an unknown internet connection, you can use Codenvy as a cloud development environment. It's safe, solid and it will bring a bunch of utils to the table, so you won't miss almost anything from your office's work space. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Interns inclusion to our code base is really simple using premade work spaces in Codenvy. Last minute editions can be done while out of the office easily with this, so We don't have to deal with security measures. ### 23. On the Cloud! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stephano C. | Android Developer, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** Great remote coding tool. I've tried few of these, Codenvy being the best so far. I'm into Java coding and sometimes I can't carry my laptop to everyplace. Codenvy setups help me take my coding work spaces to anywhere on the globe and still be able to work. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** At the moment i haven't really found anything that i dislike, it could use more graphical customizing features. I try to not fry my eyes on weird looking IDEs. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** If you're one of those who can't carry a laptop all the time, or You just like working on the cloud, Codenvy is a fair shot. it's free for low consumption projects! **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** I don't use to carry a Laptop everywhere i go, sometimes i got to do some last minutes edits, this kind of tool help me in that matter with ease. There's no way you could be a full fledged programmer without one tool like Codenvy. ### 24. Cloud based enviroment integrated with last tech stack **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Henry M. | Sofware Developer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 04, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** I like the idea of multiple instances or workplaces to intuitively deploy and test code in development fase also that it's well integrated with source code repositories, projects start templates reduces a lot of boilerplate, the code editor it's well designed and looks everything fine with fonts and color syntax and has all features from classic code editors. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** I think that it needs more guides and help about doing things with it, configure things can be a nightmare for new commers and the transition from a local enviroment to a cloud based should be easy and intuitively. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** Read how everything works before place critical projects in it. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Code test and code maintenance, it solves a lot of problems in large projects with many tech stacks working together. ### 25. Cloud based code management **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michael B. | Gerente de recursos humanos, Legislative Office, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 19, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** Complete advanced code editor and projects management application, great for large teams, easy to learn and use, easy to deploy and run tests, advanced features like complete GitHub integration or last web technologies like NodeJs or Laravel, well suited in web applications development cycle, code builder and fastest automation. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** Nothing so far, it continues improving and recently they launch a new branding application with new features and tools. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** If you are facing problems to mantain large projects with many developers you should give a try, it can be a solid option specially when there are many technologies stacks used in same project. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Large web projects automation and management, setting a structure base for projects, guidelines and development strategies can be easy, forcing large teams to mantain a high level quality in all projects. ### 26. Ready to go work spaces **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Miguel D. | Junior Java Developer, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 01, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** - Free Cloud IDE available everywhere with little to no downtimes. - Great UI, highly intuitive. - Useful while working out of your work place, you can easily take your office anywhere on the globe with this tool. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** There isn't really anything that I dislike about the software. It could use some theme customization capabilities or code editor colors customization, some people like their code editors in light colors with nicer colored syntax. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Remote working while out of the office used to be a pain in the head, I had to login through several layers of security to get into our code base. Now i simply login into a Codenvy's workspace, make my changes, run some backend magic and my changes will be uploaded to our private servers effortlessly. ### 27. IDE on the cloud done right. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Stephanie F. | Programmer, Utilities, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 17, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** Having a remote IDE with all your files ready to run, edit, download is something you must have today if you're fully committed to development while away of your place or office. Even if you're learning how to code, you can use this tool to run and test your code with ease, not bothering yourself installing and setting up the necessary software to make it run on your computer, which is awesome! **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** There are no graphical customization options, i like to have fancy editors with nice looking colors, there's no way to archieve this at this moment with Codenvy. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Remote code debugging / testing. It's a free alternative to other on the cloud IDEs. It even has Yeoman, it will help you automate your builds and create projects fast and without errors. ### 28. Great code project management **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Richard P. | Gerente de producto, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 24, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** You can have server instances on demand, easy to set rules and guidelines among teams members, great features to test code, it works with lastest technologies and frameworks, it can reduce deadlines, easy to deploy projects and integrate new technologies. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** It can be difficult when starting to use it, you have to learn some guides and tutorials before working with it, it can run slowly sometimes with large projects. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** It works well with large projects, it's multiplatform and it doesn't depend on any OS dependency. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Web apps and analytics software, it's well suited and completed cloud base IDE, it can boost productivity in large teams and have a better organized project structure. ### 29. Highly usable IDE, rather ugly GUI. **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Daniel S. | Desarrollador sénior, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 14, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** Having a cloud IDE available whenever on the globe can be extremely useful while working / studying abroad. I've had some amazing experiences with this IDE with some both technical and graphical flaws. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** The Linting can be sometimes harsh when doing basic stuff, it shouldn't come setup from scratch. Editor themes aren't available to modify, there's only one black theme and the code color presets are really ugly. Loading times can be sometimes high when connected to low-end internet speeds. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Having a cloud based IDE can be handy sometimes while away from your workstation, I've used codenvy a couple times while away from my personal computer or hometown, it's been a bitter sweet experience using it while away from home, but it has helped me solving some last minute issues. ### 30. Cloud base editor with great support **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jessica M. | Diseñador gráfico, Marketing and Advertising, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 17, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** A complete web based IDE, constantly support, new features added all the time, it's well suited for front-end projects, easy teamwork and GitHub integration, you don't need to install any platform runtime, you can debug and instantiate your project at the same time. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** It can be slowly sometimes with large projects, UI is not very fiendly, poorly multi language support, few tutorials. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** It's great suited mostly for large teams, you can establish conventions across the teams easily and keep track of their work. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Front-end projects, some JavaScript tweaking, you have all your work saved and secure in the cloud, it's multiplatform and you don't need to install dependencies over and over. ### 31. Seamlessly code editor **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lucy K. | Diseñador de páginas web, Warehousing, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** Complete cloud base programming environment, it supports top web frameworks, it's well suited for large projects with many coders, seamlessly GitHub integration, code editing and testing. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** UI is kind of complicated, it runs slowly, a few tutorials about it, it supports a few popular languages. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** A great editor alternative, you can have many different projects with all necessary tools, if you have a large project with many coders you should try it. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Web applications projects, JS/HTML/CSS editing, project management, code testing, you can use it in all different operating systems or low-end computers, you have a complete programming environment without installing any dependencies or frameworks. ### 32. Great cloud based IDE for next-gen programmers **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ankit R. | Graduate Student, Higher Education, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 05, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** It works seamlessly and it very easy to understand. No issues in setting up a project and start coding, good for getting job done. Truly cloud based IDE with simple interface Available as app on ChromeOS (another use of chromebook) Good language support Stable and does not crash or data loss. Has GitHub support which is a major plus point, Template projects available are for good for learning **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** Not many GUI customization options, default black-grey theme and language code color is default and cannot be changed. FTP/SFTP is always required to update the files directly, however local storage option would be welcome. Sometimes it takes long to download projects while setting up. Many many pros than cons. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** Must try cloud based IDE for coder on the move. Good for getting the job done easily. ### 33. New way to make code projects **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Paty G. | Desarrollador de software, Computer Software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 06, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** It has many API integrations, it supports all new tech stack, it's well suited for code testing, you can configure a project to enforce code quality and guidelines, perfect for large team projects, platform independent. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** It runs slowly sometimes, can be daunting for new comers, it has a few themes and syntax colors, it can be quite complicated to do some tasks. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** If you are working with large projects with many team members this can be a huge improvement, it's well suited for code automation, cloud base and Git integration can save a lot of headaches. ### 34. Really useful Cloud IDE **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Orianna L. | Jr Java Developer, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 24, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** It's free, robust and brings a bunch of services to the table so you can work with them while away from your desk. I've just met the new version of the IDE and I'm loving it. I can code on a Chromebook without hassle and without worrying about lacking of memory or headaches installing and setting up software in it. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** Nothing at the moment, it's been an awesome experience in the past, it's way better now with this new UI and IDE structure. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Coding on-the-go. This is the reason i started using this tool, haven't looked back in the past months. ### 35. Best cloud base editor alternative **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Anna W. | Ingeniero de software, Program Development, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 04, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** You can have server instances to test code, full featured services, well suited for front-end and nodejs projects, it has a great JavaScript code linting, full syntax and code completation, easy to work with large teams and platforms. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** Can be slowly sometimes, you have to pay for the best features, it can be daunting for new users. It's quite expensive. It's kinda hard to set everything at first. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** If your next project is conformed by a large team you can easily manage it with this. It's great for maintain code conventions and guidelines. ### 36. Almost Awesome **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shaun F. | Children's Ministry Director, Information Technology and Services, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 06, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** I have been using DreamWeaver for years. Not the design view but the code view. I like Codenvy for many of the features that are similar to what I am used to. I like that I can click on an open or close tag in HTML and the related open/close tag is then highlighted so I can easily find the mismatched tags. Also, Codenvy highlights obvious errors and helps debug someone else's code. One of the coolest things though is the connection to git. My projects are easy to push and pull as needed to make them more accessible "anywhere". Not to mention that I can pick up where I left off by opening chrome on any machine. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** FTP or SFTP is a must. Too may companies use cPanel for their hosting and cPanel and Git are not good friends yet. They are working on it, I hope, but they are not there yet so I need a way to upload changes without having to download them first. Also, if I'm trying to fix something that has been done wrong repeatedly on a page, it would be nice to have the "Find" feature remember what I looked for last. And where is "Find and Replace"? **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** Make sure you have a way to use this with your current needs. The lack of FTP or SFTP is sort of a killer. I can get around the issues with Find and Replace for now. It is definitely a good product that is coming a long and, for me, has replace DreamWeaver in a lot of ways as I have began moving to Chrome OS (and I'm loving it, btw). **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** I do a lot of website work so most of the problems I am solving are just minor development issues in PHP sites. ### 37. Coolest Cloud IDE I ever used! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kasun d. | Software Engineer, Computer Software, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 27, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** - I personally like to having my workspace in the cloud and accesible anywhere. - GitHub integration is pretty cool. Ability to use git commands in the workspace +1. - Pretty close to the user experience I have in my local IDE. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** - I prefer the dark UI to code. But some may prefer light UI. - Lack of keyboard shortcuts. - Better if we can have some more code generation options. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm currently work as an engineer on WSO2 App Cloud. We integrated codenvy with our cloud platform and I must say codenvy added a huge value to our cloud platform. Apart from that I personally use codenvy to play with my repos currently in GitHub with the use of its GitHub integration feature. Its pretty simple easy and cool! ### 38. Engaging, yet still requires refinement **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** John M. | Software Engineer, Management Consulting, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 14, 2015 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** I like the smoothness of the IDE and transitioning between the various files in a project. Additionally, transitioning from one project to another is smooth as well. I did not encounter any hiccups or slowness. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** * Intelligent code completion is lacking (as far from my experience using Maven and Ruby) * No apparent option for using a command line interface. Some projects like Ruby I find I can only progress if I can run commands. For instance using "gem" or "bundle" to handle the addition/removal of gems. This also prevents me from running my scripts for these projects to ensure they are working as intended. * If I have a Git Submodule in my project, Codenvy clones the git project, but not the submodule, so I'm missing parts of my project. * Lacking more recent versions of some technology like using Ruby 2.1. There's also no way to tell what version of Git is being used. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** Review pricing terms in order to determine what will fit your need. Start with small project with growth potential so as it progresses you may witness how Codenvy is able to handle it. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** The business problem of having to setup an environment for development. Especially in cases of contributing to open source projects, I can fork the project in my Github and then open that project in Codenvy in minutes! This is a terrific benefit to quickly helping add one or two enhancements or testing out recent changes. ### 39. First time user of codenvy **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Cameron T. | UC Berkeley Lacrosse Camp Coach, Higher Education, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 19, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** This program is versatile and works among many different platforms c++, Fortran, Python, etc. It also was a great addition to my chrome book, considering that the types of applications compatible with the chrome is very limited. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** I had problems executing simple c++ programs that I developed in my intro to programming class. I'm not sure why , considering that the programs would run fine on visual studio but not on codenvy. This is frustrating since I am not able to practice writing the c++ assignments on my laptop. This means that I will have to either work in the computer lab at or at my home computer vs. being able to write c++ programs on the go. I hope this gets resolved soon since I would like to be able to practice writing c++ programs on my chrome book laptop. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used codenvy to write programs for my intro to programming class. ### 40. Great workspace for developers **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Петр . | Front End developer, Internet, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 15, 2015 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** The developers have done a very high quality product. It contains a lot of interesting solutions. Such as code refactoring, multi mode and invitations. And if you have an account in Google, the registration may take a few minutes. But if you do not wish to use a Google account, the registration of this does not become complicated, and will remain the same simple. Codenvy supports a large number of languages ​​- Java, Java Script, PHP, Python, Ruby, HTML, and CSS. And their number is constantly increasing. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** It would be nice if there was support for the russian language to the russian-speaking community has been able to use the service without problems. And I think you need to add more languages. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Make some app for my clients and some for my friends. And just have a fun with service ### 41. Codeenv is not good enough for node.js development. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Junle L. | Software Development Engineer, Computer Software, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 12, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** The UI of Codenvy is great. There are so many feature in the menu. The quote for a free user is big enough for common usage. The integration with 3rd party tool (GitHub, Android and so on) are awesome. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** The menu is complicated and hard to figure out the right place for my function. It is not friendly to node.js development. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** If you are developing tool with Java, or creating an Android app, choose Codenvy, it is awesome. However, for other development, you could take a try. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am using Codenvy to develop a node.js tool on the cloud. I can access my code, edit and run it on any machine from anywhere. It is so convenient to code in the cloud. ### 42. Brilliant **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jaken H. | Web Developer, Higher Education, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 21, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** Codenvy is easy to set up and has loads of functionality. I really like the "commonly used stacks" **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** There is a lack of code-completion, however, on a scale from 1-10 of importance - this is a 2. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Being able to work on a project on multiple different computers when traveling without having to download and setup an entire tech stack. ### 43. Great way to keep the coding going. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Bhargav H. | Software Engineer, Information Technology and Services, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 14, 2015 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** A while ago, it was just the code you could access wherever you are. But now with Codenvy, even the environment is not required. You open the browser, you login and bam! You're good to go. It's has really taken programming to a new era. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** The overhead of the page loading is a bit slow. But again, it has all these options to be taken care of. But I would really appreciate it if the loading speed was a bit faster. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** I was struggling to set up maven repositories in my localhost. It was not clear to me when thee are so many options. Do I go to maven? Gradle? Groovy, xml... But with a click of a mouse I was able to setup a spring rest mvc project in no time. ### 44. Truly able to code from anywhere! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Parin V. | Co-founder, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 04, 2015 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** I would say it is one of the easiest cloud IDEs to setup. It gives on demand real-time collaborative IDEs and it's quicker than Cloud9 in this department. It also has a fully functional free tier unlike most other similar cloud IDEs which is very important for someone like me who doesn't need heavy power while being in a learning stage. Also, it provides a terminal with root access which makes life very easy. So all in all, I would put it at the top of cloud IDEs list. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** Lacks drag and drop support and could also provide SSH, FTP kind of access which is crucial for many projects. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** I am using it with my project on Heroku and it has helped me be more productive and also not worry much about the stack on local machine. ### 45. It brings my chromebook back to life! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** José M V. | Fullstack Developer, Internet, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 14, 2015 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** I can easily deploy anything web-related within the software, use live previews and some awesome syntax highlighting. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** I might've had a problem or two connecting to Bitbucket, yet anything else besides this. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** It might look overwhelming at first sight, but give it a try. You won't look back to any web-based IDE. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Using a chromebook for development is a hell with the low amount of development software available in the chrome webstore. But Codenvy have saved my life in so many ways when using it that i can't just use anything beside it. ### 46. First online IDE I use, loving it ! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Yonathan B. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 07, 2015 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** The number of languages available is really great, and for each of them, your provided a complete environment to work, would it be web or not :) The IDE is very comfortable and intuitive. I never used online IDEs before, nor VMs, so runenrs and VMs were pretty new to me, and I understood it perfectly. For web apps, a link is provided when running the app and that's that, you can access your project that easily. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** The project creation is fine, but could be improved a lot visually, or mostly the whole website except the IDE. Does it really matter ? I'm not sure it does as you're gonna spend most of your time in the IDE, but it's true that having a pretty website and pretty docs is nice to have :). **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** Well, coming form basics "localhost" IDEs, I must say I love it and definitely gonna keep using it ! Worth the try :) **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** As a junior, I need to share my code around to get feedbacks and let other be able to access my code, while it is not interesting to me to get all this on a public repo (github). ### 47. Could be the Desktop IDE Replacement You've Hoped For? **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gary S. | Technology Architecture Delivery Senior Manager, Information Technology and Services, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 31, 2015 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** I have been exploring several cloud-based IDE platforms for the last year. The IDE is the last tie-back to a local machine for me. Once I break that tie, I am free to develop anywhere, any time, on any device. I have had a broad range of experiences with the leading cloud based IDE's. I have to say, after a few days of exploration and testing existing projects, imported from GitHub, I am very impressed. Codenvy seems to meet the majority of needs I have as a develop to partially or fully replace my local IDE for the types of projects I work on. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** A few commenter remarked about the steep learning curve. I would concur, opening Codenvy for the first time, and getting your barrings is a bit intimidation. The sample project and interactive demo were helpful, but didn't help me feel more at home, initially. However, this could probably be said of many modern, full-featured IDEs (WebStrorm, NetBeans, VisualStudio, etc.). I think after a few projects, it would seem at natural as booting up Eclipse. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** Test other leading cloud based IDE's in order to fairly evaluate Codenvy. Cloud9 is a solid competitor in some aspects to check out (c9.io). The challenge is picking one of the crowd that will survive this early stage product development and be around to support developers for awhile. Seems like Codenvy is off to a good start. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Ability to remove the dependency on a fixed development workstation (device) with a local IDE, for software development and testing. ### 48. Top notch IDE for web dev. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Justin G. | Technical Support Specialist II, Non-Profit Organization Management, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 30, 2015 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** The development environment is GREAT for web apps and even full fledged websites. The easy to use dashboard is fantastic and updated dashboard makes it so easy a caveman could do it. The IDE itself feels like working in Eclipse or Netbeans so it has a familiar feel but it's not the same. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** The learning curve is steep. I have not yet managed to get "Hello World" to run in any language (including Python). Ease of use gets a D+ at best. It's easy to create a project, edit the project, and save the project, but running the project feels like I need formal training. This is a turn off for me. Hello World in Python especially should be a 1,2,3 task. **Recommendations to others considering Codenvy:** Keep your options open and know exactly what you need and when/how you need it. I found codenvy while looking for a cloud IDE that would allow me to complete Java SE projects while in ChromeOS. I don't think codenvy will be the way to go. **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** Codenvy provides an IDE environment on ChromeOS which allows me to carry projects across devices. ### 49. Cloud based IDE to use on my ChromeBook. **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ross D. | Ocean Rescue, Higher Education, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 01, 2015 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** Codenvy packages all of the components of a compiler, and IDE into one, online product. They do so in a well organized, polished product. Although this is all impressive, the real key point to understand is that they do it for FREE. The ability to type code on one computer and seamlessly access it on any other computer by signing into your account is also a great benefit of choosing to use Codenvy. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** The program itself is not the most user-friendly, for someone who is just learning how to code, it can be a bit of a challenge to understand all of the options and components of a program. Loading times on projects can also be quite long (depending on what is in your project), but as an online IDE, this is probably to be expected. One other thing I have noticed is that while attempting to allow user inputted data, this IDE does not allow for user input in the console (or I just haven't found out how to do it yet, so this may be an incorrect dislike). **What problems is Codenvy solving and how is that benefiting you?** This program has allowed me to write C++ code on my ChromeBook, something that I was very concerned about not being able to do. It is nice to be able to write code on my main, home computer, and then take my ChromeBook out with me and be able to work on that same code while I am elsewhere. ### 50. User friendly interface for a novice developer. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Zia ul M. | Associate Professor/Consultant Eye Surgeon/Head of Eye Department, Medical Practice, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 25, 2016 **What do you like best about Codenvy?** This online developing portal provides a User friendly interface for a novice developer. My initial experience was wonderful with this free facility. **What do you dislike about Codenvy?** There are definitely few things and glitches which a novice like me needs to over come in initial phase. 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