HACKER Q&A
📣 FerretFred

Which programming language can I learn on my Termux-enabled Android tab?


My new Lenovo M8 Android 14 tablet seems to run Termux just fine, so I'd like to spend some idle time learning a programming language - ideally one that doesn't need gigabytes of libraries to work. IDE of choice will be vi. Not trying to run the Evil Empire - just do some basic text handling/parsing and file I/O. I'm from a Perl background :) TIA

  👤 mikewarot Accepted Answer ✓
You can do almost everything. You can even use apt-get.

However, beware!

If you uninstall or upgrade Termux, all your files will be wiped without warning.

I lost my SimH based VAX 11/780 running VMS 7.2 that way. 8(

It was so cool having a VAX in my pocket.

👤 ActorNightly
>IDE of choice will be vi

Termux repos has a vscode-server package, that starts up a vscode server, which you can access through the web browser. Much better way to code IMO.

👤 avghaloplayer
You can download apps like Sololearn. I know they are not that great, but you can learn the basics of any language you want!
👤 FerretFred
I opted for Rust in the end: versatile, and sooo much scope!
👤 FerretFred
A Vax?! Wow! Now that's worth a look!