Over the past few years we’ve seen a shift in how people use their tablets. Whenthe first iPad was released, many people saw it as a bigger phone, but nowadaysmore and more people are starting to see tablets as a possible replacement forlaptops. You can see it in every way: tablets are becoming more powerful,trackpads on tablets are becoming more commonplace and we see more creator appslike Photoshop pop up on the app store.

We also saw this at CodeSandbox. One of our biggest feature requests has alwaysbeen proper mobile support, and over the past two years the request for it hasgrown tremendously. And come to think of it, it makes a lot of sense! New ideasoften pop up when you’re on the go, and it should be easy to then quickly createa sandbox to try that idea, even if you don’t have a laptop with you.

That’s why we’re excited to announce that CodeSandbox has acquiredplay.js! Play.js, created by Carlos Vidal, is an appfor iOS (both iPhone and iPad) that makes it incredibly easy for you to developweb applications. Just like with CodeSandbox, you can press a button andimmediately get a running application that you can edit and play with. And,well, unlike CodeSandbox, it’s a native app built for iOS that makes it verysmooth to use on your iPhone and iPad.

In the next 5 years development on a tablet or phone will become much morecommonplace. In fact, even right now many people use their phone or tablet astheir main driver. It should be just as easy for them to do development, andwe’re happy to make our first steps in this direction today.

What does this mean?