Who says the iPad is only for consumption? Textastic brings the power of a desktop text, code, and markup editor to the iPad.
Textastic supports syntax highlighting of more than 80 languages, and if that’s not enough, you can extend it with TextMate-compatible syntax definitions and themes.
The visual find and replace feature and the list of function and class names let you quickly navigate documents. A cursor navigation wheel simplifies text selection and the extra row of keys above the keyboard makes it easy to type common programming characters.
It’s brilliant.
As you work, you can preview HTML and Markdown files locally. Once you’re done, connect to (S)FTP and WebDAV servers as well as Dropbox. The app even includes a built-in WebDAV server that allows you to quickly transfer files to your iPad wirelessly from your Mac or PC.
This app has quickly become my go-to iOS option when it comes to editing something on this site and others while away from my keyboard.
Textastic for iPad is just $9.99 and is available on the App Store. If you work from your iPad at all, this should be on your homescreen.