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Repl.it 1.0: IDE that Grows from Playgrounds to Fullstack Apps

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Re: Repl.it 1.0: IDE that Grows from Playgrounds to Fullstack Apps

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Post by amasad »

AcerbicZero wrote: post #60

I was a huge fan of Repl.it while I was learning Ruby, but I was never able to leverage it into anything other than self-teaching. I have however, wasted many hours trying to get various local IDEs to replicate the experience of Repl.it, so that's gotta count for something. In the end, I transitioned to Visual Studio Code, but VS Code doesn't have the same inline repl (or I've yet to get it to work correctly). It suc…

Thanks for the lovely comment. Hopefully you can come back and use us at least for side-projects. Then maybe as you we get better and expand to service all your IDE needs you'll stick around to use it as a primary IDE. We're in it for the long haul and we'll get there.

Re: Repl.it 1.0: IDE that Grows from Playgrounds to Fullstack Apps

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Post by wanghq »

EgoIncarnate wrote: post #13

I may be misreading this, so please correct me. It seems as if this project has gone from open source to a closed source service ? [ https://github.com/replit/jsrepl ] Are Facebook, Google, and all the other name brands you are using to promote your product using your proprietary service, or the older open source stuff? If you have gone closed source, you should only be using names that are using the proprietary prod…

Same feeling, thought it's open sourced.

Re: Repl.it 1.0: IDE that Grows from Playgrounds to Fullstack Apps

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Post by wuliwong »

Forgive me, I'm sort of thinking out loud here.

I like the idea of trying out new languages/frameworks using this. I would be concerned building any serious projects using Repl though. I'm worried about how much 'lock in' there is at the moment. How difficult would it be to move from Repl to AWS for example? My guess is that it would be significantly more difficult than moving from AWS to Azure or something like that. If their service is unique enough it will be a pain to move, I would imagine. But this is obviously also their advantage. I bet this is similar to the when first cloud hosting platform launched. You no longer had to rack the servers yourself but if that company failed, you were screwed. :)

Re: Repl.it 1.0: IDE that Grows from Playgrounds to Fullstack Apps

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Post by amasad »

wuliwong wrote: post #63

Forgive me, I'm sort of thinking out loud here. I like the idea of trying out new languages/frameworks using this. I would be concerned building any serious projects using Repl though. I'm worried about how much 'lock in' there is at the moment. How difficult would it be to move from Repl to AWS for example? My guess is that it would be significantly more difficult than moving from AWS to Azure or something like that…

You can build your application in a way that doesn't depend on platform-specific features. In fact most of the frameworks are setup in a generic way. There is a download button, you can click that, get a zip file and you should be able to run it locally.

For the setups that are using platform-specific features we'd like to also minimize the fear of lock-in by open sourcing our development images and the repl protocol.

Re: Repl.it 1.0: IDE that Grows from Playgrounds to Fullstack Apps

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Post by joshuahutt »

amasad wrote: post #41
joshuahutt wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been using repl.it for a couple of (or more, I suppose) years now, and it's been very helpful to have a simple, reliable REPL to jump into, test things out, and to share code. I've turned students and colleagues to it, too. I'm excited to see where you're taking it. I hope it continues to load and run quickly. Just wanted to say thanks for building it, and keep up the great work!

Yes we aim for 2 seconds loadtime irrespective of the environment (we maybe a bit of the mark in some cases but not too far off) and part of the post was about reassuring folks like you that although it will increase in power it doesn't mean that it will be slower or more complex.

That's great to hear! :)

Re: Repl.it 1.0: IDE that Grows from Playgrounds to Fullstack Apps

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Post by notriddle »

mshenfield wrote: post #28

Github seems like they're gearing up to offer a similar service [0]. Cloud9, and notably Glitch [1] offer similar and well executed services. [0] https://github.com/atom/xray#web-compatibility [1] http://glitch.com/

There's also Janitor [0], though since it's built with legacy projects in mind, it's a lot easier to get started on an existing project than it is to create a new one.

[0] https://janitor.technology/

Re: Repl.it 1.0: IDE that Grows from Playgrounds to Fullstack Apps

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Post by 11235813213455 »

AcerbicZero wrote: post #60

I was a huge fan of Repl.it while I was learning Ruby, but I was never able to leverage it into anything other than self-teaching. I have however, wasted many hours trying to get various local IDEs to replicate the experience of Repl.it, so that's gotta count for something. In the end, I transitioned to Visual Studio Code, but VS Code doesn't have the same inline repl (or I've yet to get it to work correctly). It suc…

use code-runner extension, and press whatever shortcut needed (check in settings/shortcuts) (I've rebound it to ctrl+b)

Re: Repl.it 1.0: IDE that Grows from Playgrounds to Fullstack Apps

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Post by 11235813213455 »

lucasverra wrote: post #59
mshenfield wrote: post #28

Github seems like they're gearing up to offer a similar service [0]. Cloud9, and notably Glitch [1] offer similar and well executed services. [0] https://github.com/atom/xray#web-compatibility [1] http://glitch.com/

Just for the sake of listing, what "alternatives" are available today ? I can think of 1. Codepen (pure HTML+CSS+JS+frameworks) 2. jsfiddle.net/ (pure HTML+CSS+JS+frameworks) 3. Cloud 9 (full ide?) 4. https://anvil.works/ (pure Python) 5. CaptainDuckDuck ? 6. Repl.It 7. https://glitch.com/ 8. Runkit.io (pure node.js) Other ?

runkit.com *

codesandbox.io

Re: Repl.it 1.0: IDE that Grows from Playgrounds to Fullstack Apps

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Post by amasad »

finalfantasia wrote: post #69

My favorite online REPL for Clojure. It would be great if Parinfer [0] were integrated into the Clojure (and Scheme?) REPL. [0] https://shaunlebron.github.io/parinfer/

Thanks! Ooooh TIL re parinfer. I'll look into it. Will check it out. Also, look forward to on-the-fly package installation for Clojure!
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