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Re: New Version of jsbin.com

#3
I have no idea what this site does. I've read 7 paragraphs and suppose I should "Open the CSS panel" (although the name implied something javascript related) because it's the only call to action, but it does nothing.

Re: New Version of jsbin.com

#4
Quite neat, I hadn't heard of this.

Nice to see it even lets you use CoffeeScript, LESS, and some other compile-to-js and compile to CSS languages that I hadn't heard of (Traceur and Stylus?).

Also seems like a nice UI. Might try it out as an alternative to JSFiddle for a bit.

Re: New Version of jsbin.com

#5
post #3

I have no idea what this site does. I've read 7 paragraphs and suppose I should "Open the CSS panel" (although the name implied something javascript related) because it's the only call to action, but it does nothing.

Hm, seems that sometimes you need to click on edit in JS bin (in the top right corner) to see the editor, http://jsbin.com/welcome/edit is the URL.

It seems like it's a JSFiddle-like editor, with a better (in my opinion) user interface, and potentially better options for sharing, not that I'm totally familiar with JSFiddle's capabilities.

Re: New Version of jsbin.com

#6
post #3

I have no idea what this site does. I've read 7 paragraphs and suppose I should "Open the CSS panel" (although the name implied something javascript related) because it's the only call to action, but it does nothing.

It's just an HTML/CSS/JS sandbox with collaborative features, similar to jsfiddle, which I believe is more well known (at least, among the people I work with).

I haven't used jsbin before, but the interface looks nice, and the redesign is pretty. Jsfiddle is utilitarian; jsbin looks like it is meant to have a little more humor. They both seem to cover the same functionality, so I guess it comes down to which interface you prefer.

For quickly sharing some small piece of front end code with a remote colleague, either one of these tools is very useful.

Edit: I just noticed that visiting jsbin.com skips the whole landing page with the spinning robot, so it seems that it is as utilitarian as jsfiddle.

Re: New Version of jsbin.com

#10
I recall using jsbin a month or so ago and had it fail on some basic JS I had inputted to test it out. Anecdotal and without proof but that is what made me decide on using jsfiddle. Going to give jsbin another try with this new version.

*edit:

This frustrates me so much on jsfiddle and I'm guessing it's a default browser formatting thing but why don't you guys make the curly braces NOT leap forward from where my cursor is?

Example : http://i.imgur.com/mZXTO.png

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