JsFiddle: a REPL for web development

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Post by mustpax » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 8:59 PM UTC

JsFiddle: a REPL for web development
jsfiddle.net

Re: JsFiddle: a REPL for web development

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Post by GrooveStomp » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 9:29 PM UTC

Very nice. There was a different tool I used for prototyping html, but it wasn't as nice and intuitive as this. For now it's bookmarked so I can look at it in more depth later.

Re: JsFiddle: a REPL for web development

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Post by grannyg00se » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 9:37 PM UTC

It really is great for fiddling with html,css,and javascript all on the same screen without having to deal with a complicated development environment or separate files.

It would be a nice platform for teaching basics, or even introducing something new.

Re: JsFiddle: a REPL for web development

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Post by hermanthegerman » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 9:42 PM UTC

Would be nice to have a preloaded example - i had to look at the screen for half a minute just to sort out all the elements that don't make immediate sense if there's not context that you're accustomed to..

Re: JsFiddle: a REPL for web development

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Post by michaelty » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 9:42 PM UTC

MDC, use this!

Re: JsFiddle: a REPL for web development

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Post by swannodette » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 10:10 PM UTC

A wonderful project written in MooTools- IMHO, a civilized and superior JS toolkit if your JS environment is homogenous/sane.

Re: JsFiddle: a REPL for web development

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Post by rsobers » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 10:26 PM UTC

hermanthegerman wrote: post #4

Would be nice to have a preloaded example - i had to look at the screen for half a minute just to sort out all the elements that don't make immediate sense if there's not context that you're accustomed to..

Here you go: http://jsfiddle.net/derek/Vjxt2/

Re: JsFiddle: a REPL for web development

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Post by hermanthegerman » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 11:20 PM UTC

rsobers wrote: post #7

hermanthegerman wrote: post #4

Would be nice to have a preloaded example - i had to look at the screen for half a minute just to sort out all the elements that don't make immediate sense if there's not context that you're accustomed to..

Here you go: http://jsfiddle.net/derek/Vjxt2/

I know that they are there - as I figured out when visiting it the first time. Just takes a bit to find it ;-)

Re: JsFiddle: a REPL for web development

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Post by catshirt » Thu, Jan 20, 2011, 11:21 PM UTC

swannodette wrote: post #6

A wonderful project written in MooTools- IMHO, a civilized and superior JS toolkit if your JS environment is homogenous/sane.

surely the stability of your architecture is not dependent on the library you use?

unless of course your library defines your architecture- but i wouldn't consider a library of that nature a "toolkit".

Re: JsFiddle: a REPL for web development

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Post by necolas » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 12:38 AM UTC

Yep, JsFiddle is brilliant.

There are a few others too.

http://jsbin.com - Not as many features as JsFiddle and the preview is on a separate page. The HTML/CSS/JS isn't kept completely apart either.

http://cssdesk.com - Primarily for CSS/HTML. Preview is automatically updated.

http://mootools.net/shell/ - Similar but more Mootools-centric; fewer features etc than JsFiddle.