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Re: Repl.it – React Native mobile apps in browser

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Post by amasad »

sohkamyung wrote: post #40

(Please downvote if my comment is off-topic) Is it possible to support creating and deploying Minecraft server mods using repl.it? At one point (2-3 years ago) my son was interested in doing this but the pain of installing Java, an IDE (NetBeans), getting started in Java programming and deploying it on a vanilla Minecraft server was just too much. Or are there better options now for Minecraft server mod programming?

Hey, we've looked at Minecraft and I think it's a great game to encourage kids to learn to code. In fact a lot of teachers teach Python and Java on Repl.it so that their students can learn how to tinker with Minecraft.

There are a couple of startups out there that try to help with Minecraft modding. Check out Tynker and I think Code.org has something on Minecraft.

If you have any specific ideas on how we can help with this please shoot me an email amjad@repl.it

Re: Repl.it – React Native mobile apps in browser

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Post by amasad »

q1t wrote: post #42

Is it possible to structure a project inside repl.it? I mean I have a small React project and wanted to replicated it in your IDE/repl

We're planning to add file and project tree support. For now it's more geared towards prototyping, intro courses, and experimentation. Stay tuned, we hope to have something for you soon!

Re: Repl.it – React Native mobile apps in browser

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Post by Tistron »

amasad wrote: post #34
it_learnses wrote: post #33

how do you make money?

We haven't started monetizing yet but we already announced our plans for Pro accounts. We've been lucky that our platform has been very popular in highschools, colleges, bootcamps across the world so we'll be charging for additional features hopefully soon.

I was looking everywhere for info on pricing, I suggest you mention this somewhere. With the "create a free account" I thought I'd have to go through all the trouble of signing up before being faced with what I'd have to pay (looking at this as a teacher).

Re: Repl.it – React Native mobile apps in browser

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Post by amasad »

Tistron wrote: post #44
amasad wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We haven't started monetizing yet but we already announced our plans for Pro accounts. We've been lucky that our platform has been very popular in highschools, colleges, bootcamps across the world so we'll be charging for additional features hopefully soon.

I was looking everywhere for info on pricing, I suggest you mention this somewhere. With the "create a free account" I thought I'd have to go through all the trouble of signing up before being faced with what I'd have to pay (looking at this as a teacher).

Good suggestion. We have a lot of cleaning up to do on the sign up flow/landing pages.

Re: Repl.it – React Native mobile apps in browser

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Post by jsjsjsjsjsjs »

sohkamyung wrote: post #40

(Please downvote if my comment is off-topic) Is it possible to support creating and deploying Minecraft server mods using repl.it? At one point (2-3 years ago) my son was interested in doing this but the pain of installing Java, an IDE (NetBeans), getting started in Java programming and deploying it on a vanilla Minecraft server was just too much. Or are there better options now for Minecraft server mod programming?

If running two installers is a pain maybe programming is a wrong area to be interested in.

Re: Repl.it – React Native mobile apps in browser

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Post by amasad »

jsjsjsjsjsjs wrote: post #46
sohkamyung wrote: post #40

(Please downvote if my comment is off-topic) Is it possible to support creating and deploying Minecraft server mods using repl.it? At one point (2-3 years ago) my son was interested in doing this but the pain of installing Java, an IDE (NetBeans), getting started in Java programming and deploying it on a vanilla Minecraft server was just too much. Or are there better options now for Minecraft server mod programming?

If running two installers is a pain maybe programming is a wrong area to be interested in.

I disagree. When you're just starting out all this software you have to install is really discouraging. Plus some people don't own their personal computers and use the computers at school etc so it's much better for them if there was a portable development environment.

Re: Repl.it – React Native mobile apps in browser

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Post by ess3 »

amasad wrote: post #45
Tistron wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was looking everywhere for info on pricing, I suggest you mention this somewhere. With the "create a free account" I thought I'd have to go through all the trouble of signing up before being faced with what I'd have to pay (looking at this as a teacher).

Good suggestion. We have a lot of cleaning up to do on the sign up flow/landing pages.

Just visited using my phone. The site is barely responsive and therefore had a hard time understanding what the tool is about. Might be worth fixing!

Otherwise, based on the comments here, looks like a really cool service!

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