Repl.it is one of many online coding platforms. How did you find this one? Did you do a google search? A friend? Why did you choose Repl.it over the many others that exist out there. Currently repl.it is one of the most popular. I will say that if i google's filtering and searching system were different, i wouldn't have found it. I found Repl.it with online python3. Comment below your own story!
Reasons so far:
- Coding on multiple computers
- Learning at school
- Looking for better online compilers/interpreters
- Searching on google for online <coding language>
- Friends
- Coding in school without downloading interpreters/compilers
- Making games that wouldn't work on normal compilers/interpreters
- Entering competitions that require repl.it
- Storing code online. To show other people, or other uses
It's really cool to see how other people found repl.it. If I had been told to list as many reasons as I could, I would have gone with Bullet 1, Bullet 2, Bullet 3, and maybe Bullet 5.
Through computing teacher because we have chromebooks which can't install anything.
@ArchieMaclean Yeah. Teachers don't usually allow children to download/install anything on school chromebooks.
@PYer You just can't on ours - only chrome extensions can be downloaded. There is a text editor, but there is no python chrome extension :(
@ArchieMaclean I actlually have a python shell. Here is a link: Python Console
@ArchieMaclean That's how I go found it. I just learned Python as I went on this site. There is a gaming/programming based "sub-school" at mine, but I wasn't accepted. It turns out they also use repl.it even though they have Windows laptops, and they're allowed to download programs on them.
@hayaodeh Cool! I really like the logo. Did you end up designing it?
@PYer yes :)
I was looking for online web development platforms similar to CodeSandbox because it was glitching out on me a bunch. Repl.it far exceeded my expectations!
@Kognise Cool! Repl.it is better than any other coding platform online that i have ever seen.
@PYer Agreed
I was looking for an html sandbox and I found it by searching google
@Coder100 Yeah. Searching for coding sandboxes seems popular.
I was looking for alternative's to scratch, eventually i found blockly then i converted blockly to python, remembered it then went to find a online code writer, then i found repl.it :P
@River_PlayzPlay cool. how long did it take you to learn python? i learnt it kind of slow, maybe because i was introduced to it before i saw block coding
@PYer im actually learning it still, and i find it pretty easy to learn as long as you write it a few times for example to remember the print command i made a little story using only the print command. as for scratch i learnt it in something called "coder dojo" it's basically just something you show up to and they teach kid's scratch and assign you different tasks, blockly i found in alternative's. (Oh and sorry for the bad grammar i tried my best im only 10 so yeah.)
@River_PlayzPlay you grammar is better than many people around here. i have never see coder dojo before. thanks for responding. contact me if you need any help with anything
@PYer Thanks! And I'll be sure to contact you if i need help! :P
@River_PlayzPlay How far did you get with Scratch?
@AS4 pretty dang far, i got to the point where i could make a little asteroid game but that was about it, i lost interest and got bored, so i decided to give up on coding and then a few years later here i am.
@River_PlayzPlay I was using quite advanced stuff with Scratch. Anyway pushing the boundaries of it.
@AS4 Just realized your icon is the flag on scratch
and i always knew you could go further but i decided not to due to a number of reasons. (one of them being i was 7 at the time and still in normal school and not home-school, meaning i had alot less free-time)
@River_PlayzPlay Yes. I am pintofmilk on scratch if you want to see what I have made. I put over some ridiculous 200 hours into one game https://scratch.mit.edu/users/PintOfMilk/
@AS4 You, Sir. Are a wonderful human being, I can only dream of being one who has the patience to spend 200 hours into one scratch game, you are amazing. lol
@River_PlayzPlay agreed. a lot of patience is required.
@PYer And such is the downfall of many coders, and honestly, I won't deny that I wasn't one of those at the start...or now...
@River_PlayzPlay me too :)
Was organizing a club and found this site perfect as a development platform for projects and what not. I don't recall fine tuning any of my internet search queries specifically to find this website. So I guess concerning your bullet points, I can align with number 4 the most. :) I'm not sure what you mean by bullet point 7 though :thinking:
@eankeen somebody mentioned a russion roulete that wouldn't work on their complier/interpreter. but it did work on repl.it. what did you do in your club?
@PYer Well after organizing the club I was dissuaded from actually submitting the papers to the school. At the time I had a lot of my plate (concerning classwork) so it was only natural for them to suggest that. At that point, I only knew a little bit of c++, so I guess it wasn't a bad decision after all. :)
I have search a online coding platform and than i have found repl.it first i was to dumb to understand how repl.it works than i switched to a other platform but this platform has after 1 week closed than i have search again i don't have find one thats free and that works good than I decided to try it again with repl.it and i have understand how it works.
sorry for bad english. :D
@PAULX Cool. The prices of repl.it seem to attract attention too.
I had to program on dad's office laptop once and I couldn't install anything there. A quick Google search landed me here. Now I use repl.it even if I'm on my PC
@Lord_Poseidon Yeah. One of the reasons I use repl.it alot is because I don't have to store all my files. I use 5+ computers for coding, and I don't want to install a bunch of stuff on every single one.
I went on DuckDuckGo and searched for how to run Python online: I was originally looking for a way to implement a 24/7 python script.
@Ntechh did you find out how to?
Googled it. Coding on multiple computers, new and old, Win and Linux, I mainly I use it to breath life back into my old 32-bit Arm based Chromebook since Repl.it is the only coding platform that I could get to run on it without the hassle of entering developer mode.
@culpower what languages?
@PYer Just Python 3 for now
@PYer FWIW, I've also found Repl.it is a great way to practice my long-lost VIM skills since it's so easy to turn on an off in settings(!)
@culpower cool!
@culpower nice
i use repl for point 6 but found it randomly on the internet. at the moment i have finished my first python game and decided. "hey, why not make a even LARGER game in lua cuz im smart." i just wana say my python game was about 430 lines, and continued forever. if anybody wants to see it i could post a link to it, but kinda lazy and sitting in global studies right now so. yeah.
Edit: here is said game. Sorry for delay wasnt doing much with repl during spring break.
I know my code will be sloppy but i did what i could. And for about a week from knowing nothing to this. I think its pretty good.
https://game.kevintomaszewsk.repl.run
@KevinTomaszewsk I WANT THE LINK PLZ
@KevinTomaszewsk i would want to see it too
My teacher made us search through Google to find this site about 2 days ago.
@CollinKunsman your teacher made you do that? i think she should have been the one to find it
@PYer Uhh... Don't you mean 'he'?
Saw some kid using it in school and looked into it.
@ZacharyWood Cool! Did you already know how to code at that time?
@PYer Yeah. I was always looking for a platform to code on, and Replit was the best one so far.
@ZacharyWood yeah. i haven't seen any others that are better either.
I didn't want to take AP Calculus so I took programming instead and now I'm here :'D It's pretty fun ^_^/
@JennieLiao Nice. Programming is much better than calculus.
@PYer both are nice lol
@Murzikal yeah
A friend of mine got hired here and told me about it.
@themaka Cool! Did they also persuade you to work here? You do work for repl.it right?
@PYer They did persuade me, but not until I heard some of their long term plans, some of which they've already done, and some of which they haven't even hinted at yet.
@themaka Cool! I am curious to know about those long term plans :)
my coding class introduced it to me, its helpful bc i dont have programs to run every language. Plus it helped me discover the oh-ever-so-awesome language LOLCODE.
cool! @maxyang
I came across whatsdev's tutorial in youtube. In his small Javascript Course He said he loved Relp.it. And i put the exact http and BOOM. I AM MINDBLOWN.
now i am thinking why there are IDEs :p
Haha. What is an IDE? @PlominPraveena
(Just kidding, but I haven't used one forever!)
Because my school Chromebook could not download normal compilers/interpreters
@hg0428 Same!!!! But I just found it by searching on google for a good development platform.
@hg0428 Also, I was just worried that they would stop me from downloading.
I DID A GOOGLE
Yeah, that's how most people found it. Some people had friends introduce it to them though. @Codemonkey51
Lol I introduced my friend he doesn't use it much tho :) @PYer
took an online course to learn how to make websites, at the end they recommended this website to make my own
googled "online ide"
cool! that's the same way a lot of others found [email protected]
I found it through Microsoft's website, to find online F# compilers (I don't actually use F#, I was trying it for fun at that point)
@johnstev111 cool!
I googled "online C complier"
@VFDan cool
I first started with javascript when I was in second grade. I learned about 50 new things to do with it until I got bored in this other compiler. Then, I searched up 'online compiler' and I thought repl.it was great! Now I'm experienced in HTML, JS, Ruby, and Nodejs.
@JoshuaKing1 cool!
I am a Mentor at a Coder Dojo in our area. I was helping a kid with a CSS problem when I realized her IDE was in her browser. I had never heard of it, so I asked her. She said it was called "repl.it" and had a lot of languages to code on. I signed up, started up a Python project, and I have been using it ever since!
@webmunchster cool! i haven't hear of coder dojo before, what is it?
My professor needed a platform for us to submit F# projects
@mwilki7 cool! was it using classroom?
@PYer Yes, though I wish I explored repl at the time. Would have helped to know there was an online IDE with so many different technologies available.
@mwilki7 cool
I read an article on Medium about how to teach/learn Python. I followed the link here and stayed because they offer free accounts to schools. My students like it and it is very easy to check their work. THANKS Repl.it!
@EdgarArcia cool!
I was on a school chromebook and was very bored, I knew that python OS import could inject into shell, so I decided to look for an online python compiler so I could use a shell terminal in school, the reason for this was because shell allows you to ssh and I enjoy exploring ssh servers, I've found chat rooms, ctfs, communities, and tons more interesting stuff using the shell that I am able to use thanks to repl.
@algore cool!
Causality, i was searching a good online IDE for making an android app and i ended up doing other things. idk why
@IzanLarumbe cool!
I couldn't find a good free coding platform so I looked up on Google Chrome and the top list was repl.it LOL :)
Back in school I was getting interested in learning more programming languages. But I was discouraged because I didn't have a laptop and was always on the move (between home, school, and job) and every time I had an hour to code a little I have to spend most of it installing or troubleshooting compilers, IDEs, libraries, etc.
So I discovered the idea behind Repl.it -- an instant & portable programming environment for any language I want to learn. I ended up being the one to code it into existence but I might as well have found it if it existed before that.
@amasad Cool! Repl.it is amazing!
@amasad One of my college classes used an IDE that wasn't on the lab's computer images, so we spent almost 15% of each class installing it ...
Repl.it would have been an amazing solution
I'm amazed more colleges aren't using it.
@themaka It is really cool. Repl.it is fairly new though, and maybe other colleges are using it. You wouldn't really know unless you are in college? Are you?
@PYer There are sooo many colleges using it. But yes, I agree, all of them should haha
@PYer I teach at one.
@themaka cool!
@amasad Thanks to that great idea. Now Repl.it is really useful for instant, portable programming and for better learning experience. I don't have to hide my teacher that im installing a programming language again, she doesnt allowed students for installing anything. yea quite annoyed
@B0T agreed
PYer:
amasad:
@amasad Same!!!!!!!!!!! :D