Hello friends
I am gonna write some basics about ‘Replit’ today. it is an IDE I use often to program Python or any other language. The reason why I like replit is because of its simplicity and usefulness. It supports almost all languages and frameworks. It also provides computation or it can sustain your code for a long time if you set it right.
Now let’s check the title The 3 W’s of Replit. Let’s start with the first W – WHAT.
The answers to the questions below might be short or long. So stay with me.
What is Replit?
As said earlier replit is an online browser-based IDE for programming. Although it is an online IDE, it can be used for computing as well.
Now, let’s jump to the next question.
Why Replit?
Replit is a powerful IDE as I mentioned before. It supports almost all languages and their versions. It also gives computation if you are in their hacker plan and you can host your website, discord bot and more. Well, your imagination is the limit. It also provides us with a Linux instance in which you can run your code. You cannot access files other than files of the code you wrote in that repil. Btw, repil is a project or repo in replit. However, you do not have access to the root of the Linux instance.
Let’s jump into the next question now, How…
How to get started?
It is a very nice platform for programmers. If you don’t have the computation power or the resources to run any code you just made, then Replit is for you. To get started, go to replit.com and sign up or create your account. They support Gmail, GitHub, Facebook and more. And there you have it, your account dashboard.
You can get started by making a repil. You can click the ‘create repil’ option and select the language or the framework you want to work on. There are some default templates too, for you to boost start.
After choosing your language or framework, you will be presented with an IDE with a terminal/shell and a console. From there on you can program as much as you want and run the code. There is also a huge community with thousands of members all over the world showcasing their programs and gains.
This is it for now. But I will come back later with more things to talk about and tell you guys.
Keep checking my personal blog and also the technical stuff like the steps to install BlueJ if you are a geek.
