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Posted by Tristan Cole
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Tristan Cole
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 1,310 Points

Are there websites or some software where you can practice what you are learning?

As per title. I'm new to TH and wondered if there is a website or some software that lets you practise things as you learn them?

Any pointers appreciated.

3 Answers

Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,427 Points

Hi Tristan!

Yes - there are several.

I do a lot of quick testing here:

https://www.w3schools.com/js/tryit.asp?filename=tryjs_array

More info:

https://scotch.io/tutorials/7-javascript-playgrounds-to-use-in-2019

https://www.hongkiat.com/blog/coding-playgrounds/

Here's a project I made on Codepen:

https://codepen.io/petrovnikov/full/MXxQPx

Which is my quirky take on the classic Simon Game coding challenge:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yqj76Q4jJ4

BTW, for Python testing, I use this:

https://www.katacoda.com/courses/python/playground

You could also set up your own local testing webserver, as well, but how exactly to do that would depend on your operating system and what all protocols you will want to run on it (PHP, mySQL, etc.)

You can query Google for instructions on exactly how to do that, though...

I use this on my mac for HTML, CSS, JS and PHP testing:

https://www.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.webserver.php

Plus I also have a MAMP environment installed, as well:

https://www.mamp.info/en/mac/

https://www.mamp.info/en/windows/

I hope that helps.

Stay safe and happy coding!

Tristan Cole
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Tristan Cole
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 1,310 Points

Thank you, Peter, for your comprehensive reply. This is warmly received.

Cesar Bustamante
Cesar Bustamante
6,585 Points
Cesar Bustamante
Cesar Bustamante
6,585 Points

jsfiddle is a pretty good code playground. Just make sure you create an account if you want to save the stuff you're working on.

Tristan Cole
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Tristan Cole
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 1,310 Points

Muchas gracias Cesar.

Thomas Davidson
Thomas Davidson
7,243 Points
Thomas Davidson
Thomas Davidson
7,243 Points

Hey Tristan,

Have a look at https://www.codewars.com/

It can be pretty challenging but it's great for learning to how to solve problems with code.

Start with the easier challenges and see how far you can progress.

Also make use of the workspaces on TH and follow along where you can, I find it helps me retain the information much better than just watching the videos.

Tristan Cole
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Tristan Cole
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 1,310 Points

Cheers David, thanks for your time in responding. I do use the TH workspaces and agree they are valuable. I will check out this site.