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Posted by davidrufener
davidrufener
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Is there a web application that runs code and displays the results in the browser (like Workspaces)?

Hello, I'm looking for a web application like Teamtreehouse Workspaces, that lets the user run code and get the results displayed on his browser? Another example maybe interactive tutorials sites like codecademy.com.

Thanks.

3 Answers

Phil Pickering
Phil Pickering
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Phil Pickering
Phil Pickering
1,343 Points

Codecademy has a feature called Codebits for experimenting with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. You could also have a look at Codecademy Labs which supports Ruby, Python and JavaScript.

Away from Codecademy, there's the excellent CodePen, JSFIDDLE, dabblet or JS Bin for your front-end needs (HTML, CSS & JavaScript).

davidrufener
davidrufener
Courses Plus Student 1,065 Points

Thank you for your reply. I meant applications that you can install on your own server though. Do you know about any?

Tobiasz Gala
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Tobiasz Gala
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Tobiasz Gala
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Tobiasz Gala
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For Windows I recommend Xampp. There is many tutorials how to set it up and it's easy to use. There is also MAMP and WAMP. In addition phpacademy 3 or 4 weeks ago posted video about http://www.vagrantup.com/ which is recommended by them. Those applications come with mysql apache server and even perl so you can work locally on your own computer.

Phil Pickering
Phil Pickering
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Phil Pickering
Phil Pickering
1,343 Points

Both JS Bin and Dabblet are open source:

JS Bin on GitHub

Dabblet on GitHub

Depends on your end goal... but if you're thinking about writing interactive tutorials why not try creating your own Codecademy courses using Codecademy's Course Creator?