Replit: Idea to software, fast 4+

It’s obviously not the same as having a computer by you, but it’s cool to be able to test out an idea on the go, or on a long flight. A couple improvements could make it better: 1. Would really be nice to see a bar input above the text pad for convenient access to frequently used characters: # { } [ ] ‘ “ ! | : & @ + = * ^ % / ; Typing on a phone is already slow enough as it is without needing to go searching for special characters. 2. Also, pasting is a little faulty. You have to highlight an area to past something you’ve copied. So if you want to paste on an empty line, it doesn’t respond. So you have to type a bunch of letters and then highlight it to see the normal menu for options pop up.

I’ve been poking around this app despite not knowing much about coding, and found the interface to be surprisingly intuitive. Within minutes I created a nice looking spoof website from an open-source template, and for the most part it’s obvious what sort of things I can do. I would really appreciate a tutorial for beginners or at least some indication of what more technical words mean (what is “repls”? What does “shell” do?), but I understand that I’m not the target audience here and most who use the app will already know such things. Regardless, for the most part I’m finding the experience to be quite intuitive. Kudos to the developers for making a coding interface so friendly to newcomers!

I love programming on Replit’s desktop website and I had a good experience with it. I decided to download the Replit mobile app and give that a try. Sadly, I didn’t even get past the login screen. The page loaded and I typed in my credentials but when I clicked the login button, it wasn’t even loading the new page, it just stayed on the login screen. It wasn’t my internet because the connection was good (I tested it), maybe it’s a glitch? Do you guys know what the problem might be? Could you guys maybe fix that? Otherwise, Replit is a great platform! Thank you guys!