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Learn to code through chat messaging
- skewart 11y agoSo this is a REPL web app with a text messaging-esque UI? I'm guessing the messaging UI is designed to make learning to code more approachable. Text messaging is a more familiar interface to most people than a command prompt is. When I'm typing at a command line I sometimes feel like I'm having a conversation with the computer over text. One annoyance with this UI though is that wastes a lot of space on my phone's screen - the bubbles, the avatars, etc. With a typical command prompt REPL you'd see a lot more of your recent actions on the screen. From the title I was expecting an app that lets you code by sending actual text messages - either SMS or a popular chat app. The latency might get annoying, but I think it's an interesting idea. Text messaging in general has a ton of untapped potential as a software interface.