> The dev tools built into browsers also tend to be rather bloated and sluggish > Scrolling is painful. > Passable for making a quick change to test an idea b

> The dev tools built into browsers also tend to be rather bloated and sluggish > Scrolling is painful. > Passable for making a quick change to test an idea but I wouldn't use it as an introduction to an IDE. I have the same experience, albeit in Chrome. Using it on "about: blank" and restricting yourself entirely to the console helps (e.g. no debugger, not using the feature described in OP, etc). But at that point it's just a REPL, not an IDE.