Online Development Tool

The site alternativeto.net is dedicated to showing alternative software for all sorts of tasks. This includes tools in the greater area of software development. https://alternativeto.net/software/jsfiddle/

JSFiddle

JSFiddle is one such tool for web develoment. As you can see there are others.

jsFiddle lets one easily test snippets of JavaScript/CSS/HTML code on-the-fly, the page says. Let us check it out at https://jsfiddle.net/.

Figure 29.3. JSFiddle
JSFiddle

CodePen

The functionality of Codepen is quite similar to that of JSFiddle. The skin is different. Getting an account is free and easy. It may be used immediately. Look up https://codepen.io/.

Figure 29.4. CodePen
CodePen

JS Bin

If you have any doubts about what is offered at JS BIN, or what you are committing to if you sign in, go to https://jsbin.com/help/getting-started/ and see that it is quite quite non committal. The home is at https://jsbin.com/

With JS Bin there's a catch. You get an account only if you're on GitHub, and I am not. You are free to use it unregistered, but you cannot save your experiments. The site is run by Remy Sharp, co-author of Introduction to HTML5 where he writes the JavaScript parts. Check out [Law12].

Figure 29.5. JS Bin
JS Bin