7 Browser-based Sandbox Tools for Online Coding

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Have you ever found yourself in need of testing a quick piece of code, sharing a JS issue that’s been bugging you for days, creating a quick POC to show it to a client or a colleague?

These great, lightweight, and incredibly useful tools might help you out.

Common Features

All of the platforms mentioned below, share these common features

• Browser-based: No configuration required, just your good ol’ browser.
• Simple and optimized for snippets: Most of them have pre-defined workspaces that will let you immediately start coding
• Live code rendering: What you do, is what you see
• Supports FE code: At least HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
• Saving and Sharing capabilities: Show off your work with restrictions
• Free: Although some of them require creating a “free” account, all of the tools below are free to use

JS Bin

If you want to put down in words an abstract JS thought, an idea that has been bugging you overnight, or painlessly test that algorithm that you’re trying to integrate your project without breaking everything, JS Bin is your weapon of choice.