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nitrous.io vs PlayBasic

A side-by-side look at nitrous.io and PlayBasic. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

nitrous.io

nitrous.io

Development

Nitrous.io is a cloud-based integrated development environment (IDE) that allows developers to code from any device with a browser. It has support for popular languages like JavaScript, Ruby, Python, PHP and more. Nitrous.io provides a terminal, text editor, preview pane, and collaboration options for teams.

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PlayBasic

PlayBasic

Games

PlayBasic is a proprietary programming language and IDE for learning and developing 2D video games. It uses a BASIC-style syntax which is easy to learn and allows for rapid game prototyping. Some key features include sprites, sounds, tiles, scrolling backgrounds and more.

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