What is CodeSandbox?
CodeSandbox is an online code playground and prototyping tool that allows developers to quickly create web applications and experiment with code in the browser. It provides an integrated development environment (IDE) that supports popular JavaScript frameworks such as React, Vue, Angular, and more.
Some key features of CodeSandbox include:
- Real-time collaboration - work together with team members in the same sandbox environment
- Import from GitHub - easily import GitHub repos into sandboxes
- Live preview - view changes to code reflected live in the browser
- Integrated terminal - work in the terminal without leaving the browser
- Dependency management - install npm modules and import external resources
- Shareable sandboxes - share sandboxes via URL to collaborate
- Template sandboxes - choose from preconfigured sandboxes for quick starting points
By handling setup, configuration, and dependencies in the cloud, CodeSandbox allows developers to focus on building applications. Its collaboration features make it easy for remote teams to work together. With support for code hosting and deployment, it's a feature-packed online IDE for web development projects.
CodePen, jsFiddle, StackBlitz, Blnq Studio, HTCSJS (HTmlCSsJS), Github Codespaces, PLAYCODE, JSitor, vscode.dev, JS Bin, Spck Editor, Plunker, Pinocode, Cr8Code are some alternatives to CodeSandbox.