We at Repl.it worked closely with them to make it really easy for students to start coding in seconds instead of hours. Announcement and HN discussion:
- https://github.blog/2020-05-26-code-in-the-browser-with-gith...
How do I quickly convince my safeguarding team of the safety of repl.it and github integration?
We’re obviously concerned about pupils having contact with strangers. A much more common problem in schools is bullying. It’s also important to not allow yet another channel for harassment. Anything where pupils can privately message each other is usually quite difficult to endorse.
Much as I would love to have them run into problems which I could turn into “and the real treasure we found was the friends we made along the way” teachable moments for them, they generate far too much strife for each other without already.
Any additional tools to facilitate the social chaos of teenage life would be surplus to requirements.
Today’s repl.it based lesson went amazingly well, yet again!
I don't think what we're building is a direct competitor to IDEs -- you'll always need a repl in the same way you'll have a TV but still go to the movies, or you'll have a tablet but still have a desktop etc.