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Re:Replit Apps by tocodeornot on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @04:19PM (#27134667)
I agree that not everybody needs to code. I disagree with the implication that the current ecosystem isn’t excluding some people who could code: it is.

Frankly, a lot of people who currently write code are only writing code because they stumbled across the right combination of tools: reducing the barrier to entry will only improve things.

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Re:Replit Apps by ZephyrBlu on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @06:16PM (#27135820)
Which tools do people stumble across?

I never used any tools like Replit when I was learning to code.

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Re:Replit Apps by kevinmchugh on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @09:19PM (#27137352)
I learned to program through modding an Elder Scrolls games. Lots of people learned to code HTML and CSS through MySpace, blogs, and I think neopets.
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Re:Replit Apps by mmmateo on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @04:57PM (#27135063)
A lot of people know basic HTML/CSS and the next generation is learning it in their computer classes, but there aren’t many tools that let them leverage it to build actual websites. If there were, people wouldn’t be so forced into proprietary, expensive solutions. And a lot more people would realize code isn’t that hard. That’s what we’re trying to do with primo (https://primo.af).
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