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Graham Trott

The main reason to code on a phone is to run the code on the phone, and the only programming language available for that is JavaScript.

You can try the usual coding playgrounds, e.g. CodePen or JSFiddle but you may find them hard going on a phone. I tried both and gave up as I couldn't manage 3 sets of information (HTML, CSS and JS) on the small screen.

Since I write computer languages as a hobby I decided to build my own coding playground, which you are welcome to use. It lets you write code and run it directly. However, it doesn't implement a standard language; it's designed specially to make it easy to write code that runs in the browser so it operates at a much higher level than mainstream computer languages; much closer to English in fact. I don't regard this as a disadvantage because core programming skills are independent of the chosen language. Once you have them you can use them anywhere.

The coding playground is the EasyCoder Codex. It's optimized for both PC and small-screen mobile, though the latter will never really compare in ease of use. I use it to test ideas quickly, without the need to build a web page each time. If you need help you'll find me via the About us / Contacts page at EasyCoder Software.

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Besong141

Thanks for everything I appreciate