Thank you @dillonb07 ! Appreciate so much you taking the time to write this thoughtful review. It's pretty insightful, because quite a few of these are what we have been working on. For example, multiple file panes and making auto completion better. Replit team is actively working on improving the speed of website, and there are multiple aspects where we can tackle this problem. For Git integration, you can use git command in the shell for stage/amend, but I understand this is different from the UI which VSC provides and this is a pain point we'll need to address. Default .gitignore file is a good idea, and we might potentially add that soon! And preview, multiplayer, packages, customizing with Nix are what Replit is strong at.
Regarding using Replit at your school: Does your school block Replit? If that's the case, ask your admin if they can use firewalledreplit.com/. Also check if there are admin-override browser extensions that has conflict with the code editor. Don't hesitate to reach out if this does not resolve the issue.
Replit isn't blocked at my school. I am going to try the firewalled version tomorrow because it has less features so it might be more likely to load (lower bundle size etc). I think that the main issue is just that the computers are incredibly old and slow. As for extensions, I've looked at that before and there aren't any admin-overriden extensions.
Glad the feedback was useful! Also happy to hear that you're working on the features I mentioned. For git, I'm aware that you can use the shell, and I have on multiple occasions, but it's quite annoying having to go to GitHub and setup an access token just for using git on a repl. I am glad that it's an option though.
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Thank you @dillonb07 ! Appreciate so much you taking the time to write this thoughtful review. It's pretty insightful, because quite a few of these are what we have been working on. For example, multiple file panes and making auto completion better. Replit team is actively working on improving the speed of website, and there are multiple aspects where we can tackle this problem. For Git integration, you can use git command in the shell for stage/amend, but I understand this is different from the UI which VSC provides and this is a pain point we'll need to address. Default
.gitignorefile is a good idea, and we might potentially add that soon! And preview, multiplayer, packages, customizing with Nix are what Replit is strong at.Regarding using Replit at your school: Does your school block Replit? If that's the case, ask your admin if they can use firewalledreplit.com/. Also check if there are admin-override browser extensions that has conflict with the code editor. Don't hesitate to reach out if this does not resolve the issue.
Replit isn't blocked at my school. I am going to try the firewalled version tomorrow because it has less features so it might be more likely to load (lower bundle size etc). I think that the main issue is just that the computers are incredibly old and slow. As for extensions, I've looked at that before and there aren't any admin-overriden extensions.
Glad the feedback was useful! Also happy to hear that you're working on the features I mentioned. For git, I'm aware that you can use the shell, and I have on multiple occasions, but it's quite annoying having to go to GitHub and setup an access token just for using git on a repl. I am glad that it's an option though.