Repla
Upcoming Repla plugins will let you see your code running live

Imagine if instead of constantly switching back and forth between editing and running your code, you could see the results of your code running live as you write it? Repla is an application that shows a live preview of your code running right beside your editor, so you can tell if your program is working instantly.

Soon Repla will support REPL plugins. Programming with a REPL has a rich history (the shell itself is a form of REPL), but they've never reached their full potential. Traditionally they've required entering code at a plain command prompt, a difficult proposition for programmers today accustomed to "richer" editing environments. Repla changes all that by making the REPL accessible alongside how programmers are already the most comfortable working: Writing code in a text editor and checking it into version control.

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Features

  • Support for JavaScript, Python, and Ruby; extensible to support other languages.
  • OS-level file-system events to keep the preview up-to-date, so use Repla with VS Code, Atom, Sublime Text, TextMate, BBEdit, Vim, Emacs, or any other text editor.
  • No configuration or special file formats, so Repla works seamlessly with existing projects, workflows, and version control systems, like git, svn, and Mercurial.

Languages

The below examples show what the live updating Repla window shows while the example source code is being edited in the text editor of your choice.

JavaScript

Your Text Editor
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function addNumbers(a, b) {
    return a + b;
}

var left = 1;

var right = 2;

addNumbers(left, right);
Repla
   function addNumbers(a, b) {
       return a + b;
   }
=> undefined
   var left = 1;
=> undefined
   var right = 2;
=> undefined
   addNumbers(left, right);
=> 3

Python

Your Text Editor
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def addNumbers(a, b):
    return a + b

left = 1
right = 2
addNumbers(1, 2)
Repla
   def addNumbers(a, b):
       return a + b

   left = 1
   right = 2
   addNumbers(1, 2)
=> 3

Ruby

Your Text Editor
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def add_numbers(a, b)
  return a + b
end

left = 1

right = 2

add_numbers(left, right)
Repla
   def add_numbers(a, b)
     return a + b
   end
=> :add_numbers
   left = 1
=> 1
   right = 2
=> 2
   add_numbers(left, right)
=> 3