WhiteBox

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Online coding environment :

https://whitebox.handmade.network/

Programming is difficult.

Our squishy human brains struggle to simulate what the computer will do when it runs our code. As a result we make lots of errors, many of them small, requiring us to divert our attention from the main problem we're working on to fix minor implementation details. This both takes up time and makes us lose focus on the high-level design.

The computer is going to run our code anyway, so why not do so immediately to check what it does?

WhiteBox runs the code as it is written, capturing details about the execution. It can then give you live feedback about the run, showing you how variables change over time and other details.

This is intended to improve the developer experience by helping you to understand your code faster, and consequently:

  • catch and fix bugs earlier, before they cause major issues
  • iterate more often over your design, giving more opportunity for refinement

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