{"id":29512,"date":"2017-03-21T18:01:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T10:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=29512"},"modified":"2020-06-16T13:15:50","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T05:15:50","slug":"glitch-coding-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/glitch-coding-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Anyone Can Build an App (or Bots) Easily With This New Coding Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/sites-to-learn-coding-online\/\">wanted to learn how to code<\/a>, but felt that the barrier of entry is way too intimidating? If so, then you may want to check out<strong> <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/glitch.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Glitch<\/strong><\/a>, a website whose stated goal is to <strong>provide a friendly community where you\u2019ll build the app of your dream<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Created by <strong>Fog Creek Software<\/strong>, the company responsible for services such as <strong>Trello<\/strong>, Glitch is a coding site that is primarily driven by the community. The key feature of this website is the <strong>ability to remix existing codes and projects<\/strong>, allowing users to tweak pre-existing applications, bots, or websites and make it their own.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ref-block ref-block--post\" id=\"ref-post-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/online-collaboration-apps-project-managers\/\" class=\"ref-block__link\" title=\"Read More: Top Collaboration Apps For Project Managers\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Top Collaboration Apps For Project Managers<\/span><\/a>\n<div class=\"ref-block__thumbnail img-thumb img-thumb--jumbo\" data-img='{ \"src\" : \"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/online-collaboration-apps-project-managers.jpg\" }'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<noscript>\n<style>.no-js #ref-block-post-21883 .ref-block__thumbnail { background-image: url(\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/thumbs\/250x160\/online-collaboration-apps-project-managers.jpg\"); }<\/style>\n<\/noscript>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"ref-block__summary\">\n<h4 class=\"ref-title\">Top Collaboration Apps For Project Managers<\/h4>\n<p class=\"ref-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tChances are a lot of your work, and projects are done online. However, you and your boss may...\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Read more<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/glitch-coding-project\/01-remix-existing-projects.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"722\" alt=\"remix existing projects\"><\/figure>\n<p>While remixing code isn\u2019t as hard as <strong>building an app from the ground up<\/strong>, doing so can still be rather intimidating to the neophyte coder. For those who need some help with their coding attempts, Glitch lets you <strong>collaborate with other coders in the community in real time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>coding environment that Glitch uses<\/strong> allows collaborators to troubleshoot or add new features on the fly. Because every change that is made is rendered live, <strong>coders can proceed to fix mistakes and try out new changes<\/strong> to the code on the spot.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/glitch-coding-project\/02-change-code-on-the-spot.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"472\" alt=\"change code on the spot\"><\/figure>\n<p>The <strong>one limitation that Glitch has at the moment is that it only supports Node.js.<\/strong> That being said, completed projects in Glitch can be downloaded, exported to sites like GitHub, or left on Glitch to be tinkered by other coders. 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