Ably's JSBin fork needs updating to support more modern Javascript

[mattheworiordan]

See related issue https://github.com/ably/jsbin/issues/2.

Not directly related, but we could in future consider adding server-side code block support too with Repl.it - #690.

┆Issue is synchronized with this Jira Bug by Unito

[kennethkalmer]

@mattheworiordan, @fliptopbox also mentioned codepen.io as something to have a look at and they have an API as well - https://blog.codepen.io/documentation/prefill/

[fliptopbox]

I recommend we move to codepen for a number of reasons, I'll write them down.

[mattheworiordan]

I recommend we move to codepen for a number of reasons, I'll write them down.

You've not written them down :). Can you?

Interestingly I see Google us JSFiddle, which is quite neat, see https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/adding-a-google-map and specifically https://docs.jsfiddle.net/api/display-a-fiddle-from-post, where a POST creates the fiddle live.

This IMHO is elegant because @kennethkalmer we would no longer need to publish JSBins / Codepens / anything else at build time, and instead generate the code on demand at runtime. Far slicker, and it works for Google 👍

[mattheworiordan]

I see https://blog.codepen.io/documentation/prefill/ has a similar POST option.

@fliptopbox do we know if Codepen is the most popular? Can we research which is the most popular before we dive in?

[fliptopbox]

Yup, there is a discovery document on its way, that looks at Codepen from various angles.
We should have a working draft on Wednesday late afternoon, I will be sure to ping your for feedback.

[ably-sync-bot]

➤ Tony Bedford commented:

Matthew O'Riordan already fixed this one I think.