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Life & fun · June 23, 2020

Slingcode live-reloading web IDE to make, run, and share web apps P2P

Personal computing platform. Make, run, and share web apps.

Slingcode live-reloading web IDE to make, run, and share web apps P2P launched on June 23, 2020 with 77 votes, #593 of 4,317 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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In plain words

Slingcode is a web-based IDE for creating, running, and sharing web applications directly in the browser. It supports live-reloading, allowing developers to see changes in real-time as they code. The platform enables peer-to-peer sharing of projects without requiring a centralized server, making it useful for developers who want a lightweight, shareable development environment accessible from any browser.

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From the sources

Slingcode is a personal computing platform in a single html file . Or right-click on slingcode.html and "save link as" to download the HTML file onto your own computer. There is no server component for Slingcode. The apps are stored in the web browser's local storage, completely offline. You can move apps between browsers by using the peer-to-peer send and receive feature. You can also export an app as a zip file and import it into another Slingcode instance, or upload your app onto regular web hosting to deploy it online. Remember when computers were fun? When a kid could type out a BASIC listing from a magazine and make magic with light and sound. When your computer belonged to you and…from slingcode.net

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