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Replet tutorial for beginners. If you're new to Replet and you want to learn it properly without getting overwhelmed. This is an indepth beginner tutorial that will walk you through everything step by step. You will learn how to create projects, use them, use the editor, manage the files, and to run and debug your code, install packages, work with the terminal, and collaborate with others. Plus how to deploy your apps so they're actually live online. By the end of this tutorial, you will know Replet from start to finish and feel confident using it for real projects. Let's get started.
If you talk about Replet, then this is an online coding platform that lets you write, run, share your code directly from your browser. You don't need to download anything or an external browser or extension. You don't need a powerful computer. All you need is internet and a device and you can just start writing your code instantly because once you log in, you're going to meet up with this homepage. There's a text box to start designing or if you want to create an entire app, then this is great. You can just start writing your code pretty instantly. This makes Replet perfect for students, beginners, freelancers, and even professionals who want a fast way to treat ideas.
Before we really jump into the screen, let's understand what Replet actually is. Replet is a cloud-based development environment. This means that everything happens online. Your code, your files, your projects, and even your databases are stored on Replet's servers. Normally, when people learn programming, they have to install Python, Java, and just code editors, library, and many other things. For beginners, the setup can feel scary and confusing because even on the homepage, you see a lot of stuff in the dashboard. On the main dashboard, you see a lot of things going around. So, you simply just go on to your homepage and you see that the setup seems a little complex. It's nothing to get scared about. Replet just removes that kind of barrier that just feels super confusing. You can click one button, choose a language, and you're just ready to code. This also supports a bunch of coding languages and just programming languages like Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, C++, and PHP and many more. No matter what you want to learn, Replet probably just supports it already. This is great for collaborations because if you're working with a team or if you have teammates to work with on the same project in real time, you can simply just invite your team members, which is extremely helpful for beginners.
Now, let's move on to the screen and create our actual piece of code. After you've logged in, you're going to meet up with this homepage. You're going to see the dashboard with a bunch of apps or just published apps. These are the apps that you are going to develop and write a code for. You're also going to meet up with the developer frameworks. These are basically just the advanced coding stacks that you can use in your next projects. Now, moving on to our main homepage. This is where a recent work is going to be previewed. Click on this create on create app and it's just going to take you to this text box where you're going to start designing. At the top you're also going to see a search bar. So if you have a bunch of projects that are already in your drafts or just saved into your recent files, you can select and find those. You can also look at the projects made by other users. So you can open them, learn from them, and even remix them. This dashboard is where you're basically going to spend most of your time. And it is important to feel comfortable with it.
Now let's move on to create our first project. And after you've clicked on create app or even just on your homepage when you meet up with this text box you can start designing. Now when you click on build you are just going to start building. So you go on and click on Python. And this is basically what I recommend for beginners because starting with Python is just easy and powerful. Once you click on the language that you want to work with, it is just going to take a few seconds and open up a page like this. Now, this may look complex or you might get scared because there are too many things going on and you don't know exactly what you have to do. This is basically called the IDE, which stands for integrated development software. This is basically just the editing or coding environment that we call IDE which is going to be our integrated development environment. On the left side you see this file explorer and in the center you see the code editor like this.
Now we are just going to start writing our code. When you're writing your first program in the editor just make sure that you're actually writing a valid code. You can start small like right here. I'm just going to paste. And just like that, when you actually start writing your main script, you're going to see the output right here. Now, just like that, how we wrote, "Hello, welcome to Replet with an exclamation mark." It just showed us the actual output. Now, you can start writing in more content. Basically, on the left text box is where you're going to write your actual code or data. And you can see the output right here. It doesn't have to be too complex. You can start off with basic like just write hello worlds or just write hello welcome to replet and congratulations. If you see the output then you just ran your first program online. Let's try something more interactive like this. Click on enter and within a few seconds it is going to show on our console screen. Run it again. And basically the console is going to ask your name just like that. We can type in our name. And this is super easy. So when you actually publish it, it just allows you to actually type your name and enter it. So let's try publishing this. And let's see. We're going to review this online. That's how you publish your code online. This basically just shows that how Replet just allows you to build real programs and not just simple examples. So if you want to get complex with it and just create a very complex and really long code, you can go ahead and do that. If you're good with coding or if you're using it for practicing purposes, then replet is great. It is simply going to compile it and do a few checks before running it. So once it's done, you can just preview and there you can just type in and enter your name.
Now let's talk about how you can write with files and folders because in this text box when you're seeing build you also see the option to drop in files. That means that you can attach or upload a file. Now let's talk about files and how you can actually attach the files that you want. If you want to attach files or just start off with a file, you can simply just click on this and click on upload a file.
Now, let's talk about files and folders within Replet. Once you have your workspace, you're going to see the preview and all of these tabs right here. If you click on tools and files on the top, you're going to scroll all the way down and you're going to see files. You click on a new file and you can just create a new file within here. Like we can name this projects and we're going to add it. And it just created a new file for us. This is going to be my learning file where I'm going to add in projects that I want to work with. You can store more files and name them later. This is useful for when you build bigger programs and you need to put them into sections. Good organization just makes you a better programmer. You don't want everything congested in one place. Especially when you're coding, then you know that everything is going to get really complex.
You can also ask AI for help within because right here I just ask it to create a Java studio for me. Run down the code and see what is missing. So that way Replet is just going to save almost everything for us and we don't have to worry about losing our work. There are going to be different folders and files. Just new tab and rename this file. You can also add in different elements like integrations and even databases. So if you want to store in your finances and add them to the code, this is perfect. You can add in a developer extension store or just add in more playgrounds and workflows. And we basically used AI for this entire studio. All I did was type in that I wanted a Java Studio. You can also ask AI questions like explain this or be specific, fix this error or just write a login system. So this is super easy. All I did was just type in create a Java Studio for me and AI just generated the entire code for me. Like right here you can see it even ran a loop. Simply just click on run a code. Wait on the screen and you can see code ran successfully. You can even publish this if you like and you want other users to interact with it. You can also publish this entire code. Just click on publish and it is going to be visible to other users using replet as well.
Now, when you're creating something using AI, just remember to actually go through the code and whatever is the output, you're actually doing a review check because AI is a helper. It's not a replacement for learning. It's better that you write code yourself. Just ask AI for help when it's needed. Don't ask AI to generate the entire code for you. Always try to understand the code instead of blindly just copying this.
Now once you're writing big programs where you actually need it to function like you can just write one or create a number guessing game then you need a correct code and once you're writing the code just make sure that everything is working you're satisfied with it and just run it and make sure that you're actually getting what exactly is written in there. So you can do a few of the runins and keep checking if everything is perfect. And when you're writing bigger and complex codes like trying to guess numbers or just making a code to create a table or a table of your choice of the user and the input that they're going to write, make sure you actually run the code a few times just to be sure that it's working. Now let's say we have number guessing game. You have to actually try guessing the numbers manually before actually writing the code. This way the program just guides you until you win. This is basically just a complete mini project. You can ask it for help to write a better code to execute it better and you just create an entire mini game inside replet without really installing anything. Now once that the code is here and it is looking good just run the code make sure that it's working everything is perfect.
Another great feature that Replet provides us with is that you can just invite collaborators or share the specific code with people. When you click on multiplayers and give a private join link, you can basically just copy and drop it into your team group chats or Discord or even to your clients if you have one. If you're working on a school project and you need to type in a code, this is perfect because you can just drop in with the group chat. Now, you can share your work and you can also invite people to edit this. So if you're a student and you want your teacher to come and just give you reviews, then this is great. Anyone with this link can just have the access to your project. So if anyone edits the code, you'll see it live and you can chat, comment, and work together. This just makes replet perfect for online learning and teamworks.
Now, let's go back to the homepage and we're going to discuss some of the pro features that Replet provides us with and what actually goes on through the dashboard. You know that once you're in home, you right here there's going to be a text box and you can just start writing in your text. You can get the upgraded version if you want full access. I don't have that yet, so we're not going to go into it. Go on to your apps and here you're going to see new folders or just files. If you even click on new folder, you can just give it a name, create new folder, add in files. Here you're going to see all those shared files that you have with your team members or anyone else. Honestly, this also provides you with a bunch of themes. Like once you click on to this little symbol, you're going to see your account, your profile, notifications, and themes. You can click on themes and you're just going to meet up with different themes adjusted to the custom colors and the mode that you actually want. You can also go with a lighter mode if this suits you best. Just customize it so you can feel comfortable for coding for longer hours. You can also just go into your settings directly and just zoom in or zoom out so you are comfortable enough while actually typing in the code. My tip is that when you're creating folders into your apps for each topic, just name the projects really clearly. Like we're going to create a new folder. We can just write in the website client. You can also specify it with client names if you have any. Create the folder and just add in projects or files within. This will save you a lot of time in the future and it's not going to over complicate your workspace or even the folders that you saved.
Now, once you're working on Replet, this automatically saves in with your work and it just provides you with backup. Everything is being saved on the Replet server. You don't need to just attach another extension. So, you can actually download these. You can connect it with GitHub and this just lets you keep backups and track changes which is honestly great. So if you're serious about coding learning git is very important. Replet just makes it super easy and reliable. If you want to invite your entire team then just click on create team and you can start adding your team here. You can just fill in this little form and start working with replet today. This is like realw world development and you don't need like separate workspaces or just have to be invited to each other's workspaces to actually work in code.
Now before I wrap up this easy guide on how you can start using Replet today, I'm going to give you a few tips before we actually end this video. The first tip is that you are actually using Replet templates to save hours for your setup. You go on to your developer frameworks and you're going to see a bunch of languages here. Actually, pick the one that you want to get started with without actually creating the entire studio first. This is an underrated feature because it provides you with most of the basic languages and much more. So either you're working with HTML or just CSS, Python, C language, C++ or all of these that are provided here. This is super easy. Just click on one and just start using this framework today. Click on remix and you can just start using this. Along with this, you can also just start writing with AI. So if you want to start writing Python with AI, this is great. It saves you hours when you're creating your code with one of these languages. Don't just pick the one that is in front of you. Actually pick the one that you're supposed to use. Along with this, you can also go ahead and use these templates like games or just starter apps. This is just going to give you a startup for the structure that you're looking for. For example, if you want to build a website with Python, just choose the Flask template and Replet will automatically just install all the files, folders, and dependencies that you need. This is really great because at first the setup may be a little complicated, but if you start simple and get used to everything, it's going to work perfectly fine for you and you can just start writing and creating codes online. This is going to save you hours of configuration and prevents beginner mistakes. It's also best that you don't rely on AI entirely or just use only these templates and just copy their work instead of actually remixing and adding your touchup. That is just going to get copyrighted and you're not really learning anything. And Replet is based for learning reasons. So even professional developers rarely start from empty files. They use these templates.
Now once you click on search frameworks, this is just going to provide you with a list of all the published work different users have made. So you can just explore people's work and if you like something you can just click on remix like right here. These are some provided languages. You can go ahead like right here 3D rendering. We're going to click on this. Click on remix and you can just start working with it. This is one of the fastest ways to improve because you get inspired and you get used to the work, you understand, you learn and then you apply. Think of it as learning by reverse engineering. You can also connect different applications like GitHub or Figma which is the commonly used applications. Simply just import your designs and start working with Replet. You can also publish these codes and files online. So you can also add this on your resumeumés or just connect your LinkedIn and you can just post your projects online. This turns Replet into a mini hosting service. You can also use the best of replet features with shortcuts and replet just supports advanced editing. So, if you simply just hold an alt key and click in multiple spaces, you can just type in many lines at once. Other simple shortcuts for wanting to replace something is just using Ctrl + H, which is super simple. And for the rest of the commands, you can simply just search them up. So, the faster you write, the more confidence you gain in your work.
Now once you have your profile, you can click on your profile and see all of the work that you actually published. You can edit this profile, create it like you can edit it, change your name, add in your projects, publish them so others can use and remix and just pin your best projects. You can add in descriptions. So when you're applying for internships or freelancing, you can just send your replet profile to know that you actually have experience and you're working great. This shows real work and not just a certificate. This is also great for freelancers because you can simply just prototype fast. You can share previews. You can fix your bugs live and collaborate remotely. This just builds trust.
And with that, you have reached the end of this complete in-depth Replet beginner course with all of its key features, how you can use it, how you can apply, use AI. That is it. So today you learned how replet works, how to create projects and write and debug code, use multiple files, install these libraries, and just work with AI. Build your real programs and collaborate with others. If you consistently practice what you learned today, then you can go from beginner to confident coder much faster than you think. If this video helped you, make sure to like it, subscribe to the channel, and turn on the notifications so you don't miss any of the new videos and more guides like this. Comment below and tell me what you want to learn next and whether you have any questions or need any more guides on the web development, app building or data science. Thank you for watching and keep practicing, keep improving and I'll see you in the next.