Mozilla updates Thimble, the online code editor, to make Web programming easier – Changes include autocompletion and previews of how sites will appear on mobile.
Mozilla updated its Thimble code editor on Tuesday to make it easier and more useful for teachers and students to learn and teach website.
The updates bring a variety of improvements to Thimble, including the ability to link and edit multiple Web pages within a project as opposed to previously limiting users to editing a single page. Users can take a website that has been compressed into a Zip file and import it into Thimble, which will expand it and allow users to start editing from there.
Like other code editors, Thimble can now auto-complete tags and auto-close tags to make it easier for users to build websites. With a particular focus on smartphones, Thimble's previewer also helps, allowing you to see how your pages will look on a smaller device.
Thimble is a useful tool for users to start Web programming because users can program in a pane while at the same time seeing a real-time preview of what they are working on right next to their code. Users can instantly see what happens when they enter a value into the code, which helps improve their understanding of how an entire site works.
