Introducing replit

In this chapter and the following chapters, we're going to be writing code. So, we'll need a code editor of some sort. As with programming languages, when it comes to code editors, there are many to choose from. The right one is a matter of personal preference and opinion. For our examples, we'll be using an online code editor from replit.com.

While all of the examples we'll be working through could be done in any code editor, replit lets us skip the installation and software setup process because we can do everything in our web browser.

Plus, with a code editor, some setup on your local computer would be required. For example, for both JavaScript and Python a runtime environment needs to be installed. We're going to skip all that so we can focus more time on learning GPT-3 and the OpenAI API.

So, what is replit.com? It's an in-browser code editor and Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that lets you start coding in over...