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Users consistently praise the ease of use and real-time collaboration features of CodePen, making it a valuable tool for both beginners and experienced developers. The platform's intuitive interface allows for quick coding and sharing, fostering a supportive community for learning and inspiration. However, some users note that the free version has limitations, particularly regarding private projects.
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Aaron C.
AC
Aaron C.
Data Engineer
Leisure, Travel & Tourism
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"The ideal sandbox to quickly test your code, save it, or even publish it for the wider community."
5/5
What do you like best about CodePen?

CodePen's UI is amazingly intuitive and allows the user to quickly test their code snippets or even much more complex implementations. It allows to easily import any JS library you can find a link for and is quick to update itself while you write to see the results as you code it. Just Great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodePen?

While there are certain feature to come and aspects missing or could be potentially improved, there is really nothing to dislike, and I have come across some points in other competitor apps but CodePen is just a job well done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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sarath k.
Software Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A Webdev IDE in seconds"
5/5
What do you like best about CodePen?

HTML, CSS and Javascript are an integral part of a full stack developers life and Codepen enables me to do it easily. Here are my top picks for my likes:

Sharing code snippets made easy: Codepen is the quickest way to put together a bunch of HTML, CSS and JS code and share it with anyone in the world.

Multiple CSS preprocessors: SCSS and LESS are two of the most popular code preprocessors and thankfully Codepen lets me do this without any fuss. Someone without SCSS installed in their computer can easily go to codepen.io and get a SCSS preprocessor.

Access to JS console: As one can see in codepen's interface we have access to a javascript interpreter. This comes in handy for running small javascript code and getting outputs of those snippets.

Storing assets: The pro plan in code pen lets me store assets and resources that can be stored securely and that can be accessed from anywhere.

Support for private pens: Codepen gives user's the ability to share the snippets created with anyone in the world in a private manner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodePen?

There aren't many drawbacks. The price of the pro plan is a bit too expensive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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rahul r.
PHP developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"amazing code collection"
5/5
What do you like best about CodePen?

codepen is an environment that is both for learning and development purpose. wecan share our on developed codes for any one those who need it as prime or free of cost. and each user can test our code or there own code here live and edit our codes to check whether they meet there requirements if yes then she/he can easily use it.

it support many languages such as html,javascript, jquery and so on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodePen?

no dislikes at all its nice and gives me full freedom to test my code and use it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Antonio L.
Software Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Free Online Code Editor"
4/5
What do you like best about CodePen?

It was a breeze and the remote login feature is similar to a Google Doc, but for coding. This makes it great as it helps to code online and see the live output here. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodePen?

The only disadvantage with the code pen is that it is an online coding environment, so whenever you want to write or edit code, you must have an internet connection. The biggest disadvantage is that you cannot code with CodePen whenever you want, as it is expensive; it's an online environment, so whenever you want to code, you must have an internet connection. No matter where you look, when it comes to development, you have to cut costs somewhere or another. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Raghuvar P.
RP
Raghuvar P.
Big Data Developer & AWS Certified Solution Architect
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Perfect Playground for Web development"
4.5/5
What do you like best about CodePen?

The live feature is of CodePen is what I like the most. It is like plug and play. It is really easy to use and hassle free. It provides lots of awesome feature such as sharing and coding together, presentation views and many more. Also, I love the UI of Codepen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodePen?

Honestly, I love Codepen, and there is nothing I dislike about it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Miguel P.
MP
Miguel P.
Presidente
Graphic Design
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A great tool to learn programming and share code"
4.5/5
What do you like best about CodePen?

It is an online tool that has support for many CSS preprocessors. You can write css with SASS, LESS and many others. No need to configure a working environment. That makes it great. You can share and create a portfolio of your jobs for future jobs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodePen?

In the free version you can't keep your codes or pens private Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amanda S.
AS
Amanda S.
SEO Manager
Information Technology and Services
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Platform for software developers."
4.5/5
What do you like best about CodePen?

It is an excellent repository of free and private code, you can fork a review of any project you need, with creative license or common goods. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodePen?

I would like to see more groups or social networks beyond the code or have some interactivity with the community. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Internet
UI
Verified User in Internet
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great resource for new & experienced coders"
5/5
What do you like best about CodePen?

I like that it's like code sharing. As a beginner, you rarely see how some things interact in your code and it's definitely helpful to build off other people's code. It's also just amazing to see some of the stuff the experts can create as part of a challenge. I've used code samples in some of our email campaigns. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodePen?

Some of the stuff is more "just for fun" so it's a lot to sort through if you're looking for specific elements you want to work in, in a professional way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Arun P.
AP
Arun P.
Senior Web Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best Online Development Environment"
5/5
What do you like best about CodePen?

Codepen is the online environment to development purposes. we can easy code in online and copy paste the code to our local editor for furthor integration. codepen shows its the out put of the code there itself. so we can use the code if its meat our requiremments. its support many languages such as html, css and javascript etc. its very simple to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodePen?

i dont find any major disadvantages yet. since it is very efective and free to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Great Sandboxing Environment"
4/5
What do you like best about CodePen?

I used Brackets for a while and didn't like how you couldn't see what your html/JS looked like in real time. CodePen does so excellently, and is very community-driven, making it easy to learn and share code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CodePen?

I sometimes struggle with deciphering the error messages when debugging. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.