StackBlitz

Last updated
Original author Eric Simons
Initial releaseAugust 2, 2017;8 years ago (2017-08-02) [1]
Written in TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, WebAssembly
Platform Web browsers
Website stackblitz.com

StackBlitz is a collaborative online integrated development environment (IDE). [2] The platform allows server-side software such as Node.js to be run entirely in the web browser, enabling fully online full-stack development. [3] A number of web frameworks such as React, Next.js and Angular are supported. [4]

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History

StackBlitz was released to the public on August 2, 2017 by entrepreneur Eric Simons as an online integrated development environment for creating and sharing Angular and React projects. [1] Prior to launching StackBlitz, Simons had attracted media attention by secretly living at AOL headquarters for two months in 2011 while working on a different startup company. [5] [6] [7]

In May 2021, StackBlitz released WebContainers, a containerization solution that allowed server-side runtime environments such as Node.js to operate fully with web browsers. The company stated that the technology could boot development environments in less than a second, and was more secure than local environments due to running fully within the browser sandbox. [8]

Features

StackBlitz offers an online integrated development environment that operates fully within a user's web browser as opposed to a more traditional local development environment. The software primarily emphasizes JavaScript development and has a large number of web framework templates readily available. Other Node.js, Python and PHP projects are also supported. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 Simons, Eric (12 June 2018). "StackBlitz — Online IDE for Angular & React powered by Visual Studio Code⚡". StackBlitz Blog. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  2. ↑ MacManus, Richard (11 October 2022). "StackBlitz Launches Codeflow and Announces Figma Investment". The New Stack. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  3. ↑ Dindi, Sandra (12 April 2023). "9 Free Online Code Editors for Web Development". MakeUseOf. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  4. ↑ Lardinois, Frederic (6 April 2022). "Stackblitz raises $7.9M to bring a better IDE to your browser". TechCrunch . Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  5. ↑ McDermott, John (13 June 2012). "Breaking the Rules: The Young Entrepreneur Who Squatted at AOL". Inc.com . Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  6. ↑ Terdiman, Daniel (24 May 2012). "Meet the tireless entrepreneur who squatted at AOL". CNET . Inno. Archived from the original on 2022-06-28. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  7. ↑ "Teen entrepreneur squatted at AOL for two months undetected ... and built a business". The Sydney Morning Herald . 28 May 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  8. ↑ Simons, Eric (20 May 2021). "Introducing WebContainers: Run Node.js natively in your browser". blog.stackblitz.com. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  9. ↑ Elma, Dominic (5 October 2023). "Announcing Native Language Support in WebContainers". blog.stackblitz.com. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
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