Tiny suggestion: REPL introduction instead of basic Hello World

[kuhlaid]

I get the feeling some users (including myself) do not realize that the Svelte REPL can be saved and forked by visitors of the REPL if their first introduction is simply the default hello world app. I'm wondering if something like https://svelte.dev/repl/2c06d586d890466e8dc7da6fb111efb7 would be a better intro to the REPL? Once you are familiar with the UI of the REPL it is easy to work with, but I suspect a good amount is overlooked initially by first timers.

[ConProgramming]

I agree, when I first used the REPL I didn't realize how much it could do

[antony]

I don't really like this as it is a lot to delete when you just want to use the REPL, as I often do.

If there were a less wordy way to express the same information, it might be more useful.

I definitely wouldn't want there to be multiple files.

[kuhlaid]

Good point @antony. An alternative would be to keep the Hello World simple, but provide a link to instructions like this:
https://svelte.dev/repl/d217fb89cb0d40d9b81163bb68149076?version=3.22.3

[mjgartendev]

This seems like a reasonable use for the markdown support implemented recently:

I think the intent was to document component examples, so including a single md file as part of the base REPL template doesn't seem too intrusive?

Although I think the gist import removes the README.md file if it exists so I'm not sure how much work this would take.

[tbmreza]

@mjgartendev
Clarification: With README tab greets the user upon landing to https://svelte.dev/repl/?

[mattwolff]

It could be helpful to give users (especially new ones) more details about using the REPL.
However, I really appreciate how straightforward the code editor itself is. I wouldn't want any additional files or extra details to delete from within the REPL itself.

Instead, I wonder if some version of an Intro text for the REPL elaborating on the UI and its options might be better suited elsewhere on the site: as a longer blog post, part of the FAQs, or even adding something like an Info button to the App Controls.

[opensas]

Good point @antony. An alternative would be to keep the Hello World simple, but provide a link to instructions like this:
https://svelte.dev/repl/d217fb89cb0d40d9b81163bb68149076?version=3.22.3

Agree on this one, I think this is the best option. And I also agree that the repl is quite often an underestimated tool, so a message like this could be very helpful.

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[opensas]

Anther posibility could be to show a welcome tour with a check stating do not show again, that would give us the best of both worlds
With the same logic, we could show a readme with new features (similar to what vscode does), I didn't even know that md files were supported, for example