When comparing JSFiddle vs Khan Academy, the Slant community recommends Khan Academy for most people. In the question“What are the best resources to learn JavaScript?” Khan Academy is ranked 7th while JSFiddle is ranked 17th. The most important reason people chose Khan Academy is:
Khan Academy is 100% free and does not require you to sign up in order to access the courses.
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Pros
Pro CoffeeScript and SCSS support
In addition to supporting JavaScript and CSS, language settings can be switched to CoffeeScript and SCSS.
Pro Allows collaborating on code
JSFiddle makes it easy to save the code snippets and send the link to others who can view and edit the code.
Pro Supports a wide variety of frameworks and extensions
JSFiddle can switch to selection of frameworks and extensions including jQuery, AngularJS, ReactiveJS, D3 simply from a dropdown.
Pro Free
Khan Academy is 100% free and does not require you to sign up in order to access the courses.
Pro Motivation through gamification
Users collect badges and points through completing missions, watching videos, adding comments and more.
Pro Q & A Section
There is a Q & A section after every video where you can ask questions there and let other users answer them.
Cons
Con Not actually an IDE
JSFiddle is not actually an IDE and is only suitable for small blocks of code.
Con Non free/libre (proprietary)
Con Limited programming courses
The programming courses are not in-depth, giving students only a basic knowledge of programming. The language choices are also limited (HTML, CSS and JavaScript).