The new yet familiar CodePen 2.0

CodePen v2 is now released! Because I co-host a podcast with Chris I’ve had an up-close perspective at this monumental effort over the last five years. I know how much work has gone into this release and I applaud the team for hitting the finish line. At the crux of the new experience is the new and improved editor experience. When you first launch into the v2.0 editor, your first response will probably be “Who moved my cheese!?” New is always uncomfortable, but there’s a fix for getting back to the old familiar UI… Hit ⌘ + U or CTRL + U to hide the new pen sidebar Okay, now hit ⌘ + U or CTRL + U again, because what’s in the sidebar are all the new features and favorite parts I want to talk about. An entire file system The first thing you’ll notice when entering the new CodePen editor is a file explorer. That’s right! CodePen is breaking out of its three-file constraint and allowing you to build entire multi-file and multi-page websites. A not-so-secret feature of CodePen was that you…