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# How to use the Playground

### **Introduction**

CodeChum has a place where you can run and test your code in a CodeChum coding environment. We call it our Playground! 

The Playground is a free programming tool within CodeChum that allows you to freely code or practice anytime you want, and even export that code if you'd like! 

### Steps

To use our Playground, follow these steps:

1. Login to <https://app.codechum.com/login> with your teacher account.<br>
2. Click the **Playground** button on the bottommost part of the sidebar. This should open a screen similar to CodeChum's coding environment, but only with a big code editor in it.

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3. If you wish to test and see how your code will look like when run, click on the **Run Code** button on the bottom right portion of the screen. It should open a terminal where your code is run.

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4. If you wish to change programming languages, click on the dropdown on the top right of the code editor.

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5. If you wish to add more files to your code, click the blue **+** button beside the main file on the top left of the code editor.

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6. If you wish to download your code, click the grey download button beside the settings icon on the top right of the code editor.

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And that's how you make use of our Playground in CodeChum!<br>


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