# Help! Why I cannot use the P5JS

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**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [February 24, 2020, 10:35am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/help-why-i-cannot-use-the-p5js/18067 "2020-02-24T10:35:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![GoToLoop](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/gotoloop/32/86_2.png) [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/help-why-i-cannot-use-the-p5js/18067/2 "2020-02-24T12:27:37Z")

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For an absolute beginner, my advice is to start on some p5js online editor, such as this 1: 👨‍🎓  
[OpenProcessing.org/sketch/create](http://OpenProcessing.org/sketch/create)

Some sketches I’ve got there btW: 😀

> **[Sketches by GoToLoop on OpenProcessing](https://www.openprocessing.org/user/22279#sketches)**
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> Processing sketches by GoToLoop on OpenProcessing

By using such specialized p5js online resources we don’t need to make our own “index.html” file. 😉

When you decide it’s time to learn how to code your own “index.html” file, you can use more generic JS online editors, such as these 2 below: 🕶

> **[CodePen](https://codepen.io)**
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> An online code editor, learning environment, and community for front-end web development using HTML, CSS and JavaScript code snippets, projects, and web applications.

  

> **[Glitch: The friendly community where everyone builds the web](https://glitch.com)**
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> Simple, powerful, free tools to create and use millions of apps.

You can also take a look at my sketches I’ve got over there: 😇  
[CodePen.io/GoSubRoutine/pens/public](http://CodePen.io/GoSubRoutine/pens/public)

> **[GoSubRoutine](https://glitch.com/@GoSubRoutine)**
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> See what GoSubRoutine (@GoSubRoutine) is up to on Glitch, the friendly community where everyone can discover & create the best apps on the web. https://Discourse.Processing.org/

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