# Student can't see running code

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/student-cant-see-running-code/27249>\
**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [January 20, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/student-cant-see-running-code/27249 "2021-01-20T20:17:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![MrRuTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MrRuTech](https://discourse.processing.org/u/MrRuTech)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/student-cant-see-running-code/27249/1 "2021-01-20T20:17:10Z")

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Student using p5.js on laptop creates code, runs code but can’t see program running. Student sends me the link to their sketch and I can run and see the code. We have tried this on several devices and browsers but it still doesn’t show the program running. Student even closed their p5.js account and opened a new one and it still won’t work.

Help if you can,

MrRuTech

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**Author:** ![Chrisir](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/chrisir/32/45_2.png) [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/student-cant-see-running-code/27249/2 "2021-01-20T21:31:09Z")

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Can YOU see the program running?

> [@MrRuTech](#):
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> We have tried this on several devices and browsers but it still doesn’t show the program running

So, it is one Sketch that is causing this and other Sketch can be seen running normally on the same device / browser?

I mean when you think it is caused by the Sketch, you have to post the Sketch here.

Or the link

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**Author:** ![MrRuTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MrRuTech](https://discourse.processing.org/u/MrRuTech)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/student-cant-see-running-code/27249/3 "2021-01-20T21:50:58Z")

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All the student’s sketches only work when they share them not when they are working on them.

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**Author:** ![MrRuTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MrRuTech](https://discourse.processing.org/u/MrRuTech)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/student-cant-see-running-code/27249/4 "2021-01-20T22:54:08Z")

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Here is the sketch that the student is working on: [https://editor.p5js.org/24fullem/sketches/ePrqijIX2](https://editor.p5js.org/24fullem/sketches/ePrqijIX2)

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**Author:** ![Sierra\_Alpha\_Romeo.P](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/sierra_alpha_romeo.p/32/11571_2.png) [@Sierra\_Alpha\_Romeo.P](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Sierra_Alpha_Romeo.P)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 5:04am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/student-cant-see-running-code/27249/5 "2021-01-21T05:04:41Z")

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The link that you’ve shared does not exist. Either the student hasn’t saved their sketch or they’ve shared the wrong link after saving it. Furthermore, [this link](https://editor.p5js.org/24fullem/sketches) should’ve redirected to your student’s sketch folder(even if it was empty) but the link shows that such account does not exist.

> [@MrRuTech](#):
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> student’s sketches only work when they share them not when they are working on them.

If you are looking for a collaborative editor where you can see your students working live on their code, other teachers on this forum have already discussed it in one such thread

> [@Is there a collaborative p5 editor (similar to Google Docs, for example?)](https://discourse.processing.org/t/is-there-a-collaborative-p5-editor-similar-to-google-docs-for-example/24386):
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> Hi all, I teach a course in p5.js and my students are currently remote because of the pandemic. I’m looking for an editor/IDE that would allow students to all code in the same document at the same time. Essentially I’m looking for something that would function like Google Docs does, where when one person makes a change, everyone else can see that change taking place in real time. Does such a thing exist for p5? And if it doesn’t exist for p5, does it exist for Processing, perhaps? Thanks!

Hope this helps! ☺

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**Author:** ![MrRuTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MrRuTech](https://discourse.processing.org/u/MrRuTech)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/student-cant-see-running-code/27249/6 "2021-01-21T20:11:39Z")

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Hi Thanks for all your help! Here is the new link to one of the sketches that has the issue: [https://editor.p5js.org/27fullem/sketches/8Vl41ZPvs](https://editor.p5js.org/27fullem/sketches/8Vl41ZPvs)