If you want to work on HTML/JS/CSS in smaller projects on a chromebook I recommend not installing anything, and using online IDE/tools.
Sites like
- https://stackblitz.com/ - fast, feature rich, works offline
- https://codepen.io/ - lightweight, fast
- https://jsbin.com/ - lightweight, fast
- https://codesandbox.io/ - actual remote environment, VM based
are a few among many, where you can use your browser to leverage online tools to learn and work on web development projects. This list isn’t exhaustive, as there are plenty of other tools of similar caliber.
Beyond this there are other posts that go into web development on a chromebook
Here is a popular post that has a lot of answers that are still relevent today:
Finally, if your serious about web development I recommend:
- Getting a machine with higher end specs, preferably not a chromebook
- Even with a higher end chromebook, you need to be able to enable Linux support to get full on developer tools and a full dev environment.
Cloud tools/apps/sites will get you far if your starting out, but they wont replace an actual development environment.
PS. I am a chromebook enthusiast, and have built a few projects using just online tools. I generally don’t recommend taking this route for full projects, but it is possible. Its also a great platform for getting started and learning once you know what tools are available to use out on the web 