title: Is there a standalone JavaScript compiler / interpreter with a console that I can use to practice JavaScript outside of the browser?
body: <p>I would like to practice JavaScript and am looking for a stand-alone compiler or interpreter that I can run on my desktop as an EXE so I do not have to create HTML pages and run them in a browser just to test the JavaScript code. That would be a lot of boilerplate. I am looking for something that does for JavaScript what LINQPad does for LINQ.</p>
  
  <p>I am pretty sure I saw something online but can't remember its name. You would type things and run them and test them out online.</p>
  
  <p>I am aware that most browsers today provide some kind of a JavaScript editor or sandbox or console where you can do the same thing. I was just curious if I could do something similar as a stand-alone process.</p>
  
  <p>And if there isn't, even if I can be reminded of that online thing where you tried your code snippets, that would be great. I think it was called gist or something else that usually I used to know like the back of my hand but it desperately escapes me now.</p>