programmer's blog

Question

There are many systems where you can simply login and make your own blog. But I am looking for blog with support for blogging about programming.

I need support for syntax highlighting for the usual language (c, php, python, etc.) for example like here on Stack Overflow.

Does anyone have any good suggestions for such a platform?

Answer 1

Wordpress.com allows to enter code examples using the [code language="..."] [/code] blocks.

Answer 2

Not sure what exactly you're getting at, but I'm thinking you want a blog that supports a theme designed for programmers. In that case, WordPress.com supports the [sourcecode] shortcode which supports syntax highlighting for a wide range of languages. Theme doesn't matter; shortcodes are a core WordPress feature.

You can read more about how to post source code on your WordPress.com blog at this support page.

Answer 3

I'm using blog spot, and it allows you to use your custom css, I'm using a css that formats C# code, and it works great, this is my blog:

http://wpfdude.blogspot.com/

I write my code here:

http://www.manoli.net/csharpformat/

Paste the html, and us this stylesheet in blogspot:

http://www.manoli.net/csharpformat/csharp.css

You should definitely give it a try, it's free too =P

Here's one of my posts with C# formatted code:

http://wpfdude.blogspot.com/2010/06/cartesian-grid.html