Code Snippets: Where do I keep them?

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Code Snippets: Where do I keep them?

Is there a tool or process for keeping your functions, selectors and 'for loops' handy and search-able for future use? I use nothing and am re-learning occasionally for a similar problem I've already solved.

background: I'm progressing into jQuery and Javascript and am starting to see some repeating patterns like building complex selectors, iterations to build JSON menus etc.

But I don't have a computer science background so I feel like I'm missing some fundamental 'code library' part of my daily work.

It depends on the tool you use. For example, if you use Eclipse, you can search for Eclipse snippets plugs. I use KomodoEdit, which comes with a great snippets tool already.

Robusto 2010-10-04 15:56:06

If you are using emacs as your development environment, use yasnippet

Rohith 2010-10-04 15:58:22

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For the ultimate in portability, nothing beats a plain text file with the snippets stored in it.

Sean Vieira 2010-10-04 16:14:53

That's what I use for storing commonly-used-and-commonly-forgotten tricks, methods, functions, and snippets. I have one file for each language I use commonly; I don't just store snippets in them either -- I have whole articles in a couple of them that contain useful general techniques (i.e. I just added BobInc's "How to properly create a Javascript Object" from Stackoverflow into my Javascript snippets file).

Sean Vieira 2010-10-04 16:15:36

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