Do you keep them in your IDE, or elsewhere? Do you have an app for that? Are they easily shared?

I realized I have no system at all but could use one to make it easier to find code I’ve written and might need again some day.

By snippets, I am referring to any chunk of code / text in any format or language, of any length.

Thanks!

EDIT A DAY LATER: Thanks you all! Reading all these ideas, I got inspired to create my own little web app. Wish me luck… :)

  • Zeth0s@lemmy.world
    362·
    7 months ago

    I create proper libraries. I don’t do snippets because they make code dirty, redundant and difficult to read on the long run.

    I actively discourage people in my team to use snippets copy and pasted everywhere themselves. If it’s reusable code, it should be usable by everyone and well tested

    • abhibeckert@lemmy.world
      12·
      7 months ago

      This. Replace commonly used code snippets well written code that reduces them to one or two lines of code and take advantage of auto-complete in your IDE.

      For the rare case where that doesn’t make sense… I’m I’ll ususally find (or create) an extension/plugin for my IDE. Something that can be smarter than any snippet.