How do you manage code snippets? (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by perishthethought@lemm.ee to c/programming@programming.dev

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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... :)

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[-] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 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.

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