This is a note-to-self on a tool that I think would be useful, but I don’t have time to explore it right now… so I’m just jotting down some thoughts so I can create it in the future. I’m not aware if software like this already exists. Honestly, I didn’t check. If you know of any, let me know.
I find myself reusing plenty of code and regular expression pattens. I use e-TextEditor, a TextMate-like editor for Windows, so I can feasibly enter all my common code snippets using the bundle management — but what about regular expression or even just notes on best-practice?
A solution I’m rolling around in my head is a blog-like tool that allows posting of code with categorization and tagging. The front end could be public or private, depending on the nature of the snippets.
I would find value in this myself because at the time of this writing e-TextEditor doesn’t have a stored regex feature, so I have to rewrite frequently used regex patterns. These can get quite complicated. Another value-add use for this might be a Apache dev server setup with a large vhosts setup for creating subdomains.
A few notes for myself:
- It should be multi-user from the ground up
- Types: Notes, Snippets, Patterns. A Note could be comparable to a blog post, where Snippets and Patterns can be nested in a Note so that a complete thought could be formed around multiple Snippets or Patterns.
- You should be able to “View” or “Use” a snippet. Viewing is syntax-highlighted for supported languages, Using gives you a form by which you can enter the values of the snippet. On submit the snippet is coppied to the clipboard with the user-defined values.
- The front-end layout should be as compact as possible and allow a “copy to clipboard” button on each snippet from the main overview.
More later… I’ll be open-sourcing this.
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