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Lee Hughes
Lee Hughes
8,380 Points
Posted by Lee Hughes
Lee Hughes
8,380 Points

Best app for keeping code snippets

Hi,

I was wondering what people's favourite app (free) for keeping code snippets handy on the Mac.

Thanks

3 Answers

Moiz Malik
Moiz Malik
11,906 Points
Moiz Malik
Moiz Malik
11,906 Points

I use Github's Gist for this purpose. It's web based though.

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

I guess it depends on what your goal is for collecting snippets.

I use ...

  • workflowy for collecting Linux one-liners.
  • simplenote for note taking including adding bits of code and notes on what it does. It supports searching, markdown, tagging, syncing to mobile.
  • codepen for small proof of concept bits of HTML/CSS/JS

I can imagine programming in a server-side language and having larger bits of code you want to keep track of, that doesn't bit into those categories, github gists seem like they could be a good fit in that case.uding adding bits of code and notes on what it does. It supports searching, markdown, tagging, syncing to mobile.

  • codepen for small proof of concept bits of HTML/CSS/JS

I can imagine programming in a server-side language and having larger bits of code you want to keep track of, that doesn't bit into those categories, github gists seem like they could be a good fit in that case.

Michael Guerra
Michael Guerra
558 Points
Michael Guerra
Michael Guerra
558 Points

I don't know what code editor you use, but Sublime Text and Dreamweaver both have snippet options. I personally like Github's Gists because they're accessible everywhere (as long as you have an Internet connection). I use Sublime Text with the Gist plugin, and it works really well for pulling snippets in.

I agree with James, CodePen is a great place to save "working" ideas and concepts.