CodeSnip Blog

I'm considering a major change to the way CodeSnip handles the online Code Snippets Database and am seeking comments, either here or on CodeSnip's Google+ page . First, a little background CodeSnip v1 was just a read-only viewer for the online database. It simply displayed a searchable snapshot of the database. Users could update the snapshot from time to time as the database changed. Users wanted the ability to store their own snippets alongside those from the database. That was tagged on in CodeSnip 2 and developed in versions 3 and 4, but underneath its still rather a hack. (User snippets are still stored separately the imported database code - the two even use different data formats). The program needs, and is getting, a major overhaul in an attempt to cure its split peronality. Proposed changes in CodeSnip 5 There will be just a single code bank where users will store all snippets, both user-created and imported. Instead of treating the online database a

CodeSnip now has a page on Google+ . I'll be using the page to note any periferal issues that have some kind of relevance to CodeSnip. You can also get to the page from the "CodeSnip Google+ Page" gadget on the right of each blog page.

Before this blog got started, I blogged about developments with CodeSnip on my programming blog . There are some posts on that blog that may still be relevant. Rather than re-post them here I've just listed a few links below, most recent post first. Considering changing license of Code Snippets Database snippets CodeSnip v3 Support Ending Soon - support now ended so please update to v4 if you haven't done it yet. Code Snippets Database - Final call for CodeSnip v1 & v2 users Starting Work on CodeSnip 5 - this is the nearest thing you'll find to a road-map for CodeSnip 5. If you've comments on any of these post please add them to the original post, not here.

Hot on the heels of last week's release of v4.8.6, CodeSnip v4.8.7 has just been released. This is a recommended update . It fixes a bug in the code that checks online for program and database updates. The code was ignoring the required update checking frequency and was, much of the time, checking for updates every time the program was started. Download v4.8.7 using the following links: Standard edition Portable edition Source code