Remembering the Future

What makes code snippets really cool is that you can easily create and define your own.  So over-time you can build up your own library of common patterns that you use, and add efficiency to your daily tasks (for example: do you always write data code in a certain way, or insert objects into the ASP.NET cache using a specific pattern, or validate security, etc.)  These snippets are stored within XML files on disk, and can be easily shared across a dev team (or friends).

Here are a couple of articles and links I found on the web that go into how to build and use your own snippets:

• http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/122105-1.aspx
• http://www.developer.com/net/vb/article.php/10926_3505156_1
• http://blog.davidyack.com/archive/2006/01/26/3884.aspx (David's blog has a whole list of great links here)
• http://blog.davidyack.com/archive/2006/01/27/3886.aspx
• http://aspalliance.com/752

Hope this helps,

Topics: Programming | Techniques