I created this snippet manager because I never found a similar one around the internet. This is my first experience with Rails, what I want with this project is to learn more about this framework. Feel free to give me your feedback, thanks!
I would personally implement that similar to how GitHub handles Gists: make each snippet a DVCS repo with 1 or more files in it.
That provides both the versioning functionality, and opens up the possibility for client-side editing using a well-known model (clone repo, make changes, commit, push).
Not meaning to badmouth your project, but I've never understood the need for snippets as in code that I can copy and paste.
If I repeat myself I use a library, or a more concise language or IDE autocomplete.
On the other hand I do use Textmate's snippets feature, but those are interactive templates that I can invoke by pressing a letter and then fill them out by tabbing through them.
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That provides both the versioning functionality, and opens up the possibility for client-side editing using a well-known model (clone repo, make changes, commit, push).
https://rubygems.org/gems/git/
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If I repeat myself I use a library, or a more concise language or IDE autocomplete.
On the other hand I do use Textmate's snippets feature, but those are interactive templates that I can invoke by pressing a letter and then fill them out by tabbing through them.