magical_mishka
Joined 7 years ago
Joined 7 years ago
Reasons why I felt the need to build an entirely new website for code snippets is because as somebody who was learning to code, I found the site incredibly daunting and unfriendly for newbies only favouring expert coders on the platform. Because:
- I can't upvote or post comments because I dont have enough reputation.
- If I'm confused, how do I ask for help if the only way to say something is post an answer?
- The snippets aren't recyclable. Meaning they are always in response to somebody else's problem. As somebody learning to code, how do I change this code to fit mine? Once again, I'm stuck figuring it out.
Anyhow my website (thiscodeworks.com) is a work in progress, but I hope I can resolve these problems & more for others like me. Suggestions welcome!
To add a bit more context, I started building this app about a month ago. It all started with a simple "Save" button that would push code to a web app I had previously built to save code online.
I shared it with a small group of beta testers. They all had such great feedback & suggestions. Thanks to them the extension is now 10x better! It now has:
> Select text anywhere & right-click to save as snippet. > Access recent saves in a sidebar from any tab. > Save webpages > Organize snippets in collections & tags > And of course a way better UI and experience!
It still has some bugs & issues, but I couldn't wait to share it with other developers online. Really excited to hear your feedback!