Snip-It Pro Blog

Last week we released a free snippet library that included over 30 HTML Snippets. This week we are releasing a snippet library with over 70 ASP.Net control snippets. This library includes a snippet for every ASP.Net control available in the default Visual Studio 2008 toolbox.

Many of the snippets in the library have been optimized to save you time. For example, the Repeater Snippet includes markup for templates like the HeaderTemplate and ItemTemplate. But remember you can use this library as a starting point. You can always customize each snippet to have the attributes you want.

You can edit the contents by double clicking the snippet you want to edit, or right clicking and selecting “Edit.” You can use the snippets with Visual Studio, or with any text editor you want. Just select a snippet, and then click and drag it to the location where you want to insert it.

You can download the library here:
http://www.snipitpro.com/Snippets/ASPNetControls.snips

To import any of the libraries, just select “Import Library” from the main menu, select the snips file, and a place to store the uncompressed snippets on your computer.

If you haven’t already, you can download a free 30 day full functional demo of Snip-It Pro by visiting the try it free page.

We will be releasing more libraries in the coming weeks covering topics including JavaScript, ASP.Net, Ruby and more. Subscribe to our RSS feed to be notified when a new library is released

To encourage folks to download and use Snip-It Pro, I will be releasing libraries of useful snippets that can be easily imported into Snip-It Pro.

The first library includes over 30 useful HTML Snippets. Snippets include tables, lists, form inputs, meta tags, head elements, basic html marup and special characters. Just drag and drop them from Snip-It Pro into your favorite editor. All the snippets are editable, so feel free to modify them to meet your needs.

You can download the library here:
http://www.snipitpro.com/Snippets/HTMLSnippets.snips

This is the same library used in the Snip-It Pro Speed Run demo, where you can watch me use snippets to build a non trivial web page in under 60 seconds. 

To import any of the libraries, just select “Import Library” from the main menu, select the snips file, and a place to store the uncompressed snippets on your computer.

If you haven’t already, you can download a free 30 day full functional demo of Snip-It Pro by visiting the try it free page.

We will be releasing more libraries in the coming weeks covering topics including JavaScript, ASP.Net, Ruby and more. Subscribe to our RSS feed to be notified when a new library is released

I first heard the term “snippet” back in 1999. I just started my first real job at a dot com called GORP.com. My official title was “Technical Producer” but that was just a fancy way of saying HTML code monkey.

Back then we were using a product called HomeSite to hand edit the html. I was working on a large project to convert a lot of content into a new template, clean up the html itself to make it more xHTML compliant and put it in an Xml Content management system called Dynabase. Back in those days, browsers weren’t as forgiving as they are today.

Lucky for us, HomeSite had a great little built it snippet manager. I was able to save commonly used pieces of html and share them with other “technical producers.”

After Macromedia bought Allaire, Homesite was basically dead. Since I left GORP.com, I have worked with many languages and many tools, but I can’t remember one that had a snippet manager that made me feel as productive as I did with HomeSite.

And that is mostly the inspiration for Snip-It Pro. My goal was to create a tool that makes it easy for people to organize and re-use content, not just with one application, but with any application. I wanted it to be easy to use and make users feel as productive as possible when re-using content. I am proud of what I have built so far and hope it helps everyone who tries it.