As a developer myself, I write tons and tons of code for many projects. The fastest way to writing code is to re-use what you frequently write. There is no point re-writing code when you have already written it before.

My old solution was to go back to old projects and find the bit of snippet that I want to re-use, but guess what, this only takes more time and drive you to insanity.

You need a system to store them. It should also let you easily search for code to re-use them.

Snippets

Snippets is a time saving tool for developers and designers. Keep all your code at hand and re-use it in an elegant manner. Saving all this little bits of time adds up, making you more productive.

User Interface

Snippets displays your code in a familiar fashion. There is nothing you won’t understand here. To create a snippet, hit “New Snippet” or use “Cmd+N”.

Toolbar

Use one click to send any selected quote to Coda (or other code editor apps), copy code, email and delete.

Supporting Languages

Snippets supports every language you can find under the sun. Categorizing your snippet with the correct language will automatically set the syntax colors correctly.

Menubar Search

This is a crucial feature every snippet management app should have. In fact, this is the first thing I looked for right after I install Snippets. Search snippets via the menubar. Isn’t this better than searching your old projects?

Accessing Folders via Menubar

Keeping Snippet’s window closed, you can still access your folders via the menubar. In this instance, I setup smart folders for AS3, PHP, SSH and HTML. Take the HTML smart folder for instance, it will display snippets highlighted with HTML, CSS or Javascript syntax.

Shortcut Keys

To call up menubar search or to accessing folders via the menubar, the most effective method is by using a shortcut key. Thankfully, Snippets supports this.

Smart Folders

Smart folders for these sort of apps are valuable. It gives you the flexibility to sort and organize your code. Everyone is different so smart folders are there to support them.

I use smart folders to group different languages of snippets. This way, when I create a new snippet and assign it the correct language, the snippet will automatically appear inside the correct smart folder.

The next time when I want to search or edit a snippet, I know where to look.

Sync With MobileMe

If you use multiple Macs, you will be thrilled to find that you can sync snippets between network computers and user accounts.

Scrippets

With scrippets, you can perform custom sets of operations over selected Library items. Go here to learn all about Scrippets. The default Scrippets out of the box will let you share snippets on Pastie.org, Snipplr.com and Snipt.org.

Conclusion

Overal, Snippets gives you a full featured system to search, re-use, edit, share your snippets and more.

I will certainly be using it a lot for our upcoming projects.

Price

Snippets cost $39.95 per license, but you can get it at a cheaper rate from now till 28 March, (TODAY!) at $30. To get it free, read the instructions below!

Giveaway

Thanks to the developers, we have 2 x free Snippets license code (worth $39.95 each) to give away!

All you have to do is to leave a comment and tell us why you want it.

We will be running this until 1st April, Thursday, 5 days from now.

Winners will hear from the developers via email, it’s only a comment away to win your FREE license. So, go on and comment! :)

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True to MacHeist’s promise, this year’s bundle is a freakin’ great one. Here is a breakdown of the apps in different categories / profession, so it’s easier for you to analyze if you really “need” this bundle. But what the heck even if you don’t need it, treat the purchase as a good deed as 25% of every sale goes to charity!

Anyone

PhoneView [$19.95]
PhoneView lets you do what iTunes won’t, letting you backup your data from Notes, SMS, call history, use your iPhone as data storage and even grab songs directly out of your iPhone.

The Hit List [$69.95]
The Hit List is a potential alternative to Things and you can read more about The Hit List here. The Hit List is basically a To-do list app on steroids.

Designers

Picturesque [$34.95]
Easily beautify your images with this app, set your images in perspective, easily add reflections, drop shadows or add round corners to your images etc. Picturesque lets you do all this at a snap without having to open Photoshop.

LittleSnapper [$39]
If you frequently do annotations on screenshots, collect graphics and web pages for inspiration, this pretty app does the job well. Read more about LittleSnapper here.

Acorn [$49.95]
An alternative to Photoshop, although not completely. Touted as a photo editor for the rest of us, Acorn lets you add everything from text, shapes, and effects, you can make the perfect picture in a short time.

Developers

Espresso [$80]
Espresso only recently released it’s 1.0 version after the free beta period, already costing $80, if you need this app buying the bundle makes perfect sense! Espresso is a web editor with a complete set of tools for coding, previewing and publishing sites via FTP, SFTP or Amazon S3 services. Espresso is also written by the same developers who wrote CSSEdit.

Cooks / Chefs / Sous Chefs!

SousChef [$30]
Sounds very much like MacGourmet to me. If you love to cook and wants access to 8,000 recipes shared by other users, this is the app for you. One interesting feature is that SousChef comes with Speech Recognition that can read out recipes while you cook. The “Ten Foot Mode” basically makes the font size of your recipes appear larger so you save on printing out the recipes.

Gamer

World of Goo [$20]
Hailed as one of the best games of 2008, your goal is typically to help get the blobs to where they’re going, and the adventure lies in exploring the creative tools and intriguing story behind who the mysterious World of Goo Corporation really is.

Ebay Seller

iSale [$39.95]
I have sold things on eBay before and I know how cumbersome it is to put up an auction. With iSale selling on eBay is a breeze, with 222 pre-designed iSale auction templates you can use or customize, integrate videos from YouTube, Google Video and MySpace while saving on additional image fees. iSale also keeps you up to date with your auction status and much more.

3D artist

Kinemac [$299]
At $299, Kinemac is a niche app designed for 3D manipulation and animation, the result can be exported to QuickTime, web formats, or for burning to CDs and DVDs.

Podcaster

WireTap Studio [$69]
WireTap Studio is a recording utility, giving you complete control to record, organize, edit and share sound from any application or system input. If you can hear it on your Mac, WireTap Studio can record it. WireTap Studio can also digitize your tapes and LPs, recording iChat and Skype conversations, and creating the perfect podcast.

BoinxTV [$199]
BoinxTV Sponsored Edition is a complete “TV studio in a box,” ideal for recording podcasts, seminars, and other events. BoinxTV lets you create live effects, and support for up to three cameras. You can apply cuts, graphics and effects during a live recording.

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Though, I’m still contemplating on buying this bundle as I’m only under the Anyone, Designer and Developer category, I also already owned LittleSnapper and am using RememberTheMilk for GTD.

What about you? Will you or have you already gotten this bundle?

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