Bringing your code snippets to the next level!

A very long time ago we implemented a “snippet gallery” within the wiki. The idea was to create one of the most comprehensive collections of code snippets, code samples and tutorials that ever existed for the SAP ecosystem.

Today I want to ask each of you to do your part to achieve that goal. From now on when you are writing a forum message or a weblog that will have “code” PLEASE jump over here and add the snippet here first and then link to it. Or even drag this bookmarklet up to your browser toolbar (or create a new bookmark in your tool bar with the following: 

javascript:location.href=’https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=Snippets&fromPageId=9055′;

There’s a very simple reason for this, actually a couple of them.

1. Easier readability
2. Easier searching (remember to use the labels on your page)
3. Syntax Highlighting
4. Syntax Highlighting – wait did I mention that already?

We have implemented a brand new feature into the wiki for code, for those who have been in the community for the past several years you’ll recognize this I think 😉 it took us awhile but it’s finally here!

Here’s the “before”

and now the “after”

Usage:

{highlighter: language}

..code…

{highlighter}

Bash/shell:      bash
C#:      c-sharp
C++:      cpp
CSS:      css      
Delphi:      delphi
Groovy:      groovy
JavaScript:      jscript
Java:      java      
PHP:      php
Plain Text:       ( nothing)
Python:      python
Ruby:      ruby
Scala:      scala
SQL:      sql
Visual Basic:      vb
XML:      xml 

Anyone up for creating some SAP specific ones? We based this macro off of this.