Keeping track of little scripts

Hello everybody,

I continually come accross little scripts and such that I would like to keep, but I always have to print them out to keep track of them. Does anybody know of a free information storing program that will allow for little (or big) text files?

Thanks,
Corbb

I think you could just use a weblog: www.blogger.com. That would do the trick. Just store each one as a new entry

If you have a few bucks to spend or are lucky enough to get work to pay for it, I find Visual Source Safe 6.0 by Microsoft works very well for managing small, medium, to large size projects.

[no flames please for mentioning a MS product -- they're not all bad!]

I have Assembler, C, C++, and a bunch of batch files from 1992 within my file repository. What makes VSS even better is its ability to retain change history through each version of your scripts. You can easily rollback to a particular version, if needed.

...david

Thanks guys.

If anybody else comes up with any other products/services, please post them!

Thank you,
Corbb

heres a suggestion, it wouldnt be that hard to program something your self either in asp or php and connect it to a database, on your local machine! it wouldnt take that long to do. and im sure it would be more satisfying then downloading something from the net.

Ben,

What do you mean "connect it to a database on my local machine?" I thought that in order for PHP scripts to work you had to be connected to the Internet?

Thanks,
Corbb

WebGuy,

You can install some server software (ie: Apache) on your machine, and run a server locally. This way you can test out your scripts without uploading them to your host's server.

Once you have a server installed on your machine, you can keep your script repository on your own system and keep everything stored locally.

visit www.apache.org to download a copy of the server for your OS (it's free!)

Just a warning, I don't think apache 2.* doesn't work with PHP yet.. so download 1.3.26

in addition to what lindset is saying, its probally easier and uses less bandwidth if you have your own server installed, all you need is apache, php and mysql its not hard to set up and their is plenty of help at our forums, if you get stuck trying to install it.

Well for those non PHPers who may use HomeSite or Cold Fusion Studio, there's a nice thing called "snippets", which are made for storing these code snippets (even hot-key assignable) or notes. Plain old Homesite 4.5 or 5 is an excellent product for just about any language (and especially good for Cold Fusion).

Doug,

Does HomeSite provide PHP tag highlighting?

Thanks,
Corbb

Yep, it sure does.. It's what I'm using for php and html..

Harvard,

Have you ever used UltraEdit? Is HomeSite better? Worse? What do you find is so great about it?

Thanks,
Corbb

Guys,

I think that whatever you programm you have to use some version control system. I'm using cvs, both on unix, and windows and I must say it's really rock! URL

zkot

zkot,

I agree with you... I'm using FreeCVS myself. I'm working on a CRM system and it's been an invaluble tool! It's saved me a couple of times!

How do you find the software from CVSHome?