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Managing code resources
With the introduction of the Code Block feature I have began to realise the accumulation of multiple code snippets. I'm wondering whether there are any good tools / methods for managing these resources? In particular, the ability to tag these snippets to indicate where they have been used.
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I don't have a suggestion, but I think this is a great question. I'd be interested in seeing how others organize this type of information.
Try out Notion. You can create a free account. Inside you create pages (like folders) and on the page you can create tables/databases to hold your information. It's quick and allows you to categorize you snips. It also has a simple copy from each block that you can use to grab the code when you need it. I'm not paid to refer Notion, it's just a handy tool for me.
Thank you Stacey...yes I will check it out 😄
In my Rise Code Block examples, I'm actually using Rise to not only organize and test the code blocks, but also to store the code in code snippets. I have also created templates for each code block to easily drop into new courses.
Great suggestion! I'll follow your lead on this.
Care to share any examples on how to replace the images using RISE libary?
When searching in the content library, hovering over the bottom of the image produces two links; one to the author of the image and one to the hosting platform. You can locate the image this way. If you Preview it, right-click and choose 'copy image address' this provides the direct URL for the free image. You can use that url in your code.
Thank you Stephanie! Worked like a charm!
For others looking at working collaboratively, or who want to use version control, I'd suggest using git. It's got a small learning curve but it enables you to privately host all your code and pull and edit it from anywhere etc.
Our team has added these blocks to a Rise file we share, sort of a Code Library. We categorized different types of blocks (sales blocks, general blocks, activities, etc.) and created a lesson for each. That way everyone can see the block and then go in and copy/paste the code to their own Rise file.
