web-based snippet management

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Who's this SnippetStorage chap then?

SnippetStorage is a web-based method of storing and accessing your code snippets. You know how it is, there's the little chunk of code you use all the time, and you need it in a hurry. What do you do? Well, you could keep it in a text document on your desktop. But that'd get messy if there are loads of snippets. I know! Let's keep it in a database! What a clever idea! That way, you can insert and search for a snippet very easily. Handy, isn't it. But, I hear you say, can't I useone of those pieces of software you install on your local machine? Yes, of course you can. But wouldn't you rather have a free version of that? A version that, if set up correctly, can be accessed anywhere on your network, or even the internet.

So I can have it on the internets?

Yes! Of course! Because SnippetStorage is written in PHP and uses MySQL it's supported on many a web server. So, if you have a little server that just runs on your local network, that's fine. Or if you have a big server connected to that big network of tubes, that works too. Though, I recommend password protecting it then, you don't know what evil people are out there.

I don't like the way you've written this bit of PHP, you silly head. What can I do about it?

Change it. Because it's open source, you can modify this project all you want. Yay!

How secure is this then?

This depends on how you specify secure. Because it's in beta, SnippetStorage will definitely have issues, of which some will be security. As long as you only give access to people you trust it's fine. In later versions, it will be more secure.

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