Evernote – The Coders Best Friend

I just wanted to share my thoughts on Evernote for coding. IT ROCKS! I love Evernote and it does an amazing job of helping me manage all of those “snippets” and misc. information to make my coding fast. I place examples of existing code, examples from web sites/message boards and full articles into Evernote. I use tags to organize the items so they are easy to review and keep up to date.

Evernote’s lightening fast search makes it a natural part of the coding process. There is very little time involved in searching for that snippet that will solve the problem you are working on. I tend to add other information around the snippet to give it context. That way when I am searching, I don’t have to have the “perfect” phrase or word. Something that gets me in the ballpark and the right snippet will appear. The side benefit is that you tend to re-use code in a more effective

The tags are also very imporant because you will tend to collect a lot of snippets and they tend to go “stale” after a while. Effective cleaning of the Evernote database is imporant so you only have the latest and greatest info when you go searching. A periodic review goes a long way to keep your information clean and ready to use.

Evernote. Get it now and start increasing your productivity.

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