What blogging site do programmers use?
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I'm interested in starting a programming blog, more to record the stuff I've learnt each day than anything else. Any ideas which public blogging sites would be best? Most importantly, I need it to support source code display. I have a few other requirements, such as tagging, custom display of post dates, etc., but these are common enough. Thanks in advance for any replies.
Caveat Emptor.
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I'm interested in starting a programming blog, more to record the stuff I've learnt each day than anything else. Any ideas which public blogging sites would be best? Most importantly, I need it to support source code display. I have a few other requirements, such as tagging, custom display of post dates, etc., but these are common enough. Thanks in advance for any replies.
I've only played with it briefly myself but I've seen wordpress[^] quite widely used and I've heard others that do these things mention subtext[^]
Dave
BTW, in software, hope and pray is not a viable strategy. (Luc Pattyn)
Visual Basic is not used by normal people so we're not covering it here. (Uncyclopedia) -
I'm interested in starting a programming blog, more to record the stuff I've learnt each day than anything else. Any ideas which public blogging sites would be best? Most importantly, I need it to support source code display. I have a few other requirements, such as tagging, custom display of post dates, etc., but these are common enough. Thanks in advance for any replies.
There are several out there including Wordpress, Subtext, DasBlog and others. I rolled mine out and so did Marc Clifton. You could easily alter mine so that it displays the source code you place in it in accordance with some CSS
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I'm interested in starting a programming blog, more to record the stuff I've learnt each day than anything else. Any ideas which public blogging sites would be best? Most importantly, I need it to support source code display. I have a few other requirements, such as tagging, custom display of post dates, etc., but these are common enough. Thanks in advance for any replies.
Check my sig.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
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I'm interested in starting a programming blog, more to record the stuff I've learnt each day than anything else. Any ideas which public blogging sites would be best? Most importantly, I need it to support source code display. I have a few other requirements, such as tagging, custom display of post dates, etc., but these are common enough. Thanks in advance for any replies.
I use blogger, and it mostly sucks.
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Check my sig.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
How do add new posts? Do you use an online textbox (rich-textbox) or a desktop application that handles the posting? Also, how do you get the code syntax highlighting? Is it built-in or did you have to add something? EDIT: I just found this at WordPress.com: Code « WordPress.com. This deals with the highlighting issue. I wasn't aware that you used images for your code.
modified on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 8:44 AM
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I would, or at least use available blogging software and perhaps hack that, but that means a domain and hosting, something I don't have and won't have for a while.
What's the point in setting up yet another programming blog when you don't have the means/commitment to get your own domain? Too many of those kinds of blogs end up being abandoned.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
I'm interested in starting a programming blog, more to record the stuff I've learnt each day than anything else. Any ideas which public blogging sites would be best? Most importantly, I need it to support source code display. I have a few other requirements, such as tagging, custom display of post dates, etc., but these are common enough. Thanks in advance for any replies.
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I'm interested in starting a programming blog, more to record the stuff I've learnt each day than anything else. Any ideas which public blogging sites would be best? Most importantly, I need it to support source code display. I have a few other requirements, such as tagging, custom display of post dates, etc., but these are common enough. Thanks in advance for any replies.
Real programmers don't blog. Blogging is for kids.
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What's the point in setting up yet another programming blog when you don't have the means/commitment to get your own domain? Too many of those kinds of blogs end up being abandoned.
"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001It is my original intent to use the blog as a way of keeping track of stuff learnt each day. I don't expect to have a crowd, or even more than myself viewing the blog. Hopefully, one day when the blog is going strong and I do have some followers, I will then move to my own domain. Exactly because this is yet another programming blog, I don't want to make a big deal out of the start. On the other hand, if I use a good blogging engine now, that will encourage me to keep on posting, plus, the blog is in a place that gets good views, this will help prevent me from abandoning the blog, and will also, one day, make it easier to transition to my own domain. There are lots of good blogs out there that are not hosted by their author's domain.
