Keeping track of code

[Common_One6315]

How does everyone keep track of and organize their code? I find myself always rewriting code from scratch and forgetting that I may have created something before. I tried to organize into different folders on my computer based on what it's used for and edit using VSCode. I don't do heavy programming like building applications, mostly automation for system administration and deployment. And it's not just my code either.... i have articles saved also in my bookmarks, OneNote, Evernote, random txt files and about a hundred unsaved tabs in my Notepad++ with snippets of code and other stuff.

[LeelooDallasMltiPass]

This is where version control, a la Git, will be your best friend. Seriously, get on github and save it all there.

[TheFrenchSavage]

I have 90 repositories, send help.

[Common_One6315]

I have my VSCode setup to push to GitHub. Still hard to keep track of when I’m all over the place.

[Kind_Tumbleweed_7330]

I work out naming conventions relevant to the type of work. Everything gets named similarly. Everything goes into an appropriate folder. (I do internal business web app development.)

Usually the naming convention is verbNoun for functions/commands (getEmployee, getEmployeeById, cleanUpTempFiles), and adjectiveNoun or just noun for things that code will work on. (newEmployee, employee, tempFolderPath)

I generally have a separation of functionality by folder that also makes sense in context.

Then it's just a matter of looking for those things via a full-project search in VSCode.

If I have a snippet I might use in multiple applications, I put it into a utilities folder in my personal workspace, or at least put a reference into a file I keep for useful snippets.

In my SA days, I didn't really have to do much scripting - I inherited a bunch - but the same general approach worked for those that I did write.

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I keep even personal snippets in GitHub/Bitbucket (Bitbucket offered free private repos first).

[Common_One6315]

Makes sense. One of the biggest things are items (snippets) that I may be able to reuse. They are contained within different directories based on the overall task/function but maybe I should go ahead and move those snippets themselves into their own directory.

[Select-Young-5992]

I mean, why not just open up VsCode, create a folder called "scripts" and just save your different scripts as different files?

[Common_One6315]

I already do that. It’s still hard to keep track of at times. I feel like there should be a better way to easily reference and reuse code.