PimpMyCode – Let the pimpin’ begin!

He he , Tijs just made a huge mistake

Well launched is maybe a bit of a big word for registering a domain name and installing a Wiki on it, but either way… Today is the day that PimpMyCode.nl goes live. A website that allows you to share and comment on working code with a single goal; elegance in programming. Plus you might learn something.

Website Tijs: blog.tijs.org
PimpMyCode website: http://pimpmycode.nl

I will certainly join, I’ve have more than enough buggy scripts that need some work. Anyway, great initiative we all should join en help eachother.

PimpMyCode was born out of the forums at TextDrive. There was a recurring thread that had nothing to do with bugfixing code and a lot with making stuff better. This site hopes to become the place you come to when your code works but you have this nagging feeling that it’s not yet…elegant. We are not here to fix your scripts, but we are here to make them beautiful.

So how does it work?

There are many languages out there and all are welcome here. The language matters not, as long as someone else speaks it you can both discuss it here. The general idea is that you submit a working piece of code after which other people have a chance to pimp it. The emphasis is on working, since the pimps need a way to test the code on their own machine so they can do the tweakin’ voodoo they do. So here are some simple submission rules:

* The code needs to work.
* The code needs to be self contained. (1)
* Use the code parser. (2)
* Submit in the correct category.
* Don’t edit the original. (3)

(1) Since we don’t have access to your development environement we like code that works by itself. If it has dependencies these need to documented and easily available. If it does some MySQL magic maybe add the SQL for creating some test tables. You get the picture.
(2) The PimpMyCode Wiki supports code formatting (with syntax coloring) if you simply use the correct FormattingRules for your particular programming language.
(3) Since we are all trying to learn from this we need to be able to look at the original code. We need to see the original vs. pimped version.

Website: http://pimpmycode.nl

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