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Darren yes Code Library is not perfect but give the developer some credit. It's a cool app indeed and If I look at the number of people who had a look or download his tool through my post, it should be not so bad at all ;-)
I think we should all the time be not too critic when people use some off their time to develop some nice freeware like this one (IMHO!).
However, don't misunderstand me, I don't say we can't be critic, but I prefer to be tough with some commercial tools provided by some companies good enough only to rip you off!

I think by the way that DevBuddy is a good idea. Why not pushing it a bit furthermore. I can help (just a little bit ;-)) if you want

Thanks Paschal, and thanks for the initial link. I really didn't mean to come across as a 'hard critic' of the product - I actually quite like it. As I said, the UI is very nice and there's a whole bunch of features in there that I really like.

Again, as I said, I'll persist with the application tomorrow and see if I can get the hang of it :-)

P.S. Regarding DevBuddy - yes, I really must get off of my "butt" and do something about that; I'll give you a ping sometime to discuss it with you :-)

Cheers,
- Darren

These articles come at an interesting time for me, when I am researching Code Libraries for my company. While Code Library is free, it is still lacking in many regards for me. I am currently comparing CodeBox with Code Library. Here is a brief critique:

1) Code Library's security is only at the UI level, not at the database level.
2) Code Library doesn't provide any tracking. CodeBox not only records what user created a particular snippet element, but it also records when the snippet element was created AND when it was last changed.
3) For a team environment, Code Library does not tailor itself for each user. CodeBox, which is the other product I am analyzing right now, allows each user to have their own Bookmarks.
4) Both only offer VS.NET integration as a button to open each applications user interface, neither offer any other type of VS.NET plug-in
5) Code Library creates new Tables in the database for each new project. This makes it impossible to set code snippet dependencies between different projects. CodeBox creates relational table rows with the same table, allowing dependencies to be set across the entire library.

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Why do I like CodeBox better (so far ;-) )?
1) DOCUMENTATION IS IN ENGLISH ;-)
2) Offers a separate tab for each snippet element that is for examples of using the snippet
3) Each snippent element can be "typed", indicating that the code is a class, structure, method, etc...
4) Ability to record who created a snippet element
5) Price isn't unreasonable
6) Database structure is much simpler. (I especially like the ability to set dependencies across the entire library).
7) I really like the "Export HTML" feature, which exports not only the selected snippet element, but follows to its Dependencies, as well.

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Code Library currently has several bugs that simply make it impossible for me to us:
- Code Library doesn't retain the "code language" setting when you create a code snippet element. I always us VB.NET, but it always sets the code language to C# when I return to an element. (Granted, that only affects the code syntax highlighting, but it should still maintain that value)
- Code Library provides the ability to search through files, but it doesn't. (Frankly, I'm not sure that it could, anyway. CodeBox doesn't offer that option.

I'm not affiliated, in any way, with any of these products. This is just based on my analysis of each over the past week or so.

Hope this helps!!!

Suppose I should add that I can appreciate the work that the Code Library developer(s) have put into the product. It just "isn't there" enough for it to be of any use to me. :-)

I agree, CodeLibrary just isn't there yet. Or maybe it is and I just can't figure it out via the Chinese documentation.

Thanks guys... some great feedback - especially from Chris :-)

Hey come on guys, Code Libray is not perfect, yes sure, but it's done in a professional look and for free. I believe that code Library developer don't earn his life from this huge development.
I use this tool every day and it suit my wishes. Darren Devbuddy is surely promising, but for the moment I like a good free open source tool to play with.
And for the documentation, come on, the tool is not so difficult to use.
I didn't found any secret function requiring to have a master in chinese to understand it ;-)
My only advice: support the guys who devote their spare time to make things moving... in the right direction !

Paschal, agreed!

I wrote in my blog today - http://weblogs.asp.net/dneimke/posts/44004.aspx - about how I've changed my mind about the tool - I really didn't realize just how cool it is.

When I've used it a bit more I hope to write a review on Scott Mitchell's .NET Toolbox site.

Have you looked at CodeSmart from AxTools? Does much of what you are talking about.

Paschal, CodeLib is open source?

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