osgeo.codepad.org

Online compilers are another generation of collaborative debugging tools delivered to Open Source communities. The overall idea is great. Actually, I can not imagine online discussions on IRC channel without being able to paste code snippets or compilation logs.

The codepad.org provides feature called private and project pastes. Some time ago I proposed private general purpose paste service dedicated to OSGeo communities. it is hosted at osgeo.pastebin.com and people has found it useful, as I can see. Today, I registered osgeo.codepad.org – a programmers-oriented paste service. Perhaps, people will find it useful too..

Users of the World’s second best programming editor, Vim (first place taken by Emacs), can install codepad.vim plug-in and send Vim buffers as pastes directly to the codepad.org service. Kudos to Nicolas Weber for the plug-in!

I’ve taken the liberty and modified the plug-in to use the private service at osgeo.codepad.org – here is custom codepad.vim plug-in.

Online Compilers

Sometimes I need to compile and run a tiny snippet of C++ code. For example, I want to proof some concept or I want to give code example while chatting with friends. Sometimes I don’t have access to good compiler. If I’m logged to irc.freenode.net, it’s not a problem – geordi is there. I’ve just found a Web-based alternative – codepad.org. It is a pastebin service that can compile, validate and execute your code.

Hello World!