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What’s the best blogging software for a developer? In addition to the normal blogging stuff I want:

Code snippets with highlighting in many languages, though primarily python and C++
Good markup syntax
Runs on linux
Ability to put images, such as diagrams, inline

If Wordpress is the answer, what plugins should I get? In the past I’ve had trouble with snippets in wordpress.

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James asked 14 years ago

- Brenda
- 14 years ago
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IMHO should this question not be closed as "not programming related", although I think that it is a duplicate
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- Debbie
- 14 years ago
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@tanascius - I almost disagree. We ask about programming tools all of the time, why not a writing tool for programmers? And what better place to ask than SO where a lot of developers blog their thoughts and programming tutorials?
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- Brenda
- 14 years ago
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that's why I say: should not be closed
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- Gregory
- 14 years ago
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as it isn't possible to add answers anymore I'll say that I use Wordpress and the SyntaxHighlighter plugin. For an example of this see: softwareproductdev.com/2009/08/… . The SyntaxHighlighter plugin is available at alexgorbatchev.com/wiki/SyntaxHighlighter
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Good Answer

I recommend Jekyll and use disqus.com for comments. For pretty printing code prettify.js works great.

Example of blogs using Jekyll:

My blog

Librador

The Pug

Paperplanes

List of many more here

Another interesting blog engine is gitblog (another link) if you may run git on your webhosting.

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Julie answered 14 years ago
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I totally agree that Wordpress with the SyntaxHighlighter Plugin is a great choice for your purpose.
Additionally, you might want to check out a plugin I developed some time ago: SyntaxHL Editor. It offers a simple GUI to enter and modify the source code in your post.

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Douglas answered 14 years ago

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Most Blogware meets 3 and 4 pretty easily (all the ones I know do, anyway).

1 is usually handled through a plugin; Wordpress has the one mentioned in your comments, SyntaxHighlighter (alexgorbatchev.com/wiki/SyntaxHighlighter), but if your chosen platform doesn’t have one you can use this javascript based one: http://code.google.com/p/syntaxhighlighter/ and make your own plugin for it. That’s actually anothr criteria I’d add to your list if I could, “Ease of extension”.

2 is probably the biggest differentiator between blog engines. Given your requirements, I”d recommend checking out Expression Engine (has the greatest / easiest control over emitted markup that I’ve seen), with Wordpress and Blogger following not far behind.

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Jon answered 14 years ago

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