Temper Snippets

Runnable code snippets for common programming tasks.

Structure

content/
├── general/        # Common operations (arrays, strings, math)
├── utilities/      # Encoding, formatting, parsing, validation
├── algorithms/     # Sorting, searching, math algorithms
└── boilerplates/   # Patterns and templates

Adding a Snippet

1. Create {name}-{language}.md in the appropriate folder
2. Add frontmatter and code block
3. Run ./snippets.sh validate

Snippet Format

Snippets are stored in Markdown files to include additional context, metadata and information.

---
title: "Sum Array"
slug: "sum-array-javascript"
description: "Sum all numbers in an array"
language: "javascript"
topic: "arrays"
parameters:
  - name: "arr"
    type: "array"
    default: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
    description: "Numbers to sum"
exampleOutputs:
  - input: { "arr": [1, 2, 3] }
    output: "6"
---

```javascript
arr.reduce((sum, n) => sum + n, 0)
```

Additional rich content description for the snippet

Parameter Types

Type	Example
string	"hello"
number	42
boolean	true
array	[1, 2, 3]
object	{"key": "value"}

Languages

Language	Output Method
JavaScript	Last expression returned
Python	Last expression returned
Ruby	Last expression returned
PHP	echo or last expression
Bash	echo

Technical Reference

See SCHEMA.md for the complete specification.

Snippets Validator

./snippets.sh count      # Show snippet counts
./snippets.sh topics     # List all topics
./snippets.sh validate   # Validate snippets