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I always like to see how some API is used in real projects. Sadly GitHub search is mostly useless for this, because of the number of duplicates. Google code sea

by hawski 9y ago

I always like to see how some API is used in real projects. Sadly GitHub search is mostly useless for this, because of the number of duplicates. Google code search was great. It even supported regexps. Then the was koders.com, now there's also something from ohloh and it's better than GitHub AFAIR. EDIT: ohloh became openhub and now the code search is discontinued. So there is the nonfunctional GitHub search and an open niche for other projects...

stickydink 9y ago
I've used searchcode.com for a while, I don't think it has regex though.
sdesol 9y ago
Disclaimer: I'm the founder of GitSense (https://gitsense.com https://gitsense.com) that indexes code and Git history. Indexing and retrieving code at scale is actually a really challenging problem due to the fact that there is a lot of code, on a lot of branches, in a lot forked repos. With GitSense, it doesn't even try to determine the authoritative source (repo/branch), since I personally think this is a lost cause, given current AI technology. With GitSense, everything is context driven, which is how you can reasonably remove duplication. To search, you have to define what branches/repositories to consider, which can a be a few to a few thousand. Note, once a search context has been defined, it can be reused, so this isn't something you have to create every time, if you want to search. I sort of envision a Yahoo type (the first incarnation) approach to searching for code. The basic idea is provide a curated search experience, where domain experts can share what they believe to be relevant branches to consider, for a given problem. Without some human intervention, I think duplication is a given and as you point out, can lead to useless results.
j_s 9y ago
There are a few things that might be worth checking out: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=code%20search https://hn.algolia.com/?query=code%20search

by hawski 9y ago

stickydink 9y ago

I've used searchcode.com for a while, I don't think it has regex though.

sdesol 9y ago

Disclaimer: I'm the founder of GitSense (https://gitsense.com https://gitsense.com) that indexes code and Git history. Indexing and retrieving code at scale is actually a really challenging problem due to the fact that there is a lot of code, on a lot of branches, in a lot forked repos. With GitSense, it doesn't even try to determine the authoritative source (repo/branch), since I personally think this is a lost cause, given current AI technology. With GitSense, everything is context driven, which is how you can reasonably remove duplication. To search, you have to define what branches/repositories to consider, which can a be a few to a few thousand. Note, once a search context has been defined, it can be reused, so this isn't something you have to create every time, if you want to search. I sort of envision a Yahoo type (the first incarnation) approach to searching for code. The basic idea is provide a curated search experience, where domain experts can share what they believe to be relevant branches to consider, for a given problem. Without some human intervention, I think duplication is a given and as you point out, can lead to useless results.

j_s 9y ago

There are a few things that might be worth checking out: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=code%20search https://hn.algolia.com/?query=code%20search