Help:Adding a new programming example: Difference between revisions

So you want to contribute code, eh? If you've used wikis before, it's actually very easy. If not, then you'll need a few pointers to get started.

Almost every page in the wiki is editable. Even this page is editable. (See that tab at the top labeled "edit"?)

To add your own programming example, you must [[:Category:Solutions by Programming Task|navigate]] to the programming task to which you wish to add a solution to. Once you find your task, go ahead and click the Edit tab at the top of the page, find the place in the list of languages already applied where your language would fall alphabetically, and make your changes.

In order to maintain the readability, searchability and browseability of Rosetta Code, we need you to follow certain formatting rules. Please ensure that your contributed code conforms to one of these [[Help:Programming Example Prototypes|programming example prototypes]]. A simple example should look something like this:

'''Compiler:'''{{works [[with|gcc]] |4.0.1}}

You don't have to use the C programming language, and your code example will probably be different. You need to make sure you create a link to your language of choice, and to your compiler, interpreter, or what-have-you. To create a link, surroundusing the text"works with" doubletemplate. squareYou brackets.should also Fornote example,any special [[gcclibraries]] wouldyou beuse representedwith asthe <nowiki>[[gcc]]</nowiki>"libheader" template.

Finally, note the importance of the extra space in front of the code. That creates a dashed box around the code sample, and puts it in a monospace font. Another option (popular for use with [[Python]] programs because of their whitespace scope) is to enclose code in <nowiki><pre></pre></nowiki> tags.

Formatting a wiki is easy once you've done it, but you have to get used to it, especially if you're used to working with HTML. If your browser has [[JavaScript]] enabled, there will be a little formatting bar above your editing area. Try clicking on the buttons in that bar. See [[Help:Formatting]] for more help.