This is my first blog, my first ever blog.
I did not want to use the same old cliché for my first blog but I couldn’t resist. Anyways, I’m happy that I have started writing my own tech blog. This wont be anything big. Just my daily tech encounters, my (and only my) thoughts.
So, here’s my first tech (actually, not-so-tech) post. Since it is a tech blog, I needed some source code highlighters. I have read many blogs which highlight the code, with line numbers and even providing syntax highlighting. I found SyntaxHighlighter. As per the site, it is easy to install/configure but it took me 2-3 days to finally understand that this won’t work. I got JavaScript errors, unnecessary blank lines at the bottom and various other gotchas. I was not prepared or even have the patience to spend more time configuring it. I finally realized, there has to be something else, more easier.
I searched, googled, binged (now Google Search has a background image too) and finally, WordPressed and found it. There is something in WordPress.com itself for posting source.
Here’s a demo –
class Feeder { private Integer i = 0; public void setFeeder(Integer i) { this.i = i; } public Integer getFeeder() { return i; } public void increment() { i++; } public String toString() { return i.toString(); } }
Finally, I can start blogging with(out) SyntaxHighlighter.