DZone has recently acquired http://bigbold.com/snippets and has launched snippets.dzone.com. Snippets is a web repository of programming code snippets. It uses a similar tagging system as DZone and was developed in Ruby on Rails. The team is working on a site redesign to more closely match the traditional DZone look and feel. Feel free to take it for a test drive in the mean time.

Peter Cooper posted on the sell at Ruby Inside:

I wasn’t really in the market to sell Code Snippets, but while talking on the phone with a friend, he mentioned he might be interested. I gave it some thought and thought his offer was pretty good. Before saying ‘yes’, I decided to do some research with a few other contacts to see if I could get a better offer. Quick as a flash, Rick Ross at DZone got me on the phone and agreed a sale within minutes. It is easy to see how well it integrates with their stuff, so I think we’re both happy!

All in all, the sell brings in over 3000 snippets, and 5000 registered users.

DZone users can view the latest snippets directly from the DZone main page, as we’ve integrated the snippet site feed on the sidebar. Comments and suggestions on integrating the new site are always welcome.