Snippet Package Builder

Snippet Package Builder is a tool window for Visual Studio 2012 that makes it easy to package IntelliSense code snippets into redistributable VSIX installers, so that you can share your code with other developers.

Snippet Package Builder is not a code snippet editor, instead it can package existing .snippet files into one .Vsix package which will make snippets available through the Insert Snippet command of the code editor. By sharing the .Vsix file, it will be easy to send your code snippets to other developers. If you need a snippet editor, check out theSnippet Designer or the Code Snippet Editor tools.

Generated VSIX package can be also published to the Visual Studio Gallery as Visual Studio extensions. Snippet Package Builder generates VSIX packages that can be also installed to Visual Studio Express Editions, but it is intelligent enough to determine what edition can receive snippets of a given language. For instance, JavaScript  code snippets will not be installed for Visual Studio Express for Windows Desktop.

Creating installers is very easy. First, type in the package's information:

Fields from Package Name to Snippet Folder Name are required. Remember that the Snippet Folder Name is important because it is the name of the group as it appears in the IntelliSense snippet picker.

Next, add your snippets:

When ready, click Build VSIX and share your installer!

IMPORTANT NOTE: VSIX packages provides the best customer experience only if all snippets are of the same language. For instance, create a package only for Visual Basic snippets and another one for Visual C# snippets but do not mix in the same package.