GitHub launches new code search and code view feature to boost developer productivity

GitHub, the world's leading software development platform, has announced the general availability of its new code search and code view feature, 17 months after laying out their plans to improve code search and showcasing the technology that enabled them to do so.

The goal of the new code search and code view feature is to enable developers to quickly search, navigate, and understand their code, put critical information into context, and ultimately make them more productive.

To achieve this, GitHub has released an entirely redesigned search interface that includes suggestions, completions, and the ability to slice and dice the results. They have also built a new code search engine completely from scratch and totally redesigned GitHub's code view, tightly integrating search, browsing, and code navigation.

The redesigned search interface offers a more intuitive and streamlined experience for developers, making it easier to find what they need quickly. The new code search engine is faster and more accurate, allowing developers to search for code across all repositories, regardless of whether they are public or private.

The redesigned code view enables developers to easily navigate code, see the context of the code they're working on, and quickly jump to related code. This feature is tightly integrated with search, making it easy to find and navigate to the code you need. The new code search and code view feature is now available to all GitHub users.