Review my startup: CodeSnipr.com Learning is easy

Large snippets can have labels on different parts of the code, the specific function might be two lines in the middle, and could be highlighted or labeled. Sometimes small functionality, like changing CSS with javascript is part of a larger function like onClick. A snippet could be for those two things at once and each thing could be highlighted differently.

You could build a rating system for snippets instead of curating them manually. Novice users could say this snippet helped me, and experienced coders could say this snippet is good practice, this not so good. You could also do that for descriptions, get people with good english to rate descriptions, have them suggest improvements to grammar, make them shorter, add versions for expert users or novice users etc.. Each description could be translated to multiple languages as well, seems like something that would help people in your shoes.

You could also organize snippets as a part of a larger program. A program could:

1. Access a database

2. Find all users in a table

3. Add something to each user.

Another program might:

1. Access a database

2. Find users who do Javascript

3. Add something to each user.

These are slightly different programs but very common tasks, you can link in more tasks into these "multi-snippets."

Good job so far, looks like your inexperienced team is perfect for building a teaching site for programming.

Where is the search box?

Otherwise -- very nice! (Although somewhat close to StackOverflow in typical use)

Search is a must for a site like this. I know you said it is coming soon, which is good. One other issue is that you are using a fixed width layout. For code examples, sometimes you will need a larger area to display the code without wrapping. If you had a fluid layout that let the main portion grow, that would solve the problem.

You may want to add a wish list area where people could request examples they would like to see. I also like Detrus idea of chaining items together to form a larger tutorial.