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Im making a site for programmers to share and help with code.  Is there a code block that users can use when entering code examples so it stands out from the rest of the text?

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There has been developed such a plugin a while ago... but I'm not sure if it is compatible anymore: https://www.question2answer.org/qa/37512

Anyway, I guess that what you actually need is just a CKEditor plugin that would allow you to highlight the code. There are many but it seems the official one would be this one and there is a tutorial here. The only Q2A-related thing that you should bare in mind is that you will have to enable the CKEditor plugin in the WYSIWYG editor. Here is a tutorial on how to do that.

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I guess I could just use SCeditor and use the code tags to highlight the data.
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The thing is that using HTML <code> tags just paints the text as monospaced. You will want it to be formatted and colored, if you're talking about a programming site
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I just added SCeditor but both SCeditor and WYSIWYG Editor is both checked and I can not uncheck either, but WYSIWYG Editor is the default.  How can I change it to SCeditor.  Using verison 1.8.1 of q2a
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@craigg , go to Admin > Posting > Default Editor for questions
change that to SCeditor and do the same for answers as well.
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Gurjyot Singh, thanks!  That works.
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I cant get the pictures inserted when I use SCeditor.  Has something changed with 1.8.1 version of q2a?
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I don't think so but probably that's something you should check with the SCEditor plugin developer
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On the default WYSIWYG editor, is there any other functions that can be added to the toolbar such as code brackets that users can use to highlight text?
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If you read the links I have added to the answer you'll see that the linked CKEditor plugin adds  a new button to the toolbar to provide support for that
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