Best-websites-a-programmer-should-visit

Some useful websites for programmers.

When learning CS, there are some useful sites you must know to get always informed to do your technologies even better and learn new things. Here is a non-exhaustive list of some sites you should visit. This list will get updated as soon as I can get another link, but you can also contribute by adding those you know :wink:

Note : Chinese Version

Index

When you get stuck
News
Magazines
Coding practice for beginners
Cryptocurrency
For those who want to start a small project but can't find the ideas
General Coding advice
Coding Style
General Tools
Interview Preparation
Documentaries
MOOCs for learning something new
Sites related to your preferred programming language (For me C++)
Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning
Seminar , research writing , talks etc
Everything in one place
YouTube Channels
Good Articles
Bash and Shell scripting
Podcasts
Building a Simple Compiler/Interpreter
Watch others code
Tutorials
What should a programmer know
Competitive programming
Computer Books
Video Tutorials
Online Compiler and Sharing Code snippets
Blogs of Developers
For improving your English
When you get bored from CS related stuff
Open Source Websites
Internships
Jobs

When you get stuck

Codementor : A mentorship community to learn from fellow developers via live 1:1 help and more.
devRant : Community where you can rant and release your stress
Google : A search engine for anything you get stuck with.
Learn Anything : Community curated knowledge graph of best paths for learning anything
Quora : A place to share knowledge and better understand the world
Stack Overflow : subscribe to their weekly newsletter and any other topic which you find interesting
Stack Exchange : Stack Exchange is the combination of Stack Overflow and 170+ sites where you can get any kinds of help
Coderanch : A friendly place for programming greenhorns. Jump straight into any of our topics and light hearted discussions. Ranging from Java, Databases, Android, Programmer certification, Programming jobs and much more...

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News

ACM TechNews : TechNews
Stratechery : Stratechery by Ben Thompson
AlternativeTo : Crowdsourced software recommendations
Ars Technica : posts unique quality articles
Better Dev Links : Weekly links to help you become a better developer
Better Programming : Featured articles for modern developers available every day
CNET : Your guide to a better future! An excellent source of up-to-date tech news.
Daily.Dev : A Great Chrome extension which provides recent and relevant tech articles and news
DevOpsLinks : An online community of thousands of developers and IT experts interested in DevOps
Frontend Focus Newsletter : once-weekly roundup of the frontend news, articles and tutorials
GSMArena.com : news related to the latest mobile phones and android.
Hacker News Digest : curated automatically, delivered as frequently as you want
Hacker News : news aggregator for programmers where civility is king, try a newsletter to get top news to your inbox:
Hacker Newsletter : curated by hand, delivered weekly
Hacker Noon : How hackers start their afternoons.
High Scalability : Success stories of various companies on their apps, infra scaling.
Lobsters : Lobsters is a technology-focused community centered around link aggregation and discussion.
product hunt : Discover your next favorite thing
Recode : Tech news that focuses on the business of Silicon Valley
Reddit.com/r/programming : Subreddit with aggregated tech news and articles
Slashdot : News, Social news (Originally "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters")
StackShare : See what tools are popular with developers and companies and read about their technology decisions
TechCrunch : dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news
The DEV Community : Where programmers share ideas and help each other grow.
The Verge : More product oriented tech news
WCCF Tech : curated news related to Computer Hardware, Software, and everything else in the Tech World.
XDA : Android Developers News
Hashnode : Hashnode is a friendly and inclusive community for software developers
Rekt : A journalism related to Defi, Web3, Blockchain and security on them.
Hackaday : Hacking is an art form that uses something in a way in which it was not originally intended.

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Magazines

MIT Technology Review : MIT's tech review magazine.
Nautilus : NewYorker for tech.
LWN : Weekly news coverage of opensource technologies, programming, etc. ( Originally Linux Weekly News).

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Coding practice for beginners

Codedex - start your coding adventure : Gamify your learning experience and have fun learning how to code!
freeCodeCamp : Learn to code and build projects for nonprofits. Build your full stack web development portfolio today
Blackbird School : Learn to code online with our beginner-friendly platform.
Glitch : Great place to play around with code in an easy-to-set-up environment.
Reddit.com/r/dailyprogrammer : interesting programming challenges where you can learn from looking at other's code, even if you are not able to solve code you can look at how others solved.
Programming by Doing : very good site for those who want to start with absolute basics
CodeAbbey - a place where everyone can master programming : Best place to begin with problems that start at the easiest and gradually increase difficulty with each problem.
Exercism.io : download and solve practice problems in over 50 different languages, and share your solution with others.
InterviewBit/Coding Interview Questions : Gamifies the experience of practicing for your interview and includes lots of sample problems to solve.
karan/Projects-Solutions : Solutions to most of the problems in the link above
Lod - Cloud : The Linking Open Data cloud diagram
Cave of programming : Learn to program, Upgrade your skills.
Vim adventures : Learn VIM by playing
Learn Vimscript the Hard Way : Learn Vim Script from beginning to expert.
Programming Tasks : large collection of small programs
Pramp : It's your turn to be the interviewer. when done, click on the swap roles button on the left
Paqmind : Guides and challenges to learn programming
Codecademy : Learn to code interactively, for free.
Codegym : It contains a Java tutorial with 1200 Java practise tasks.
treehouse : The fast, easy, and affordable way to build your skills.
GeeksforGeeks : Learn to code, Study for placement, Do competitive coding.
edabit : Practice coding via various small challenges.
Learn Git Branching : Learn and practice git commands in an interactive way
Oh Shit, Git!?! : Cheat sheet to get yourself out of bad git situations
The Odin Project : The Odin Project provides a free open source coding curriculum that can be taken entirely online.
Udemy : Whether you want to learn or to share what you know, you’ve come to the right place. As a global destination for online learning, we connect people through knowledge.
Scaler : A curated interactive space for aspiring programmers to learn and master their coding skills. Also help in job interview.
SQL Zoo : Learn SQL interactively in stages, from basic queries to complex operations.

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CryptoCurrency

Blockchain Basics : Great introduction to blockchain
Blockchain demo : A visual demo of Blockchain technology
Build a blockchain in Python : Learn Blockchains by Building One
Coin demo : CryptoCurrency demo
GitCoin : Gitcoin is the easiest way to monetize or incentivize work in Open Source Software.
Learn About Bitcoin and Lightning Protocol: Complete 4 weeks seminar ciricullum for learning about Bitcoin.
Learn Me A Bitcoin: Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain explained in plain English
Learn Web3 DAO: Learn to become a Web3 Developer for free.
Lite Paper : Cryptocurrencies & Blockchain made effortless
Lopp Bitcoin Resources : Some Bitcoin Resources
Mastering Bitcoin: Introduction to Bitcoin and tutorials to operate a full node
Mempool: Bitcoin block explorer, mempool visualizer, transaction tracker, and fee estimator

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For those who want to start a small project but can't find the ideas

freeCodeCamp/React project ideas : 27 fun app ideas you can build while learning React.
karan/Projects : a large collection of small projects for beginners with
Wrong "big projects" for beginners : How to choose where to start
vicky002/1000-Projects : Mega List of practical projects that one can solve in any programming language!
reddit.com/r/AppIdeas : A place to discuss ideas for applications, for bored developers.
reddit.com/r/SomebodyMakeThis : A home for ideas by people who lack time, money, or skills.
florinpop17/app-ideas : A Collection of application ideas which can be used to improve your coding skills.

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General Coding advice

How to Begin With Competitive Programming
10-ways-to-be-a-better-developer : Ways to become a better dev!
Code Review Best Practices : Kevin London's blog
Design Patterns : Design Patterns explained in detail with examples.
Game Programming Patterns : Game Programming Patterns is a collection of patterns Robert Nystrom found in games that make code cleaner, easier to understand, and faster
How to become a programmer or the art of Googling well : How to become a programmer or the art of Googling well
How to escape tutorial purgatory as a new developer — or at any time in your career : How to escape tutorial purgatory
JS Project Guidelines : A set of best practices for JavaScript projects.
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