What websites should every programmer know?

Posted by Artistic_Ganache4732@reddit | learnprogramming | View on Reddit | 51 comments

Hi, I’ve seen this post before on other subreddits but I wanted to know specifically for programming. It helped me discover fmhy and although that has programming and software resources. I wanted to know what you think is the most valuable or underrated? I also like fmhy because it’s comprehensive and filled with so much information.

It could also be websites commonly used etc.? Stack overflow is known to be this, and Reddit. I was looking for useful websites that could be helpful though. Could be for any language or stack.

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StreetStripe@reddit

Stackoverflow

wait, what year is it?

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grantrules@reddit

expert sex change

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MentatYP@reddit

That URL was the worst. I bet a bunch of corporate network admins blocked it by keyword. Remember when they locked down the site to be a pay site, but you could still get at the answers using JS shenanigans?

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xIceFox@reddit

https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/

Best tool if you need to encode/decode data for debugging

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sixtyhurtz@reddit

https://cppreference.com/

This is probably the best language reference site on the internet. If you don't use C++, go read it and be jealous that the documentation for whatever language you use isn't as good as this. It has very clear examples for the entire standard library. Each page has clear worked examples so you know exactly what they are talking about. It's worth learning a bit of C++ just so you can use this site.

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overfloaterx@reddit

Unfortunate domain. A preference for what now? 😬

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sixtyhurtz@reddit

Well, a member of the ISO C++ committee is a registered sex offender and general sex pest, so I guess that tracks.

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Progribbit@reddit

competitive programming of course

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kradleOnline@reddit

I don't code in C++, but in PHP. This is a great site, why has no one ever done something similar for PHP. I would be very open to working on a PHP equivalent that is opensource if others are keen

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fdwr@reddit

Indeed. Also add hackingcpp for its infographics and cheat sheets (scroll down a bit).

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kadal_raasa@reddit

Is there one similar to c programming?

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oozekip@reddit

Also cppreference. If you look at the home page there's a section for the C language as well. There are duplicate pages for the C standard library functions in C++, but the information is almost identical between them (fprintf in C vs std::fprintf in C++

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kadal_raasa@reddit

Thank you!!

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Bobbias@reddit

Compiler Explorer

This site has compilers for quite a few languages, and generates assembly listings so you can explore what your code actually gets compiled into. Also handy for sharing small snippets of code.

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i_hate_shitposting@reddit

Seconded. Compiler Explorer is awesome. You can use a bunch of different compilers and versions for all sorts of languages and architectures. I sometimes use it as basically a "codepen for C" if I just want to check how something would work.

It has a lot of neat power features as well. For example, I like using the diff feature to compare assembly produced by different versions of a function (e.g. to check whether a particular optimization actually generates better assembly) or to compare assembly produced by different compilers for the same input code.

One protip via the official README:

The domains allow arbitrary subdomains, e.g., https://foo.godbolt.org/, which is convenient since each subdomain has an independent local state. Also, language subdomains such as https://rust.compiler-explorer.com/ will load with that language already selected.

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RainbowGoddamnDash@reddit

https://youmightnotneedjquery.com/

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nicguy@reddit

https://martinfowler.com

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akoOfIxtall@reddit

Cubic-bezier.com

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Radiant_Set4212@reddit

Ok here we go, here's my top resources list!

Python

JavaScript

eloquentjavascript.net

HTML

CSS

System Design

Games

General

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ChaseShiny@reddit

Fantastic list. I'm surprised that you didn't include MDN for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, though, I suppose javascript.info covers a lot of the same topics.

I like Regex 101 for learning or planning the dissection of text.

I got a lot out of learning from Allonge as well.

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