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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 😉

Note : Chinese Version

Index

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

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
  • 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

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).

Coding practice for beginners

  • 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 begining 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.
  • 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.

CryptoCurrency

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

General Coding advice

Coding Style

General Tools

  • CodePad : Quickly Conduct Coding Interviews and Phone Screen Interviews.
  • CodePen : Front End Developer Playground & Code Editor in the Browser
  • Crontab Guru : Quick and simple editor for cron schedule expressions
  • Devicons : Cheatsheet for devs icons
  • Diagrams.net : Drawing tools to make design and uml easily. Old draw.io
  • FreeFor.Dev : A huge list of free resources and tools
  • regex101 : Online regex tester and debugger: PHP, PCRE, Python, Golang and JavaScript
  • regexr : Another online tool to learn, build & test Regular Expressions
  • Wit AI : Natural Language for Developers
  • SaaS Design : Collection of open source Figma UI design templates for your next project.
  • Seymour : Live Programming for the Classroom
  • Code share : Share code in real-time with other developers
  • Solid Tools for Developers : Online debugging tools for developers and system administrators
  • OS Query : Easily ask questions about your Linux, Windows, and macOS infrastructure
  • LaunchPad : Appollo launchepad for testing GraphQl queries
  • GraphOnline : Useful tool for visualizing Graphs
  • Data Structure Visualization : Perfect website for visually learning Algorithms
  • IDE Onlang : Write in one language and get the same result in other languages.
  • PullRequest : Code review as a service from vetted, professional reviewers
  • Python Visualizer : Watch the execution of basic Python, Java, C++, etc. code step-by-step. Recommended for new programmers and the Canadian Computing Competition.
  • Extends Class : Online developer tools: REST and SOAP clients, SQLite browser, testers (Regex, XPath, JSONPath) and other tools (Encoders, Converters and formatters)
  • SVG Path Editor : Online and open source SVG Path editor.
  • EmailDrop: Emaildrop is a free disposable email provider.
  • Repl.it: Accessible prototyping tool for various needs.
  • Svgator: Animate svg graphically. Its like a video editor but for svg.

Bash and Shell scripting

Interview Preparation

Documentaries

MOOCs for learning something new

Sites related to your preferred programming language (For me C++)

Learn AI

Seminar, research writing, talks, etc

Everything in one place

  • API Documentation : A one-place well-known API Documentation with a searchable interface
  • Baeldung : Step-by-step guides for Spring, rest, Java, security, persistence, Jackson, HTTP client-side and Kotlin
  • cheat.sh : curl cheat.sh — the only cheat sheet you need — instant answers on programming questions with curl
  • Developer Roadmaps : Step by step guides and paths to learn different tools or technologies
  • DevURLs : Developer news aggregator
  • Kaggle : All-in-one Machine Learning and Data Science Community – access free GPUs and a huge repository of community published data & code.
  • MDN Web Docs : A place with all the documentation of the web standards
  • Rico's cheatsheets : A set of good cheatsheets
  • Programming Subreddits : a multisubreddit of all subreddits of topics related to computer science and programming.
  • Websites a programmer should visit : Response on Quora by ashish2199
  • gitignore : A collection of useful .gitignore templates for your project. Select from 442 Operating System, IDE, and Programming Language
  • Hidden Tools : Discover a wide collection of tools made by the community - for you. ✨
  • Coolors : Create the perfect palette or get inspired by thousands of beautiful color schemes.
  • Tailwind CSS Page Builder : The perfect Tailwind CSS Page Builder
  • LottieFiles : The world’s largest online platform for the world’s smallest animation format for designers, developers, and more. Access Lottie animation tools and plugins for Android, iOS, and Web.
  • UI Design Daily :Weekly FREE UI resources straight to your inbox
  • Iconscout : Over 2.2 Million+ Design Assets, Curated SVGs, Vector Icons, Illustrations, 3D graphics, and Lottie Animations. Over 3000+ assets added every day. Integrated plugins, tools, editors, and more.
  • Json API App : Single repository for everything you need to build better products as a developer. API, DB, Queue, Server, Webhooks, Bin, Tools, Podcasts etc. Everything you need to build super apps that our world needs.
  • Library or micro code solutions : Community library of micro code pieces for popular issues.

YouTube Channels

  • C++Now (BoostCon) : C++Now (previously BoostCon) conference
  • code::dive conference : code::dive conference organized by NOKIA Wrocław Technology Center
  • Coding Blocks : Tutorials, how to's, tips and tricks
  • Computerphile : Must watch for every CS student
  • ComputerHistory : for those who like to know how we reached where we are.
  • CppCon : C++ Conference
  • Facebook Developers
  • Google Developers
  • GoogleTechTalks : videos on trending topics and cool stuff happening in the tech industry.
  • Gynvael Coldwin : Awesome reverse engineering and hacking(CTF) videocasts. Every Wednesday is new live streams.
  • HowToBecomeTV : contains good interviews of developers and people related to the tech industry.
  • Java : talks related to java
  • JavaOne : Java Conference
  • javidx9 : Game and graphics tutorials
  • Meeting C++ YT Kanalseite : Talks on C++
  • MIT OpenCourseWare : MIT OpenCourseWare for learning in-depth algorithms, data structures, and computer engineering
  • Murtaza's OpenCV Robotics and AI: OpenCV, Self Driving, Robotics and AI tutorials.
  • Netflix UI Engineering : great videos to watch for web developers, mobile developers and those interested in some of Netflix's tech stack
  • O'Reilly : interviews and talks of the world's best technical writers.
  • Placement Grid : Interview and campus placement experience
  • Scott Meyers: Past Talks
  • Siraj Raval : Artificial Intelligence and deep learning tutorials videos
  • ThinMatrix : blogs and tutorials developer making a 3d game in Java using OpenGL
  • thoughtbot : talks on various topics
  • Traversy Media :Web development and programming
  • yegor256
  • GOTO Conference : tech talks from the GOTO Conference by Developers for Developers
  • freeCodeCamp : freecodecamp youtube channel
  • Bo Qian : Learn advanced c++
  • Geeksforgeeks : geeksforgeeks youtube
  • Hacker earth : Hacker earth youtube
  • Hak5 : Put together by a band of IT ninjas, security professionals, and hardcore gamers, Hak5 isn't your typical tech show. We take on hacking in the old-school sense.
  • Khan Academy : Khan Academy youtube
  • LearnCode.academy : 100% FREE Web Development tutorials, web site design tutorials, and more. Including, but not limited to: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, CSS Layouts, Responsive Design, React.js, Node.js, Angular.js, Docker, Dev
  • Rachit Jain : competitive programming
  • sentdex : Python Programming tutorials, going further than just the basics. Learn about machine learning, finance, data analysis, robotics, web development, game development, and more.
  • Steve Griffith : The videos on this channel are largely about web design & development with a good dose of mobile development thrown in just for fun.
  • The Coding Train : In this YouTube channel I publish "creative coding" video tutorials every week. Subjects covered range from the basics of programming languages like JavaScript (with p5.js) and Java (with Processing) to generative algorithms like physics simulation, computer vision, and data visualization.
  • TheHappieCat : Videos on technology, storytelling, and being happie.
  • Tutorials Point (India) Pvt. Ltd. : Tutorials Point originated from the idea that there exists a class of readers who respond better to online content and prefer to learn new skills at their own pace from the comforts of their drawing rooms. We bring simple to understand Text and Video tutorials at zero cost and cover many subjects including IT, Engineering, MBA, MCA, Management, Various Exams Preparation, and Academic subjects. If you are not extravagant and willing to save your money and time then we recommend you to try our tutorials.experience
  • Udacity : Udacity, a pioneer in online education, is building "University by Silicon Valley", a new type of online university
  • V. Anton Spraul : Videos for people who want to understand the software better, including explanations of how the software performs some of its most important jobs and tools programmers can use to solve programming problems.
  • xdadevelopers : You have found the world-famous XDA-Developers.com YouTube Channel, known as XDA TV. We cover Android and Windows Mobile from HTC, Samsung, Motorola, Sony, and more. Learn about rooting your Android, how to build applications, and more.
  • KudVenkat : Microsoft .NET technologies and SQL Server tutorials.
  • The Net Ninja: Web development tutorials
  • Web Dev Simplified: Tutorials based on Web development from basic to advanced.
  • Take You Forward: Tutorials on Data structures and Algorithms in Java and C++.

Good Articles

Podcasts

  • Coding Blocks : A podcast covering topics such as best programming practices, design patterns, coding for performance, object-oriented coding, database design and implementation, tips, tricks and a whole lot of other things.
  • Developer On Fire : A podcast that shares the humanity of developers and tells stories of some of the amazing people in software, hosted by Dave Rael.
  • Developer Tea : A podcast for developers designed to fit inside your tea break.
  • Front End Happy Hour : A podcast featuring a panel of Software Engineers from Netflix, Evernote, Atlassian & LinkedIn talking over drinks about all things Front End development.
  • Full Stack Radio : Everything from product design and user experience to unit testing and system administration.
  • Groovy Podcast : A podcast dedicated to the Groovy programming language and its ecosystem.
  • IPhreaks : A weekly group discussion about iOS development and related technology by development veterans. We discuss Apple, tools, practices, and code.
  • JavaScript Jabber : A weekly discussion about JavaScript, front-end development, community, careers, and frameworks.
  • Learn To Code With Me Podcast : A Season by season of tech podcast episodes by Laurence Bradford with topics ranging from Career in Tech to lessons in doing tech business
  • LispCast : A podcast by Eric Normand, a functional programming expert talking about FP concepts.
  • MS Dev Show : Jason Young and Carl Schweitzer talk about the latest in developer news covering topics such as the Azure cloud, Windows, Windows Phone, Visual Studio, and cross-platform development using the Microsoft platform.
  • React Native Radio : A weekly discussion of the tools, techniques, and technologies used to build mobile applications with JavaScript and React.
  • ShopTalk Show : A weekly podcast about just building websites from Dave Rupert and Chris Coyier.
  • Soft Skills Engineering : A weekly advice podcast for software developers about non-technical topics.
  • Software Engineering Daily : A daily technical interview about software topics.
  • Software Engineering Radio : A podcast targeted at the professional software developer. The goal is to be a lasting educational resource, not a newscast.
  • Syntax : A Tasty Treats Podcast for Web Developers by Wes Bos & Scott Tolinski.
  • The Bike Shed : Guests discuss their development experience and challenges with Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, and others.
  • The Changelog : A weekly conversation that gets to the heart of open source technologies and the people who create them.
  • The Cynical Developer : A podcast that aims to help you to improve your development knowledge and career, through explaining the latest and greatest in development technology and providing you with what you need to succeed as a developer. Covering Desktop, web, and mobile development, mainly around the .Net Stack but often looking into other software and frameworks.
  • The Real Python Podcast : A weekly Python podcast hosted by Christopher Bailey with interviews, coding tips, and conversation with guests from the Python community.
  • Blockchain Insider by 11:FS : Podcast to learn about the Blockchain Technology
  • Unchained Podcast to learn about the Blockchain Technology
  • Talk python to me Podcast to learn about Python through interviews and discussions
  • Python bytes Podcast to learn about the latest happenings and trends in Python

Building a Simple Compiler/Interpreter

Tutorials

Watch others code

What should a programmer know

  • Can I use : A website that provides up-to-date browser support tables for support of front-end web technologies on desktop and mobile web browsers.
  • GitHub.com Build software better, together : Place to showcase your project and collaborate with others. (Must know Git to use it effectively)
  • GitLab : An alternative to GitHub that offers free unlimited (private) repositories and unlimited collaborators.
  • Programmer Competency Matrix : article for knowing what our level as a programmer is.

Competitive programming

Computer Books

Video Tutorials

Online Compiler and Sharing Code snippets

  • CodePad : Code editor to try, test and run 25+ languages
  • Codesandbox.io : CodeSandbox makes it easier to create, share, and reuse React projects with others.
  • Godbolt.org : Excellent tool for exploring the assembly output of different compilers with and without optimization.
  • Ideone.com : online compiler and debugging tool for more than 60 programming languages
  • JSFiddle : Test your JavaScript, CSS, HTML or CoffeeScript with online code editor
  • JSBin : Front end playground, Output is not framed, so it allows you to share those snippets that will break inside an iframe.
  • Judge0 IDE : Online compiler with 40+ interpreters and compilers.
  • Pastebin.com : Pastebin can store texts like code, notes, and snippets online for a set time which can be shared instantly.
  • C9.io : Your development environment, in the cloud
  • Github Gist : Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
  • Coder : A Web-based development environment using Visual Studio Code as a code editor
  • Carbon : Create pretty looking images of your code snippets.
  • Wandbox: Online compiler with bleeding edge C++ and 40 other languages.
  • Codeframe : Online pastebin-like playground for building websites using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Blogs of Developers

For improving your English

When you get bored from CS related stuff

  • Barcroft TV : Daily short documentaries about the incredible variety of people that make up the world
  • Big Think : Expert driven, actionable, educational content, featuring experts ranging from Bill Clinton to Bill Nye
  • ColdFusion : Past, present, and future of technology
  • CrashCourse : small courses on various subjects
  • Every Frame a Painting : High-quality analysis of films and filmmaking
  • National Geographic : High volume of high-quality content from all over the world
  • r/ProgrammerHumor : Subreddit dedicated to exactly what it sounds like
  • Reddit the front page of the internet : Where free time goes to die
  • Ridddle : A youtube channel about science, mainly, but not only, the universe and space.
  • Regex Crossword : A simple crossword game where clues are regex that must be matched.
  • SciShow : Answers to interesting questions that you've always wondered about
  • SmarterEveryDay : Lots of amazing scientific information about the world around us, usually captured with a high-speed camera
  • TED : Great talks about technology, entertainment, and design
  • TestTube News : Interesting information about news from around the world
  • How to live for a long time ? : The secret of longevity
  • Vsauce : The best youtube channel
  • Ox A cuk : How to live a happy life
  • lonelyspeck : Expose to the Right for Astrophotography in Light Pollution – Palos Verdes, Los Angeles, California

Open Source Websites

  • Open Hatch : OpenHatch is a non-profit dedicated to matching prospective free software contributors with communities, tools, and education.
  • Source Forge : SourceForge hosts nearly 280,000 projects (at last count). It serves more than 2 million downloads a day and includes apps and tools in a wide variety of categories.
  • Google Code : Google offers free hosting for open source projects using the Subversion or Mercurial version control systems. It offers 2 GB of storage, integrated code review tools, a wiki, and an issue tracker. The Google Code site also provides links to Google's many publicly available APIs and other developer tools.
  • Launch Pad : Maintained by Canonical, LaunchPad is particularly targeted at projects that run on Ubuntu. It provides hosting for more than 21,000 projects that use the Bazaar version control system.
  • Google Open Source : Google Open Source
  • Red Hat Developer : The world's leading provider of open source solutions
  • Open Source : Open Source
  • Google Summer of Code : Google Summer of Code is a global program focused on bringing more student developers into open source software development. Students work with an open-source organization on a 3-month programming project during their break from school.
  • Open Source Web Design : Open Source Web Design is a platform for sharing standards-compliant free web design templates. We give web publishers a voice through good design.
  • Mozilla Winter of Security : The Winter of Security (MWOS) is a program organized by Mozilla's Security teams to involve students with Security projects. Students who have to perform a semester project as part of their university curriculum can apply to one of the MWOS projects.
  • Bit Bucket : Like GitHub, BitBucket hosts both public and private projects. On this site, open-source projects and private projects with fewer than five users are free. It hosts more than 48,000 repositories, many of which are searchable on the site.
  • Media Wiki : MediaWiki is a free software open source wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now also used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation and by many other wikis, including this website, the home of MediaWiki.
  • Code Curiosity : CodeCuriosity is a platform that encourages contributions to open source. Everyone is rewarded for their efforts, no matter how big or small they are.
  • Code Triage : Help out your favorite open-source projects and become a better developer while doing it.
  • Issue Hub : Contribute to Open Source. Search issue labels to find the right project for you
  • Up for Grabs : This is a list of projects which have curated tasks specifically for new contributors. These are a great way to get started with a project or to help share the load of working on open source projects.
  • First Timers Only : Contributing to open source for the first time can be scary and a little overwhelming. Perhaps you’re a Code Newbie or maybe you’ve been coding for a while but haven’t found a project you felt comfortable contributing to.
  • Your First PR : Your First PR helps you get started contributing to Open Source by showcasing great starter issues on GitHub and elsewhere.
  • Awesome First PR Opportunities : An awesome repository for finding beginner-friendly projects in different programming languages.

Internships

  • Chegg : It is an awesome resource for finding internships, scholarships, tutors, etc.
  • Internshala : You can search for internships here according to your skill sets for your interested location. It also helps you in getting a good PPO offer from the company.
  • Letsintern : Get a smart and challenging internship for you from the LetsIntern.
  • PerfectIntern: Get help finding a paid internship, resume prep, interview prep, and more!

Jobs

  • AngelList : AngelList is a website for startups, angel investors, and job-seekers looking to work at startups.
  • CareerBuilder : CareerBuilder is one of the largest job boards, providing job listings, resume posting, and career advice and resources to job seekers.
  • Dice : Dice is the leading site for tech job seekers. You can search by company, job title, keyword, employment type, and location.
  • Devsnap : Devsnap is a job aggregator for developer jobs.
  • DevITjobs UK : Transparent job board for UK based developers
  • Glassdoor : Find the job that's right for you. Search all the open positions on the web. Get your own personalized salary estimate.
  • IAESTE : Find more and amazing international internships and jobs.
  • Indeed : Find international jobs on Indeed and get a market salary for your dedication and devotion.
  • Instahyre : Your dream job is here. Showcase yourself to a curated list of top companies. Complete privacy and no spam.
  • Mentat : Get your dream job 10x faster. Never apply for a job ever again, talk directly to decision-makers and hiring managers.
  • The Muse : Find everything you need to succeed from dream jobs to career advice. You can do a lot here on The Muse like exploring companies, browsing jobs, career advice, discover careers, career coaching. Try it.
  • Paysa : Paysa helps you in finding new and interesting jobs according to your wish.
  • SimplyHired : Simply Hired is a free job search engine (and mobile app) that takes the hassle out of getting hired and provides you with all the information you need to make a sound career move.
  • SwissDev Jobs : Tech job board for Software Engineers that want to work in Switzerland.
  • Undercover Recruiter : Become Recruiter, Candidate or Employer. You can get your job easily here.
  • Who is Hiring : An awesome resource for searching, filtering, and finding new and attractive jobs according to your needs and interests.
  • ZipRecruiter : The Smartest Way to Get Hired.
  • RemoteML : Remote Machine Learning jobs.
  • Linkedin jobs : A very nice research tool for programming jobs
  • GermanTech Jobs : Dedicated job board for tech roles in Germany - with salary brackets
  • We Work Remotely : The largest remote work community in the world.

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