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Programming Resources

Top programming author blogs

• Coding Horror Blog - Jeff Atwood
• Joel on Software
• Scott Hanselman - Coder, Blogger, Teacher, Speaker, Author
• Adam the Automator
• Ray Wenderlich - Tutorials for iPhone & iOS Developers and Gamers
• Julia Evans
• Alvina Alexander - Java, Scala, Unix, MacOS Tutorials
• Rick Brewster - Author of Paint.NET, popular open source C# app.
• Dedoimedo - A place to learn a lot about a lot
• The Crazy Programmer - It will guide you through the simplest basics of Java, Android, PHP, SQL and many more languages.
• Java, SQL and jOOQ - Best Practices and Lessons.
• Chris Siebenmann
• Ian Bicking - Home Page
• Ircmaxell's blog
• Krasimir Tsonev - Writer, Speaker and Coder.
• Bruce Eckel
• Schneier on Security
• Caution: below don't have a tranco domain rank:
• Thinkdiff - Story telling by a computer programmer
• Tim Hopper - Machine Learning, Photography
• Coding Alpha - Programming articles, codes and how-to tutorials for beginners.
• A Weird Imagination
• Boutros AbiChedid
• Nick Basile
• Oliver Marshall
• Joseph Scott

Coding forums, weblogs and discussion sites

• Stack Overflow - The bread and butter of most programmers.
• Super User - Though not specific to programming, but very useful nevertheless.
• Daniweb - This is one of the oldest web forum on the Internet which is still thriving! The web-masters are great folks and the discussion is mostly centered around web development and technologies like PHP.
• Sitepoint Community Forums - An online community of web professionals, prides itself on being "the web's best resource" for web developers to keep up-to-date and learn JavaScript, CSS, UX, WordPress, PHP and more.
• Freecodecamp forums
• Eclipse Forums
• CodeRanch Forums
• CodeProject Community Lounge
• Hackernoon contributors club
• Github Community Discussions
• WordPress community forum
• Dev.to - More of a social media for coders, geared towards beginners.
• Code Project - If you are into C#/VB.NET, this site is for you.
• GeeksForGeeks - Yet another social coding and discussion site, quite reputed and popular in programming circles.
• Hashnode - Yet another discussion site where you can make blog posts, adding to the diverse geek culture.
• Dzone - They have programming articles and also refcardz or infographic PDFs to help you with learning and recall.
• AnandTech Forums
• Lazarus IDE (FreePascal) community forum
• Hackr.io - Insightful articles by the Hackr programming and Design community.
• CodePen Blog - The co-founders of CodePen talk about the ins and outs of running a web software business.
• A Technologists POV - A Publication focused on software development and developing as a technology leader.
• Better Programming - Programming advice. They cover code tutorials, leadership and management, productivity and coffee.
• Stack Abuse - News, articles, and ideas for software engineers and web developers.
• Codrops - Web design and development blog that publishes articles and tutorials about the latest web trends, techniques and new possibilities.
• MIT App Inventor Community - Community forum for Android developers. Beware and cautioned if you don't belong to the chosen tribe though, you might face some extraordinary toxicity and racism here.
• PHPFreaks - PHP discussion forum

Podcasts

• Oxycast - A tech podcast related to web scraping hosted by Oxylabs, a leading proxy solutions provider.
• How I built this - As the name indicates, they bring together entrepreneurs, inventors, etc. who have created innovative and mind blowing things to discuss how these things came about. The podcast is intended for a general audience, not just technical people.
• Thoughtworks Technology Podcast - Primarily a programming podcast.

Vlogs/Youtube

• Changelog - News and podcast for developers.
• Python Bytes - Weekly podcast by Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken.
• PHP Roundtable - A nerdy gathering of developers discussing topics that PHP nerds care about.
• Traversy Media - The best webdev and coding tutorials.
• Free Code Camp - Learn to code for free.
• Edureka - Live and interactive e-learning platform.
• Real Python - Python tutorials and training videos.
• Indie Hackers - Interviews of programmers who turned their side-projects into profitable businesses.
• Jupiter Broadcasting - Tech podcast, content from different sources.

MOOC (Massive Online Open Courses)

• SoloLearn - My personal favorite! They have a mind blowing quiz/gamified way of teaching programming and what's more, they provide free online/PDF certificates on successful completion too!
• Free Code Camp - Fun and gamified way of learning web development. You can even try this if you already are a programmer and just want to exercise your coding muscles.
• Saylor Academy - Non profit Australian Academy offering various CS courses. Highly recommended!
• Open2Study - Launched in April 2013 by a collaboration of several Australian universities. The number of programming specific courses is currently small, but should grow in future considering that they are more leaning towards career-oriented than core academic courses.
• MIT Open Courseware - One of the best online resource to get learning content. However, you won't get any certificates on course completion.
• Stanford Online - Another great university that provisions learning content through the online channel. Again, no certificates, but still great course content.
• Coursera - Comprehensive curriculum and large number of programming courses to choose from. No free certificates though.
• edX.org - Yet another MOOC. They used to offer free certificates until few years ago but no longer now.
• Khan Academy - video lessons - Good for learning HTML/CSS - both practice tests and video sessions.

Puzzles, quizzes and riddles to exercise your coding muscles

• Kattis - Keep solving coding problems and keep earning reputation points for you, your university and your country!
• Project Euler - One of the "old-school", but interesting sites that features solving math problems through various levels. There is no code-evaluation, you just have to write your own code, come up with answers and post the answer to go to the next level.
• Advent of code - Lots of programming problems for you to solve! A gamification approach which is fun and enjoyable. It is said that people abuse the hell out of languages to reach the top of leaderboard here. Requires a Github, Reddit or Google account to sign in.
• CodingBat - python and java - Coding puzzles and problems in python and java.
• PySchools - python - Programming practice tests specific to python.
• /r/dailyprogrammer - A programming puzzle a day keeps woes and dispair away. A subreddit where programming problems are posted and peer-reviewed every day.
• /r/learnpython wiki - Pointer to more python practice resources.
• Code Wars - A must visit place for all programmers. The practice challenges are really addictive.
• Paqmind – An alternative approach to learning. Answer theoretical questions, solve challenges and compare your solutions with verified ones.

Integrated Development Environments (IDE)

• notepad++: Less of an IDE and more of a code-editor to be honest but happens to be my favorite.
• microsoft/vscode: This is more like a glorified notepad++ but highly popular and currently trending. It runs a bit slower though due to it being written in JavaScript.
• atom/atom: Similar to above, Atom is another JavaScript editor, quite popular these days.
• Netbeans: The conservative Java veteran's IDE! Unlike the above two, this one is a fully fledged IDE and supports advanced things like code refactoring and navigation.
• Eclipse: Another Java veteran's IDE, a strong competitor to Netbeans.

Reddit Programming Help

• Reddit Programming Help - A must-visit place for every programmer. You will definitely gain something from this site, whether its learning, tips, guidance or just the satisfaction of helping a fellow developer.
• Programming Wiki
• Wiki/Online resources
• Books/Offline resources

Libraries and APIs

• Octokit client libraries - Octokit library is used to access the github API. This comes in multiple flavors and languages including .NET, Ruby and Java.

Other Programming resources

• Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structure - Visit this site if you run out of ideas for program creation. Almost every algorithm invented by mankind can be found here.
• Design Patterns Catalog - A collection of software design patterns and processes to follow, written by Martin Fowler, one of the best minds in the industry.
• Great Github list of public datasets - A great source of published data in case you are developing an app.
• UPC Database - The canonical place on web to lookup barcode items. An invaluable resource if you are developing a Barcode app.