We as developers are lucky to have tons of resources out there that can help us, maybe even too many. I would like to know what are some of the resources that you use most of the time.
For me I will list here some of the resources that I use, please add yours in the comments.
General searching, any language/framework:
- Stack Overflow, I think this is the same for most developers.
Android (I mostly work on native Android applications):
- Android Developers, the official docs from Google
- Android Arsenal, to search for libraries that I can use
PHP/Laravel (I sometimes work in PHP and most projects are with Laravel):
- PHP.net, official documentation for PHP
- Laravel, official documentation for the Laravel framework
- Laracasts, community forum for Laravel and Laravel related topics
Server related documentation:
- DigitalOcean Community, I am a big fan of the tutorials here! I learned a lot from them
With the information gathered from this post I will make a follow up post that I think will speed up (basic) searching on your favourite resources.
Top comments (34)
My own code 😅 I sometimes come across problems that I've solved before. For instance, this week I thought "it would be cool if there was a class that handles all the email stuff" and turns out, I had written that in some code ages ago!
Good point. I have a BitBucket full of experiments and half finished projects where i often find sollutions to things in current projects :)
Haha! True! I want to do something and I remember.. I've done this before.. And there goes copy -> paste -> modify 😂
I have had this a couple of times before but I think I need to write more code 😂 very cool
The Rust Book
The Rust Cookbook
Both invaluable references for Rust development, especially beginners.
I don't have any experience in Rust but thanks for sharing these resources, they look very detailed.
I found Reddit quite useful because the discussions are strongly related to production. My preferred channels:
webdev
FullStack
gatsbyjs
Cheers!
I have never really used Reddit (maybe I am the only one lol) but I see lots of people sharing interesting subreddits so might need to check a couple of them.
Nope. I do not use Reddit either. I occasionally go there if there is something interesting. But I try to avoid it.
It has always seemed toxic to me.
Indeed, the community sometimes is more focused on critics, on Reddit.
Apart from dev.to:
Thanks for thinking out of the box and sharing resources besides websites 😄indeed there are lots of other mediums that we can use to gain knowledge.
I have a lot of resources. I stick with the high quality ones though.
Here is my PHP resources.
Must say, gotta love it when websites have beautiful UI and UX without the need of JavaScript, looking at Stitcher and PHP the Right Way. <3
I also follow EFF and Information Security Handbook closely.
Thanks for sharing! PHP: The Right Way looks very interesting, will check it out.
References / learning:
Questions:
Other:
Of course DEV! I learned a lot of things since I discovered this awesome community.
Very interesting list, I will check some of them out.
Cool project, maybe I can add a couple of missing resources 😎
Since you work on Android:
These will keep you busy. Careful with the impostor syndrome though, because there's a truckload of information being published every day :P
Oh yeah I am subscribed to the Android Weekly newsletter, very interesting stuff every time.
The others are new to me, thanks for sharing.
I have to say Google, but perhaps that’s too obvious. I do consider that being able to search for and find solutions is a skill that is learned and honed. That’s always where I start.
Second is Github. Looking for my own past solutions and/or solutions from the organizations I’m apart of. Great way to ensure that you’re staying consistent.
dev.to 🦄