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MDN is a great alternative to having to parse through specifications and is filled with examples and very detailed info on every function and object out there!
Hey Meghan! Thank you for the recommendation! Completely forgot to add MDN! You're quite right though, it's a wonderful website with some great examples!
I agree - I use MDN all the time!
I find subreddits such as r/webdev ,r/node , r/reactjs, r/learnprogramming are quite useful and helpful when you're stuck. The community is very helpful.
And I'm in node and react discord channels. People in those channels help me a lot when I'm stuck.
Awesome! Thanks for the recommendation Thidasa! :)
I have started using github.com/chubin/cheat.sh ; amazingly helpful.
:OMG! this is really helpful. Thanks for the advice!
No problem. I've added it to my dot files repo :D. No needing to go to Google/SO/etc. Get my answers right on the CLI.
The most useful advice I can give for when you're stuck is to step away from it, and go for a walk.
Sounds trite, but it works incredibly well. Only today I was going round in circles on a problem, and I went out to buy some lunch. I was barely out the door before I'd realised what the problem was and how to fix it.
I absolutely agree with you there Matthew! Sometimes all it takes it stepping away from the problem to gain clarity and find the solution.
Nice list. CodePilot.ai helps developers find solutions to coding problems. CodePilot.ai is free for life if you register before the pricing model changes.
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One really useful feature is the ability to use your own custom data sources. So if you are a Javascript developer or C++ etc you can configure codepilot to provide results from your favorite places.
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You've got a good list of resources here, Muna! I agree that StackOverflow is good for looking for answers in other people's posts, and no more. I don't post there and intend to keep it that way, but reading other people's posts is often helpful. CSS Tricks, Dev.to and Twitter communities are great. I must check out Codeburst, they sound good!
I'd also add DuckDuckGo - its Instant Answers are excellent for many coding issues, particularly CSS, for example typing in 'css border-radius' will bring up information about the border-radius property. You can get Stack Overflow answers in the search page as well. Oh and, it's privacy focused and has a dark theme!
CodePen has started a nice community for web developers on spectrum.chat as well.
On Twitter where can I found these communities please
Hey Kael! There are so many! A great place to start would be CodeNewbie. They have regular Twitter chats, discussions, and Code check-ins every week with plenty of developers who take part. Another great dev community is The Practical Dev(dev.to's twitter). Similar to CodeNewbie but they also post great articles written by people on dev.to so you're always up-to-date with the latest articles and tutorials. Plus they hold regular discussions about tech-related issues which is a great thing to be a part of and take part in. Freecodecamp is also another great community on Twitter. Another person I would recommend you follow is Stephanie Hurlburt - she is amazing!
#100DaysOfCodeis a good one.DevDocs is a great in browser docs for APIs. Even works offline if you're travelling. I also find katas useful.
No one's added any yet ;), but I posted this a while back
What are your favourite programming katas sites?
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There's also some cheat sheets here
What's Your Favourite Cheat Sheets?
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Nice! Haven't come across Devdocs before - will check it out. Thank you for the recommendation Nick!
the "list of developers who are open to questions, giving advice and/or mentorship"'s link is gone?
Hey! Thank you for the heads up! I've added the link so it should be working now! :)
Thanks <3
You're very welcome! :)
If you are on a Mac Dash is a pretty amazing doc search tool. A comparable tool Zeal is available on Linux and Velocity for Windows
kapeli.com/dash
zealdocs.org/
velocity.silverlakesoftware.com/
Wow! Great article and list of resources! I'm going to check everyone of them
Thank you Julian, I appreciate your kind words! I'm glad you found the article useful :)
Never heard of DevPal before and it sounds super helpful. Thanks for the recommendation.
You're very welcome ☺! It is - definitely do check it out!
Hey, thanks so much Muna! I'm going to give Gitter a try.
You're very welcome Mekesia! Let me know how you get on with Gitter :)
:3 Great post! Your advice has really helped me alot. I´m a scholar and a newbie at real-life programming so I´m usually stuck.
Thank you Alfonso! I'm glad you found the post useful! Welcome to the dev family! :)