Best Websites for Developers?

Recently, I've been entertaining the idea of getting into a little Java programming for a side project I'm working on, and I realized that I really don't know where to start. This led to a larger question of what the best books and websites are for pepole new to a language. What about for the experts in a language? So this week, I was wondering what slashdotters thought are the best websites to go to for information on the major languages (like C, C++, PHP, Perl, etc) and the important topics in programming (x, gtk, win32, etc). I obviously have some opinions on some of the better places to visit, but I wanted to see what slashdotters thought. (hence the paucity of links in this story) Where do people find the authorities? My intention is to ask about web sites this weekend, and books next weekend.

Comments

Paucity?

[Anonymous Coward]

I see that Word-a-day calendar is really coming in handy for you, huh?

Re:Did you ask google?

[chris_mahan]

Actually, he decided to ask real human beings. can you imagine? The Insolence! He probably has real sex, not just the irc kind. ( /me gropes about. hehe:)

Re:Did you ask google?

[funkhauser]

/me smacks chris_mahan around a bit with a large trout. :)

The best resource for developers

[seldolivaw]

As of about 5 minutes ago, this thread! :-)

You probably don't want to start here

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