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Best Websites for Developers?

Posted by chrisd on from the when-curious-i-ask-slashdot dept.

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.

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  1. Here's a site for Objective-C programmers by Dixie_Flatline · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Now that ObjC is making a minor comeback with OSX, here's a site that might be pertinent to some people:

    http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_objective_c.html

    And even if you don't know ObjC, it's always a good time to start. Object Oriented! C! Not C++! 3 big wins!

  2. C++ recommendation by xerofud · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've been reading Bruce Eckel's

    "Thinking in C++" (available online)

    Can't recommend it highly enough (if you need to code C++).

    For Scheme (and Computer Science in general), the book Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs is hard to beat, and available online at MIT Press homepage, as is the book "How to Design Programs" (www.htdp.org). I also enjoyed reading Gary Knott's "Interpreting LISP" which can be downloaded off the web. For a nice intro to designing programming languages, check out the lecture notes available at:

    http://www.cs.brown.edu/courses/cs173/2001/Lectu re s/