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Best Reference Site For Each Programming Language?

Posted by samzenpus on from the spread-the-word dept.

Howling writes "I've been a PHP programmer for a few years and after taking a trip through many sites Ive learned that www.php.net is probably the most complete source when looking for information/documentation. I have been trying to find similar sites for every other language (Java, perl or ASP, for instance) without equal success, though. I ask: what is the best documentation/reference site for your preferred programming language?"

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  1. Java.sun.com by acon1modm · · Score: 5, Informative

    just google: java X class where X is whatever you want. Top results will be sun java docs which are complete and have links to parent and descendent classes, implemented interfaces, etc.

  2. Here's what I do by shellster_dude · · Score: 5, Informative

    php: php.net
    coldfusion: adobe.com
    html, css, javascript, sql: w3schools.com
    python: python.org
    c/c++: devshed.com
    java: java.sun.com

    Anything else: my brilliant co-worker.

  3. Re:Perl and Python by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 5, Informative

    Agreed. I'd also add Perlmonks.org; it's not documentation per se but it's damn useful.

    For java, you have to master the API...Even modules that other people write are often documented with javadoc, and look just the same. Once you use it for a while it becomes familiar.

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  4. C/C++ by Kuraitou · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://cprogramming.com/ - best site for beginners in my opinion.

    1. Re:C/C++ by nog_lorp · · Score: 5, Informative

      www.cplusplus.com

      Beats the hell out of man pages for the POSIX C libraries.

  5. stack overflow question by fragbait · · Score: 5, Informative

    Perhaps this a question for Stack Overflow?

    -fragbait

  6. C: K&R. by proidiot · · Score: 5, Informative

    For C, use the most holy book:
    K&R
    (aka "The C Programming Language" by Kernighan and Ritchie, http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cbook/)

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    -proidiot
  7. www.gotapi.com by YutakaFrog · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.gotapi.com/ It's got all the good reference sites in one. You click the reference site, it adds a tab to the gotAPI webpage. It has a really good search box. No signup required. Best all-in-one reference ever.

  8. Re:Perl and Python by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    C was my favorite language for about 20 years, and it still would be if Python hadn't come out.

    You know this of course, but I thought I'd mention that your C experience isn't wasted as a Python programmer. The cycle: design in Python => profile => redo bottlenecks in C, is the basis of industrial strength Python application.

  9. FYI by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you use Eclipse you can configure the javadoc URL in your JDK configuration and pull up the pages from within the IDE. VERY handy.

  10. Re:Scheme by c0nman · · Score: 5, Informative

    Quick Ref
    QuickRef currently includes: C, C++, CSS, HTML, HTML DOM, Java, JavaScript, MySQL, Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby

  11. Re:Scheme by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    gotapi currently includes many many more and has a nice ajaxy interface.