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Finding stuff about programming online
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Main Site

Libraries

Framework / Platform

Language

Package Manager

Application Dev / API Site

Chat (IRC / Slack / Gitter, etc)

  • IRC (really old)
  • Slack: Bootstrap, etc.
  • Gitter

Mailing Lists

GitHub / Source

Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange

Choosing between Programmers and Stack Overflow

  • If it is related to coding, it should be on Stack Overflow.
  • If it's related to higher level programming concepts or is conceptual (but still related to programming), it should be on Programmers.

Rule of thumb: if you're sitting in front of your IDE, ask it on Stack Overflow. If you're standing in front of a whiteboard, ask it on Programmers.

In fact there are a ton of Stack Exchange sites on programming topics

Other more general sources

Finding out about new stuff

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