Recommended Programming Sites

dartsfan

Hi,

Can someone please recommend sites/blogs around programming/software development that would allow me to keep up to date with the latest technology and news?
I'm particularly interested in Java/Spring/Grails etc.

Thanks

Joneser

Here is a great site for programming in java including alot of tutorials too:
http://www.developer.com/java/
And here is a good site for if your interested in web development:
http://www.w3.org/
Hope these help

Naikon

The Java api site of course. Weeks of fun!!!
StackOverflow and PerlMonks are great sites aswell.

ve

http://www.cprogramming.com

Joneser

Just found this, its a list of online programming magazines including plenty that focus on java, should be all you need http://www.world-newspapers.com/program.html

croo

I've been listening to http://www.se-radio.net/ for a few years now and am a big fan. there is always something interesting there to listen too.

DublinWriter

Can't beat the following if you're a Micro$oft head:

http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/default.aspx

dannystaple

croo wrote: »

I've been listening to http://www.se-radio.net/ for a few years now and am a big fan. there is always something interesting there to listen too.

Ooh -going to have to try that out now... I read stack overflow..
There was once a time when slashdot was a resource for coders.. Now it is just a flamefest..

For the most part, if you have a specific problem or area you wish to learn, search and you will find it on the web. It is better if you can to figure things out for yourself, but the web is rich with API references, how-to's, example code (don't just copy paste it though - try to get why it works) and forums like this talking development.

Sparks

Pffft to stackoverflow, but then I think Joel's a bit of an eejit. The podcast idea is a decent one though, it's a bit easier to listen to interviews on the train or when walking than it is to read websites, at least day-to-day. FLOSS weekly is a pretty decent one, so's se-radio. TBH though, that sort of stuff is really a second place supplement to upping the time you spend reading technical books, and I don't mean the application specific stuff like Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt, but more higher-level stuff like The Pragmatic Programmer, the gang of four book, Knuth's stuff, that kind of thing. I try to read a few chapters of those during weekends and listen to podcasts during the week, but whatever works for you...

Naikon

Sparks wrote: »

Pffft to stackoverflow, but then I think Joel's a bit of an eejit. The podcast idea is a decent one though, it's a bit easier to listen to interviews on the train or when walking than it is to read websites, at least day-to-day. FLOSS weekly is a pretty decent one, so's se-radio. TBH though, that sort of stuff is really a second place supplement to upping the time you spend reading technical books, and I don't mean the application specific stuff like Rapid GUI Programming with Python and Qt, but more higher-level stuff like The Pragmatic Programmer, the gang of four book, Knuth's stuff, that kind of thing. I try to read a few chapters of those during weekends and listen to podcasts during the week, but whatever works for you...

Some of his writings are a bit skeptical, but he is dead right when he mentions that schools should stop teaching "just Java" for four years. Java is not and never will be the solution to everything.

Sparks

Naikon, none of the good schools are doing that. TCD doesn't, UCD doesn't, UCC, UL.... you have to go right the way down the rankings list to get to places that teach you 'just java' for four years.
And I'm more than happy to dive into a joel-bash (or even a jeff-bash, for that matter), but that's not really the topic

Goodshape

These blogs / sites are worth a sub ::

PHPDeveloper.org (php)
http://www.phpdeveloper.org/

Elliot Haughin (php / codeigniter)
http://www.haughin.com/

Ignite Your Code (php/codeigniter)
http://igniteyourcode.com/

Coding Horror (general)
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/

Earthhorse

Naikon wrote: »

The Java api site of course. Weeks of fun!!!
StackOverflow and PerlMonks are great sites aswell.

Sparks wrote: »

Pffft to stackoverflow, but then I think Joel's a bit of an eejit.

stackoverflow is good at answering specific "how do I" questions more than it is the kind of thing you can read through from start to finish. A google often brings me there. Not so much a "read every day" site as a "read when you need" site.