Programming Resources

📃 IDEs and Editors

• notepad++: Must have code-editor for Windows platform.
• microsoft/vscode: Call it feature filled code editor or light IDE, perhaps the most popular of our times.
• vscodium: Open source version of vscode without telemetry, but only mainstream plugins work in this version like omnisharp (C#) and intelliphense (PHP), no copilot and other proprietary stuff.
• Eclipse: The Java veteran's effective IDE.
• Netbeans: Another popular Java IDE. Sadly, Apache didn't do much justice to it after Oracle pushed it to the incubator.

🔡 Compilers and Interpreters

• WinLibs standalone build of GCC and MinGW-w64 for Windows
• mingw-builds-binaries - C/C++ toolchain for your Windows PC.
• Official CPython Interpreter
• Ruby Interpreter

📚 Expert programmer blogs

• Coding Horror – Jeff Atwood
• Joel on Software – Joel Spolsky
• Martin Fowler
• Kent Beck
• Steve Yegge
• Paul Graham (Essays)
• Scott Hanselman
• Julia Evans
• Java, SQL and jOOQ – Lukas Eder
• Schneier on Security – not strictly programming, but seminal in security/crypto.
• Brendan Eich – creator of JavaScript.
• John Resig – creator of jQuery.
• Dan Abramov – co-author of Redux, React core team.
• Guido van Rossum (Python) – Python’s creator (not a frequent blogger, but historically important).
• Lambda the Ultimate – programming languages theory hub.
• Ars Technica’s Dev section – not a personal blog, but very influential in developer reporting.

🌐 Coding forums, weblogs and discussion sites

• Stack Overflow – Core Q&A hub for programming.
• FreeCodeCamp Forum – Very active, beginner-friendly, great for mentorship and open-source.
• Dev.to – Social blogging for developers, huge community.
• GeeksForGeeks – Popular tutorials and discussions, especially in India & CS circles.
• Hashnode – Blogging platform for devs, well-regarded alternative to Medium.
• DZone – Longstanding, respected hub with tutorials + refcardz.
• GitHub Community Discussions – Official space for dev collaboration and meta topics.
• Lazarus/Pascal Coding Forum
• Eclipse Forum
• Code Project - If you are into C#/VB.NET, this site is for you.
• Reddit r/learnprogramming – Massive, highly active community.
• A Technologists POV - A Publication focused on software development and developing as a technology leader.
• Hacker News – Essential for dev/startup culture, news, and discussion.
• Lobsters – Hacker News-style, but smaller and more curated.
• Ars Technica – IT/Dev section – Longstanding publication with serious dev/tech journalism.
• Mozilla Hacks Blog – Authoritative on web standards, JS, and browsers.

🎤 Podcasts

• Oxycast - A tech podcast related to web scraping hosted by Oxylabs, a leading proxy solutions provider.
• How I built this - As the name indicates, they bring together entrepreneurs, inventors, etc. who have created innovative and mind blowing things to discuss how these things came about. The podcast is intended for a general audience, not just technical people.
• Thoughtworks Technology Podcast - Primarily a programming podcast.

📹 Vlogs/Youtube

• Changelog - News and podcast for developers.
• CodeSource - Documentaries showcasing interesting stories in tech world.
• Python Bytes - Weekly podcast by Michael Kennedy and Brian Okken.
• PHP Roundtable - A nerdy gathering of developers discussing topics that PHP nerds care about.
• Traversy Media - The best webdev and coding tutorials.
• Free Code Camp - Learn to code for free.
• Edureka - Live and interactive e-learning platform.
• Real Python - Python tutorials and training videos.
• Indie Hackers - Interviews of programmers who turned their side-projects into profitable businesses.
• Jupiter Broadcasting - Tech podcast, content from different sources.

🏫 MOOC (Massive Online Open Courses)

• SoloLearn - My personal favorite! They have a mind blowing quiz/gamified way of teaching programming and what's more, they provide free online/PDF certificates on successful completion too!
• Free Code Camp - Fun and gamified way of learning web development. You can even try this if you already are a programmer and just want to exercise your coding muscles.
• Saylor Academy - Non profit Australian Academy offering various CS courses. Highly recommended!
• MIT Open Courseware - One of the best online resource to get learning content. However, you won't get any certificates on course completion.
• Stanford Online - Another great university that provisions learning content through the online channel. Again, no certificates, but still great course content.
• Coursera - Comprehensive curriculum and large number of programming courses to choose from. No free certificates though.
• edX.org - Yet another MOOC. They used to offer free certificates until few years ago but no longer now.
• Alison - Learning is free, cerfificates offered for a fee.
• Khan Academy - video lessons - Good for learning HTML/CSS - both practice tests and video sessions.

🎲 Puzzles, quizzes and practices to exercise your coding muscles

• LeetCode - One of the most popular coding practice site of our times.
• Project Euler - One of the "old-school", but interesting sites that features solving math problems through various levels. There is no code-evaluation, you just have to write your own code, come up with answers and post the answer to go to the next level.
• Code Wars - A must visit place for all programmers. The practice challenges are really addictive.
• Advent of Code - Lot's of programming problems for you to solve! A gamification approach which is fun and enjoyable.
• CodingBat - python and java - Coding puzzles and problems in python and java.
• Kattis - Keep solving coding problems and keep earning reputation points for you, your university and your country!
• /r/dailyprogrammer - A programming puzzle a day keeps woes and dispair away. A subreddit where programming problems are posted and peer-reviewed every day.
• /r/learnpython wiki - Pointer to more python practice resources.
• Paqmind – An alternative approach to learning. Answer theoretical questions, solve challenges and compare your solutions with verified ones.

🌐 Other Programming resources

• CP-Algorithms (e-maxx)
• Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structure - Visit this site if you run out of ideas for program creation. Almost every algorithm invented by mankind can be found here.
• Design Patterns Catalog - A collection of software design patterns and processes to follow, written by Martin Fowler, one of the best minds in the industry.
• Great Github list of public datasets - A great source of published data in case you are developing an app.
• UPC Database - The canonical place on web to lookup barcode items. An invaluable resource if you are developing a Barcode app.