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Re: Programming cheat sheets

#11

Post by jjfine » Tue, May 03, 2016, 5:13 AM UTC

When would someone actually use a cheat sheet instead of google?

Re: Programming cheat sheets

#12

Post by sengork » Tue, May 03, 2016, 5:16 AM UTC

jjfine wrote: post #11

When would someone actually use a cheat sheet instead of google?

When one is exploring domain specific command sets.

Re: Programming cheat sheets

#13

Post by themodelplumber » Tue, May 03, 2016, 5:17 AM UTC

jjfine wrote: post #11

When would someone actually use a cheat sheet instead of google?

Usually when you think you can find some new treasures in there fast. I use an API cheat sheet all the time.

Also when the topic at hand isn't very google-able and the cheat sheet is the next most efficient choice.

But a lot of the time cheat sheets get useless fast.

Re: Programming cheat sheets

#14

Post by jalami » Tue, May 03, 2016, 5:18 AM UTC

jjfine wrote: post #11

When would someone actually use a cheat sheet instead of google?

To find something specific you need? probably not. Google's probably still the easiest.

To go "I want to refresh myself on X's commands and syntax", read over a short cheat sheet? Maybe

Re: Programming cheat sheets

#15

Post by Sophistifunk » Tue, May 03, 2016, 5:25 AM UTC

If you like this sort of thing (and have a Mac), you'll probably enjoy Dash. It's particularly great to load up on anything you feel you might need before heading towards flaky international internet access for a while.

https://kapeli.com/dash

Re: Programming cheat sheets

#16

Post by eva1984 » Tue, May 03, 2016, 6:01 AM UTC

Not as good as google

Re: Programming cheat sheets

#17

Post by z3t4 » Tue, May 03, 2016, 6:11 AM UTC

Should fix the CSS so it looks good when printed.

Re: Programming cheat sheets

#18

Post by delcaran » Tue, May 03, 2016, 6:26 AM UTC

jjfine wrote: post #11

When would someone actually use a cheat sheet instead of google?

Working in a fully offline environment, I have git repository with only documentation for everything I may need. In this situation, a cheat sheet or a searchable doc can save my day.

Re: Programming cheat sheets

#19

Post by popey456963 » Tue, May 03, 2016, 6:32 AM UTC

Sophistifunk wrote: post #15

If you like this sort of thing (and have a Mac), you'll probably enjoy Dash. It's particularly great to load up on anything you feel you might need before heading towards flaky international internet access for a while. https://kapeli.com/dash

DevDocs is a great alternative for those of us that don't use Macs. Works fully in the browser, even with no network, which is kinda cool.

http://devdocs.io/offline

Re: Programming cheat sheets

#20

Post by voltagex_ » Tue, May 03, 2016, 6:49 AM UTC

popey456963 wrote: post #19

Sophistifunk wrote: post #15

If you like this sort of thing (and have a Mac), you'll probably enjoy Dash. It's particularly great to load up on anything you feel you might need before heading towards flaky international internet access for a while. https://kapeli.com/dash

DevDocs is a great alternative for those of us that don't use Macs. Works fully in the browser, even with no network, which is kinda cool. http://devdocs.io/offline

https://zealdocs.org/ was the one I tried, but the main problem is that it didn't support zip/tar files and Windows (explorer.exe mainly) gets very slow when there are >10 000 files in one path.