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Re: Programming cheat sheets

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Post by iamtew » Tue, May 03, 2016, 6:54 AM UTC

sengork wrote: post #9

I recall rosetta stones for various UNIX operating systems. There were many versions of this most of them outdated now. Quick example: http://bhami.com/rosetta.html

There's also Rosetta Code, very useful for finding implementations of various things in different languages.

http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Rosetta_Code

Re: Programming cheat sheets

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Post by newman8r » Tue, May 03, 2016, 7:08 AM UTC

jjfine wrote: post #11

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

I think both are useful depending on the situation. Maybe a better question is why I'd want a potentially outdated list of cheat sheets instead google. I bookmarked it anyway.

Re: Programming cheat sheets

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Post by nkjoep » Tue, May 03, 2016, 7:22 AM UTC

overapi.com can be useful if you want to discover something... but for daily use I prefer devdocs.io

Re: Programming cheat sheets

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Post by ACow_Adonis » Tue, May 03, 2016, 7:48 AM UTC

jjfine wrote: post #11

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

Back in the day when I actually had a desk and walls on which to pin things, I printed out and stuck cheat sheets from the 4 languages in effective use in my context: SAS, R, python and C.

The lag/effort was/is far less than google if the info is right there, and I personally found I kept having brain farts where I'd temporarily forget what language the thought I was having was actually in, and could quickly touch base again by referencing the cheat sheet without bringing up the (often distracting) web browser...

Re: Programming cheat sheets

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Post by wgroenewold » Tue, May 03, 2016, 8:29 AM UTC

I really love these cheatsheets for PHP:

http://phpcheatsheets.com/

Re: Programming cheat sheets

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Post by klunger » Tue, May 03, 2016, 8:35 AM UTC

The Java page is basically a list of links to tutorialspoint.com, which seems like an odd choice.

Re: Programming cheat sheets

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Post by rio517 » Tue, May 03, 2016, 9:41 AM UTC

Would be sweet if you could customize the options in your printed sheets. Example: I know how to preform basic git operations, but sometimes I need a reminder of how to push a local branch to a remote with a different branch name.

Re: Programming cheat sheets

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Post by kraftman » Tue, May 03, 2016, 9:47 AM UTC

not a language, but this is a great redis cheat sheet https://www.cheatography.com/tasjaevan/cheat-sheets/redis/

Re: Programming cheat sheets

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Post by toomanybeersies » Tue, May 03, 2016, 10:28 AM UTC

chrismartin wrote: post #10

I also like https://learnxinyminutes.com for when I need to understand some code in an unfamiliar language. That site also accepts contributions from anyone via pull request on GitHub.

Learn X in Y Minutes is also my go to site for dealing with code in an unfamiliar language. It's managed to get me through learning Ruby and Coffeescript on the job, as well as learning PHP for university.

It's a pity that nobody has done one for SQL yet, I would've thought it would be in high demand.

Re: Programming cheat sheets

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Post by raffomania » Tue, May 03, 2016, 10:42 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

second this. devdocs is awesome.