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• Scripts should be written using the project main language

  > Sure, maybe for some esoteric edge cases, but 5 mins on https://learnxinyminutes.com/ should get you 80% of the way there, and an afternoon looking at big projects or guidelines/examples should you another 18% of the way. Not for C++, and even for other languages, it's not the language that's hard, it's the idioms. Python written by experts can be well-nigh incomprehensible (you can save typing out... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• Scripts should be written using the project main language

  > Learning a new language shouldn't be difficult. Programmers are expected to familiarize themselves with new tech. I wish any large company agreed with this. I've worked for a company that on boarded every single new engineer to a very niche language (F#) in a few days. Also, everybody I worked with there was amazing. Probably because of that kind of mindset. Meanwhile google tiptoes around teams adopting kotlin... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• The Shen Programming Language

  When I want to get a quick feel for a language I've never heard of, I usually look for the Learn X in Y Minutes[0] page for it. Shen doesn't have one. Perhaps the author and/or poster should remedy that? [0] https://learnxinyminutes.com/. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 months ago

• 100+ FREE Resources Every Web Developer Must Try

  Learn x in y minutes: Concise tutorials to learn various programming languages and tools quickly. - Source: dev.to / 2 months ago

• New GitHub Copilot Research Finds 'Downward Pressure on Code Quality'

  StackOverflow's making their own competing LLM for all this stuff. IMO, one of the biggest problems with the way people use LLMs right now, is that they're being treated as a single oracle: to know Java, it must be trained on examples of Java. It would be much better if their language comprehension abilities were kept separated from their knowledge (and there are development efforts in this direction), so in this... - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Ask HN: Programming Courses for Experienced Coders?

  I'm still partial to LearnXinYMinutes[0]. It's how I learned enough MatLab/Octave in a couple hours to test out of an intro CS course. Here's their article on Elixir[1] [0]: https://learnxinyminutes.com. - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Ask HN: How to learn to be a programmer in 20 years?

  So you have studied programming for at least 5 years, what kinds of programs have you written? Apparently you have already applied your skills, since you have "created a good reputation among developers"? Why a time-frame of 20 years, why not 20 months or 20 weeks? Heck, you can learn a lot in even 20 days! Once you have learned a few languages, libraries and frameworks then learning new stuff becomes much easier.... - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Lean 4.0.0, first official lean4 release

  A https://learnxinyminutes.com/ for Lean and Lean Mathlib would be a helpful resource. - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• how long will it take to learn JS?

  If you want a brief overview, go to https://learnxinyminutes.com/ and look for Javascript. I guess it should be roughly the time it took to learn C++ or possibly less, but JS has its own quirks. Often learning a second language is difficult as the first. Source: 10 months ago

• Anyone got good resources for experienced devs that don't know front end?

  Very light compared to the other resources people have linked for you, but I love https://learnxinyminutes.com/. Source: 11 months ago

• When pro programmers say to avoid tutorials and just code, what exactly do they mean by that?

  Go to: https://learnxinyminutes.com/ and have a look through to see what various programs are capable of. Source: 11 months ago

• Any advice on how to learn from programming tutorials, or are there any better ways to learn a new language?

  Https://learnxinyminutes.com is good when you know how to program but just need a quick look at the syntax and idioms of a new language. Source: 12 months ago

• After upgrading to Python 3.11.3, all my user global packages are gone.

  Most of the usage of these commands and the shell can be learned here at https://learnxinyminutes.com. Source: 12 months ago

• What are some good ways to learn new languages after learning programming fundamentals and your first language?

  Apart from official docs, I like Learn X in Y Minutes for a quick syntax primer. Source: about 1 year ago

• What resources does an experienced programmer seek when learning a new language?

  I like Learn X in Y for a quick overview of a language. Source: about 1 year ago

• Getting Started

  Yeah ... Like learnxinyminutes to provide 101s, tldr (if you want the pdf, 3880 pages so far), cheatography.com (claiming coverage of 5k+ references) etc to mention just a few examples. Source: about 1 year ago

• What's the best way to learn Swift for people who have programmed before?

  I use LearnXInYMinutes every time I find myself in these situations. Source: about 1 year ago

• What is a good C tutorial for intermediate programmers

  Https://learnxinyminutes.com/ is exactly what you want. Source: about 1 year ago

• Learn x in y minutes - CLI edition

  I really like the page https://learnxinyminutes.com/ and I use it a lot. I thought it would be practical with a command line tool for using it, so I created one. Source: about 1 year ago

• I built a VS Code extension that shows 'learnxinyminutes' guides within the editor

  For the past week, I've been trying to learn more about the VS Code Extension API and as a project, I decided to build an extension that could display the cheatsheets from learnxinyminutes within VS Code. I thought it might be useful to anyone here who is picking up a new language. I'm not well-versed on Typescript and the VS Code Extension API, so feedback is welcome! It can be in the form of code suggestions,... Source: about 1 year ago

• Programming Cheatsheet

  I'm a fan of https://learnxinyminutes.com/ - it's got a ton of programming languages, and it's very concise but clear. Source: about 1 year ago