DevDeveloper Resources
Tools solve the task in front of you; these are the sites you end up on for everything around the task. This is our curated shortlist of the places developers actually live on — the official documentation for the platforms we build on, the specifications themselves when a summary is not enough, the registries where packages come from, and the references and communities we check daily.
Every entry is here because we use it and would send a colleague to it. Each one opens in a new tab, and the address under it is the real destination — no redirects, no tracking links. If a site shuts down or stops being worth your time, it comes off the list.
Official Docs
- MDN Web Docs The reference for HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Web APIs — when a browser feature exists, its exact behaviour is documented here. developer.mozilla.org
- Node.js Downloads, release notes and the complete API reference for the Node.js runtime. nodejs.org
- Python The official Python documentation: the language reference, the standard library, and step-by-step how-to guides. docs.python.org
- TypeScript TypeScript documentation and the handbook, plus an in-browser playground for trying code without installing anything. typescriptlang.org
- Google Developers Google's developer documentation hub — web, Android, cloud APIs and the tools around them. developers.google.com
Specs & Standards
- RFC Editor The canonical archive of RFCs — the documents that define how the internet's protocols actually work. rfc-editor.org
- WHATWG The living standards for HTML, DOM, Fetch and other core web technologies, updated as they evolve. whatwg.org
- TC39 / ECMAScript The committee and proposal list behind ECMAScript — where new JavaScript language features are specified. tc39.es
- W3C The World Wide Web Consortium: standards and guidelines for the web platform, from CSS to accessibility. w3.org
- JSON Schema The vocabulary for describing and validating the structure of JSON data, with the current specification drafts. json-schema.org
Platforms & Consoles
- GitHub Where most open-source code lives: repositories, issues, pull requests and CI for millions of projects. github.com
- Google AI Studio Google's browser studio for trying Gemini models, tuning prompts and grabbing an API key to build with them. aistudio.google.com
- Hugging Face The hub for open machine-learning models, datasets and demos — search them, download them, run them. huggingface.co
- npm The registry for JavaScript packages — check a package's versions, readme and weekly downloads before you install it. npmjs.com
- PyPI The Python Package Index: where pip installs from, with every library's releases and documentation links. pypi.org
- Docker Hub The public registry of container images — official images for databases, runtimes and everyday tools. hub.docker.com
Lookup & Reference
- Can I Use Browser support tables for web features — check them before you ship that CSS property or API. caniuse.com
- DevDocs Dozens of API documentations combined into one fast, searchable interface that also works offline. devdocs.io
- HTTP Status Codes Every HTTP status code explained in plain language, each with a link to the spec that defines it. httpstatuses.com
Communities
- Stack Overflow The question-and-answer archive for programming problems — your error message has almost certainly been answered here. stackoverflow.com
- Hacker News A spare, link-driven community where developers discuss launches, tools and the craft of building software. news.ycombinator.com
- Reddit r/programming One of the largest programming communities on Reddit, for articles and discussion about software development. reddit.com
- DEV Community A blogging and discussion community where developers publish tutorials, career notes and tool reviews. dev.to
- Product Hunt A daily leaderboard of new products and developer tools, voted on by its community of makers and users. producthunt.com
Learning
- web.dev Google's guides to building for the modern web — performance, accessibility and web apps, explained with examples. web.dev
- freeCodeCamp Free, full-length courses and certifications for programming, from JavaScript basics through to data science. freecodecamp.org
- JavaScript.info A thorough, modern JavaScript tutorial — plain-language explanations from the fundamentals to advanced topics. javascript.info
Missing a staple of your own workflow? Suggestions are welcome on the contact page — the bar is simple: a site a working developer would keep bookmarked.