Community

Overview

There are many good subreddits focused on Computer Science, Programming, Software Development and related topics.

Hacker News

• news.ycombinator.com
  • A mega-hub of startup/software culture by Y Combinator.
  • Recreates early Reddit when it was hacker-focused.
  • Comment threads are sometimes the best part.
  • Read about the history: The Evolution of Hacker News.

Huge Subreddits

• CompSci
  • Computer Science Theory and Application.
• DataIsBeautiful
  • Share and discuss Graphs, charts, maps, etc.
• Javascript
  • Also Learn Javascript
• LearnProgramming
  • Questions related to programming in any language.
• Programming
  • Topics directly related to programming in any language.

Computer Science

• Algorithms
  • Computer Science for Computer Scientists.
• AskComputerScience
  • Ask a question about any computer science topic.
• Coding
  • Strict policy of only programming-related discussions.
• Compilers
  • Welcome to Compilers.
• SoftwareDevelopment
  • Software Development Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, etc.

Career and Learning

• CSCareerQuestions
  • Questions about computer-science-related careers.
• CSEducation
  • Computer science educators and education researchers
• DailyProgrammer
  • 3 Programming Challenges a week!

Languages

• C++
  • Discussions, articles and news the C++ Programming Language.
• Go
  • The Go Programming Language.
• ProgrammingLanguages
  • Programming language design.
• Python
  • Also Learn Python and Python Coding
• Rust
  • The Rust Programming Language

Tools

• Emacs
  • Extensible, customizable, 40+ years old!
• Linux
  • All things Linux.
• Vim
  • For Vim enthusiasts.
• Visual Studio Code
  • Microsoft’s powerhouse open source IDE.

Beyond Computers

• AskScience
  • Ask a science question, get a science answer.
• Logic
  • Symbolic and Mathematical Logic.
• MathEducation
  • Math Education: Mathematics for Educators.
• Statistics
  • Statistical theory, software, and application.

More

• A huge list of Awesome Subreddits.

Learning — YouTube channels

• Programming with Mosh
• The Cherno
• Corey Schafer
• Data School
• Code Bullet
• sentdex
• CS Dojo
• Jabrils
• Python Programmer
• Tobeva Software — our channel.

Learning — platforms

• freeCodeCamp.org — see also the Quincy Larson interview.
• repl.it — multi-language in-browser IDE.
• Futurecoder — a Python teaching system.