Bookmark Bliss: The Developer Community Forum Compilation

March 12, 2007 | Comments (6) | Filed under: Programming

Community forums, in my opinion, are one of the best resources available to any developer looking for answers to programming problems. Even if you don’t have a problem per se, these forums are thriving with intelligent developers who can give you advice on different implementation options available to you or even pitfalls you may not be thinking about. I’ve managed to find help, countless times, from people who had a similar problem and posted informative solutions.

I had already built a decent set of bookmarks for programming languages I use on a regular basis, so I figured I would publish them to Bookmark Bliss, for anyone else that might be looking for the same thing. For the languages I don’t use as often, I polled a few of my friends in the software industry, and together we have compiled a pretty solid list of community forums for a variety of languages.

Java

• Sun’s Java Technology Forums. (688,588 Threads, 2,650,314 Posts)
1. New to Java Technology.
2. General Java Programming.
3. Swing.
4. Java 2D.
5. JDBC (also includes JTA).
6. JNDI.
7. Signed Applets.
8. Servlets.
9. JSP (also includes JSTL).
10. JSF.
• JavaRanch. (1,512,489 Posts)
1. Beginning Java.
2. General Java Programming (Intermediate).
3. General Java Programming (Advanced).
4. Swing, AWT, and other Graphics.
5. J2ME.
6. JDBC.
7. Sun Java Programmer Certification (SCJP).
8. Sun Java Developer Certification (SCJD).
9. Java Web Component Certification (SCWCD).
10. Servlets.
11. JSP.
12. EJB and Related J2EE Technologies.
• Java Help. (15,537 Threads)
• Programmer to Programmer (54,223 Threads, 173,345 Posts)
1. Apache Tomcat
2. Beginning Java
3. Beginning JSP.
4. J2EE
5. Java Databases
6. Java GUI
7. Pro JSP
• Programming Forums (12,117 Threads, 121,256 Posts)
1. Java
• VBWire (415,984 Threads, 2,561,464 Posts)
1. Java
• CodeGuru. (406,027 Threads, 1,503,495 Posts)
1. Java Programming

C++

• Cprogramming.com. (30,126 Threads and 197,699 Posts)
• C++ HOME. (12,763 Threads, 108,201 Posts)
1. For Beginners
2. General
3. Windows Programming
• CodeGuru. (406,027 Threads, 1,503,495 Posts)
1. C++ and WinAPI
2. C++ (Non Visual C++ Issues)
3. Managed C++ and C++/CLI
• Programmer to Programmer (54,223 Threads, 173,345 Posts)
1. C++ Programming
• Programming Forums (12,117 Threads, 121,256 Posts)
1. C++
• VBWire (415,984 Threads, 2,561,464 Posts)
1. C and C++

Visual C++

• CodeGuru. (406,027 Threads, 1,503,495 Posts)
1. Visual C++ Programming (*226,019 Threads, 796,491 Posts)
2. Visual C++ Bugs & Fixes
• MSDN Forums -> Visual C++ (10,338 Threads, 45,913 Posts)
• Visual C++ General
• Visual C++ Language
• Programmer to Programmer (54,223 Threads, 173,345 Posts)

Ruby

• Ruby Forum (49,657 Threads, 206,515 Posts)
1. Ruby
2. Ruby on Rails

PHP

• PHP developer’s network (60,487 Threads, 351,842 Posts)
1. General Discussion
2. PHP - Code
3. PHP - Theory and Design
4. Databases
• PHP freaks (40,332 Topics, 191,230 Posts)
1. PHP Help
2. PHP Tutorial Help
3. Third Party PHP Scripts
• Digital Point (3,604 Threads, 21,630 Posts)
• Codewalkers (29,262 Threads, 123,081 Posts)
1. PHP Coding
2. PHP Installation
• VBWire (415,984 Threads, 2,561,464 Posts)
1. PHP

ASP .NET

• ASP.net (655,667 Threads, 1,482,377 Posts)
• VBWire (415,984 Threads, 2,561,464 Posts)
1. ASP.NET
• Programmer to Programmer (54,223 Threads, 173,345 Posts)
1. ASP and ASP.NET

Visual Basic

• VBWire (415,984 Threads, 2,561,464 Posts)
• Classic Visual Basic (*200,839 Threads, 1,094,604 Posts)
1. API
2. Games and Graphics Programming
3. Database Development
4. ASP, VB Script
5. Network Programming
6. Office Development
• XTREME VB Talk (216,213 Threads, 1,057,477 Posts)
1. General
2. Game Programming
3. VBA / Office Integration
4. API
5. File I/O and Registry
6. Database and Reporting
7. Interface and Graphics
• CodeGuru. (406,027 Threads, 1,503,495 Posts)
1. Visual Basic 6.0 Programming

Please leave a comment if you have any additional forums you like to visit so I can check them out. As time goes on, I’ll continue to add to this list and make it as comprehensive as possible. 

Have you found this list useful? If so, show your support by subscribing to our news feed. We’ve posted several other entries in our Bookmark Bliss series that you might find interesting as well…

1. Bookmark Bliss: 50 Sources for Web Design Inspiration
2. Bookmark Bliss: The Developer Cheat Sheet Compilation
3. Bookmark Bliss: 30 Web Developer Community Forums
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As always, your comments are welcome and please let us know of any sites we might have missed.

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This was a recommendation from user Danak at Digg:

“For ColdFusion I would recomend:

- CF-Talk (http://www.houseoffusion.com)
- Ray Camden’s Blog/Forum (http://ray.camdenfamily.com)
- Ben Forta’s Blog (http://forta.com)
- Adobe’s official forum is lackluster imho (http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/index.cfm?forumid=1)”

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