What other sites do you do coding on?
This site is pretty good, but I'm wondering what other resources are out there. I guess this is probably quite language dependent, but in general I have not found other sites with a good wealth of general programming knowledge where I can just ask a question and someone will actually answer it. Especially when you post a question or issue that spans multiple technologies. Also I can't tell you how many times someone has asked the same (or very similar) question as mine and I find a Google link to that damn Expert Exchange site where they hide the answers.
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http://www.google.com and this one. StackOverflow has proven to be a great tool in my arsenal. Having started a new job (working on the DB side for stuff) I started relying on this site, but google is the one I pull frequently.
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For dotNet questions, you can't beat http://www.searchdotnet.com/default.aspx a custom Google search powered by Dan Appleman.
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When I first started developing FF Extensions, I used heavily (albeit mostly as a lurker) on the Mozillazine forums . Great people, great knowledge.
As for expert exchange, I hate to state the obvious, but they have all the answers at the bottom of the page if you came from Google. That's what you mean by "hide answers", right? I believe Chrome doesn't work that way, but it looks like they now recognize the Chrome user agent.
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I almost always start with Google. Sometimes I go directly to Code Project. They usually contain long tutorials with sample code. When I was new to ASP and ASP.NET I used http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/ but I don't need it anymore. But they only worked for me because the question I wanted to ask had already been asked (by someone else) and (luckily) answered as well.
I have not had much luck with newsgroups, mainly because the volume of posts is so high that if your question is not answered in the first few hours, it quickly dumps down where no one else can see it.
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I use Expert Exchange from time to time. Don't let the site fool you, personal accounts are free.
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I often come across expert exchanges during web searches and tend to be with colleagues because of the dirty language when it happens. However, here's the trick I'm using:
Install the web developer (plugin) for Firefox. When you're unlucky enough to need an answer from the exchange of experts, disable CSS entirely. They use CSS to hide responses and turn it off, give you plain text. You can find an "accepted solution" to get to it if there is a question.
As an aside, I'm very happy to endorse SO because of a completely different approach to making Q&A and knowledge available and free.
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I am a .Net developer. Below is a list of some of the sites I regularly use for coding information.
Forums
http://forums.msdn.microsoft.com/
Code examples and information
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/
Magazines:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/default.aspx
Blogs:
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I find it helpful to use the mailing lists of the tools you use (if your question is about a specific tool). The mailing lists usually have a community directly related to the tool and also usually get responses from the tool developers themselves, which is very helpful.
Mailing lists are usually indexed on the Internet, so you don't need to subscribe. Nabble is one such indexing site.
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