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17 Essential Developer Networks

By @keirwhitaker

03 March 2010 | Category: Code

Recently I have been noticing that more and more tech companies are starting up “developer networks”. Some of these, like the Yahoo! Developer Network, consist of great tools and resources (think YQL, YUI etc) that we can all make use of in our work whilst others focus on more specific aspects of developing with a particular service or app.

Whilst tutorials and code examples are great the added bonus of a network is the community that grows around it. It’s likely that you won’t be the first person to experience a particular issue so it’s a great place to share application specific tips and frustrations.

Here are 17 networks and sites that you might not know about but are worth checking out.

Tech Company Networks

  1. Yahoo! Developer Network
  2. PayPal Developer Network
  3. Sun Developer Network
  4. Microsoft Developer Network
  5. IBM Developer Works
  6. Apple Developers
  7. Mozilla Developer Network
  8. Palm Developer Center
  9. Google Code
  10. Opera Developer Community

Application Specific Networks & Sites

  1. WordPress Codex
  2. Ning Developers
  3. Freshbook Developers
  4. Facebook Developers
  5. Twitter API Wiki
  6. Digg Developers
  7. 37signals Developer Site

If you know of any more please add them in the comments, it would be great to publish a more complete list.

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Comments

  • http://www.cscyphers.com/blog/ C. Scyphers

    Oracle has a developer network as well (http://www.oracle.com/technology/community/index.html)

  • http://www.loudable.com Suhasini

    hey nice article for programmers and this will help them a lot as you have jotted down everything in this list.

  • http://kid666.com Tom

    Can’t neglict Github.com those guys have some awesome stuff on there. Plus they have the best guides on how to use Git.

  • http://www.jnjosh.com Josh Johnson

    Autodesk Developer Network (ADN)

    They have training, support and info about APIs for their whole line of product including AutoCAD and 3DS Max

  • Brian

    stackoverflow.com seems like an obvious addition.

  • http://xentek.net/ Eric Marden

    What no love for github? That’s a dev network if I’ve ever seen one. :)

  • http://keycss.com Joao Da Silva

    I really like thinkvitamin blog, I read it regularly, but this post is a bit to obvious.
    Nevertheless thanks for sharing Keir.

  • Keir Whitaker

    Fair point! I love GitHub like the next person :) I was mainly looking at looking at the bigger companies and services that offer networks as opposed to ones that are curated more by the “community”.

    But great shout, I’ll update the post :)

  • Keir Whitaker

    Hi Joao, Thanks for your feedback. I am sorry to hear you think this post was too obvious.

    We try and cater for all levels and it was a quick post highlighting some of the sites developers new to the industry might not have heard of.

    More detailed posts in the pipeline :) Hope you’ll stick around for those.

  • http://pillpartner.com/ jacobandreas

    I like Yahoo! Developer Network, that great developer for me.

  • http://www.outsystems.com Tiago Simões

    The Agile Network – http://www.outsystems.com/network/

  • http://drops.christophergilmer.com/ Chris Gilmer

    Hi Keir –
    I have a added a few more Developers Communities and Networks to your list:
    http://bit.ly/bHILJg

  • Keir Whitaker

    Hi Chris, Thanks a lot for the additions, some good ones in there.

  • http://www.flex-labs.de FlexMatt

    What about the Adobe Developer Connection? http://www.adobe.com/devnet/ the Flex/AIR community is quite big.

  • http://www.localrestaurantdirect.com/ Liz Viray

    Nice article. Very informative.

  • http://www.dmathieu.com Damien

    And the best of them all : GitHub ?

  • http://jproven.com Gobezu Sewu

    Joomla focused http://forum.joomla.org/

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