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What are the web sites that a programmer should visit daily in order to be updated with latest trends, technologies, programming tips and tricks. i am currently using hackernews, Lifehacker, engagdet so i want that type of web sites.

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Google's the best resource a programmer can have. And Wikipedia. – Fanatic23 Jan 23 '11 at 13:02
any language specific resources that you are looking for? – Michiel Overeem Jan 23 '11 at 13:39
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This question really doesn't satisfy the guidelines of the site. Can you please read the FAQ and then edit this question? – Walter Jan 23 '11 at 14:01

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How about StackOverflow.com? It's a constant stream of questions about technologies that programmers are working on - right - now. You don't have a non-technical writer and editor trying to distill (and skew) the info for you because there a middle man is not necessary. SO is the real, raw stream, a live, on-going debate amongst thousands of professionals.

If you follow it on a regular basis you will definitely see trends emerging simply by frequency of questions asked about particular technologies. It takes some work to go and see what's going on few times a day but after a few weeks and months you'll be surprised at how much you've gleaned.

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May be SE rather than SO? – Kugathasan Abimaran Jan 23 '11 at 13:56
For a resource that a programmer should visit daily I would specifically recommend SO over the more general SE. – Paul Sasik Jan 23 '11 at 13:57
Google is the parent of both SE and SO. It indexes the stack exchange sites rather fast, but it can point one to other forums as well. Jeff Atwood admitted that Google brings in 80% of their traffic. – Job Jan 23 '11 at 14:13
@Job: Right, and when I need to search SO i tend to use Google instead of SO's search engine. But, that is searching. The OP and my attempt at an answer has to do with steady, deliberate consumption of information from daily sources. – Paul Sasik Jan 23 '11 at 14:47
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News, discussions and miscellaneous interesting links: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/

The advantage here is that it's not edited by any - uh - editors. What is on top is decided by when it was posted and how many votes it has. So you pretty much get what is new and what other programmers think is interesting.

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I always check my RSS feeds in the morning because of this :). – Cromulent Jan 23 '11 at 13:49
Why? Can you expand upon your answer? – Walter Jan 23 '11 at 14:03
/r/programming is definitely one of the top resources that I have for keeping myself updated on programming. upboat for you, kind sir. – jeffjose Feb 6 '11 at 9:28
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For .NET developers I can recommend the Morning Brew

Chris Alcock puts a lot of time in combining news from the .NET world into a readible link-news-post. He looks at blog posts, tools, new stuff coming from Microsoft, things happening in the open source world, etc. When you read this every day you stay on top of the .NET world.

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Why? Can you expand upon your answer? – Walter Jan 23 '11 at 14:02
@walter done :-) – Michiel Overeem Jan 23 '11 at 14:16
Why this? Seems like it's just a collection of random links relating to .NET – Jimmy C Jan 23 '11 at 14:17
Nice edit. – Walter Jan 23 '11 at 15:31
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@Jimmy this way you can follow one source and get all the good information. Otherwise you would be tracking a number of different sources to get the same information. – Michiel Overeem Jan 24 '11 at 11:32
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MSDN subscription

Assuming you work on Windows (or with an windows tools).

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That depends hugely on what you are looking for, and also how much time you want to dedicate to this. The following is what works for me.

Stack Overflow

I scroll down the main page, getting a gist of what's going on, and eyeing opportunities to contribute. The Stack Exchange top questions widget on top is also a source of at least 10 new tabs on my browser, so amazing is the plethora of interesting topics.

Techmeme

This is a curated, edited selection of (mainly business) news from the IT world. Tech news, new releases, interesting rumours, trends, and investment opportunities. It's a nice way to avoid digging through all of TechCrunch, Engadget, GigaOM, Mashable, etc.

Hacker News

You listed this one yourself, but it is still worth explaining for other readers. This is a community-curated link list (such as Reddit) but for tech. It's a lot less business-oriented compared to Techmeme, and more, surprisingly enough, hacker-oriented. New ruby gems, controversial blog posts, curious facts of science — you have it all on the main page.

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Educating yourself should be seen as highly relevant and productive. Spending an hour a day on this task is not much — it might even not be enough, give the vast universe that IT has become.

The only way to keep up is to keep learning.

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