About

Introduction

When learning a new programming languages, there are usual steps one takes:

1. Learn about the syntax
2. Follow a tutorial
3. Make a project and learn new things
4. Repeat 3.

For 1. I personally adore Learn X in Y minutes. It makes learning a new syntax easier and faster. Especially if you already know the fundamentals of programming.

However, for 2. and 3., learning idiomatic patterns seems to be a more wild chase. Between random blog articles Creating a X in Y, Y: making a X; various forum questions and answers and Youtube, there’s many ways to get to the same information.

In the spirit of xkcd#927, I humbly wrote this website to compile code examples that aim to help newcomers getting started with common code patterns.

What this site is not

• a language overview

  Learn X in Y minutes is the place to go for that.

• a replacement for blogging

  Blogging is a great way to share ideas, connect, express oneself. This site focus on code examples, without any personal attachment to the authors.

• a replacement for online forums

  Online Q/A, debugging strive to push the community forward and this site wants to acknowledge the heros that are random online contributors. This site doesn’t pretend to be a place where you can discuss and ask questions It is however welcomed to contribute and to improve the content here.

What this site is trying to be

• a compilation of idiomatic examples

  Writing in Go is different that writing in Python.

  Both languages have loops, ifs, and other usual syntax elements.

  However, “writing a web server” is very different in both languages. Each have their own best practices, idiomatic patterns, libraries, etc.

• a standardized library

  The examples should differ only in the syntactical elements of the languages.

  “Writing a web server” should have the same values across each languages, so the understanding of one or the other is simplified.

• a community effort

  This is a place by and for the other developers. Contributions are most welcomed and any aspect of the website’s design and content is subject to improvements.

• standing on the shoulder of the internet

  This site is not going to invent new ways of coding, and inspirations/sources ought to be cited anytime necessary.