Humor

• Dev Humor (strips)
• The Daily WTF (blog posts)
• TechLead (videos)
• The Codeless Code (zen kōans)
• xkcd (general science strips)

Course Software

• OpenJDK Java 17 LTS JDK (full version)
• IntelliJ Ultimate (includes Maven)
• GIT (includes command-line Shell for Windows)
• Duke OIT Software Library (general software licensed for Duke Students)
• Roots Courses, short useful courses hosted by the Duke Innovation Co-Lab

Java

• Primary Java Site
  • API documentation and general documentation
  • The Official Tutorials
  • W3 Schools Java OO Tutorials
  • Java Keywords with Examples
  • CodeJava: Coding your Passion
  • Look at the source code!
• OpenJFX (formerly JavaFX), a library for creating modern GUI applications
  • API documentation
  • Overview and Architecture
  • Tutorial for drawing and animation
  • Tutorials for all GUI Components
  • Tutorial for styling and animating GUIs (except example 4)
  • CSS Reference (integration with Bootstrap, Font Icons, and Dashboard Tiles)
  • Support for mobile devices
  • Look at the source code!
• Javadoc, a tool to automatically generate HTML documentation
  • Writing Javadoc comments
  • Generating Javadoc with IntelliJ
  • Look at the source code!
• JUnit, a tool for automatically testing Java code
  • API documentation
  • Using JUnit within IntelliJ
  • Available test assertions
  • Testing for thrown Exceptions
  • Look at the source code!
• Useful Java features
  • Isolating Locale-Specific Data and details on accessing resources independent of OS
  • Options for formatting Strings using the String.format() method
  • Text blocks, multi-line Strings
  • Using Lambda Expressions
  • Enumerated Types
  • Exceptions
  • "Advanced" features
    • Reflection
    • Generics
    • Annotations
    • Streams
  • New features
    • Records
    • Pattern matching
    • Sealed classes
    • Modules
  • Working with data formats
    • CSV, Comma-separated Values, can be parsed using a third party library
    • XML, eXtensible Markup Language, can be parsed directly within Java
    • JSON, JavaScript Object Notation, can be parsed using a third party library

Markdown

• Manual to the Web's Simplest Plain-Text Syntax
• Converting Markdown into (almost) any other document format
• Editing Markdown within IntelliJ (and collaboratively)
• Using a web-based, shared, editor (sign-in required)
• Using a web-based editor that can be plugged into Google Docs (regular synchronization required)

Programming Blogs

• Joel on Software
• Coding Horror
• The Programmer's Paradox
• Successful Software
• Software for Good
• Paul Kainulainen's Blog
• A List Apart
• Martin Fowler's Blog
• Code Simplicity
• Oracle's Java Blog and YouTube Channel

Quotes

• Bumper-sticker Computer Science
• Perlis Epigrams
• Rich Pattis' quote collection
• Adages on Software Design and Development

Debugging

• Debugging with IntelliJ (with videos)
• IntelliJ Debugging Tricks
• Debugging Zen by Nick Parlante
• Debugging from The Pragmatic Programmer by Dave Thomas and Andy Hunt
• Fundamental Philosophy of Debugging by Max Kanat-Alexander

Sharing Your Work and Respecting Others Efforts

• Creative Commons
• Best Practices for Attributing Work
• Defining the Most Common Types of Open Source License
• How to find free-to-use images with Google Search

Program Design and Development

• Clean Code
  • Manifesto for Software Craftsmanship
  • Clean Coding Habits
  • Code Smells and organized into a Taxonomy
  • Refactorings and Alphabetical List
  • Smells to Refactorings
  • Refactoring and Code Smells online book
  • Automatically Refactoring code with IntelliJ
• Design Ideas
  • Manifesto for Minimalist Software Engineers
  • Design Principles
  • Design Heuristics
  • Design Patterns List
  • Design Patterns online book
  • UML, Unified Modeling Language
    • Quick Reference
    • UML online book
    • PlantUML, preview diagrams from Markdown (built into Gitlab)
    • Star UML, build diagrams interactively (free preview version)
• Agile Programming Process
  • Manifesto for Agile Software Development
  • Agile Software Development: A gentle introduction
  • Rules of Extreme Programming
  • Scrum Reference
  • Scrum Patterns
• Programming Katas

Programming Tools

• IntelliJ, an Integrated Development Environment
  • Getting Started with IntelliJ
  • Using IntelliJ (comprehensive documentation)
  • Common IntelliJ Keyboard Shortcuts
  • IntelliJ Tips by Fedor Korotkov
  • Generating code with IntelliJ (instead of writing it)
  • IntelliJ shared coding: Code With Me!
• GIT, a tool for managing shared code development
  • Visual GIT Reference
  • Quick Reference
  • W3 Schools GIT Tutorial
  • Learn Enough GIT to Be Dangerous by Michael Hartl
  • Think Like (a) Git - A Guide for the Perplexed by Sam Livingston-Gray
  • Pro GIT book (comprehensive reference)
  • Using GIT directly within IntelliJ
  • Best Practices
  • Branching and Merging
  • Creating and Approving Merge Requests
  • Understanding the Git Work Flow
  • Issues/Tagging Workflow
  • How to undo (almost) anything with Git by Joshua Wehner and as a decision tree
  • Visual GIT demo and game!
• Maven
  • Managing Maven projects in IntelliJ
  • Getting Started Guide or Video Tutorial
  • POM Reference and specifically adding a new dependency
  • Maven repository of Java libraries
• Command Line
  • Basic Commands Reference (based on Git Bash for Windows)
  • Quick Reference
  • Tutorial for Beginners
  • Learn Enough Command Line to Be Dangerous by Michael Hartl
  • Some Favorite Command Line Tricks
  • The Art of Unix Programming by Eric S. Raymond (a very deep dive)

LLMs/ChatGPT

• Primary OpenAI ChatGPT site (available in the browser or as a Desktop or Mobile app)
• Primary GitHub Copilot site (free for students)
• What Is ChatGPT Doing and Why Does It Work? by Stephen Wolfram
• Guide to Using ChatGPT Prompts for Coding Tasks from LearnPrompt.org
• Access via extensions and other platforms
• The Art of ChatGPT Prompting by Fatih Kadir Akın
• Ultimate ChatGPT Resource Guide (a very deep dive)
• GitHub Copilot Labs to improve your Code Quality and Productivity from Microsoft
• ChatGPT: The Good, The Bad, The Ethical And Legal Implications by Moshood Yahaya
• ChatGPT: Old AI problems in a new guise, new problems in disguise by Ridoan Karim