Cheating for developers
July 4th, 2006
As a developer, I know how important it is to have the right information at my fingertips. It could mean the difference between a smooth coding session, and a frustrating one. A helpful tool is being able to refer to a cheat sheet, especially if you’ve just started using a new language. Steven Reid of TechCheatSheets aims to make finding technical cheat sheets a cinch.
The site is simplicity itself, allowing users to submit links to cheat sheets. Each entry is tagged, and can be rated by visitors. You can also keep up on the newly added cheat sheets using their RSS feed.
It’s nice to finally have a central repository for cheat sheets. I’ve found myself continuously searching for the same cheat sheets in Google, so TechCheatSheets could save me some time.
An interesting feature to add would be to allow users to collaborate on a cheat sheet. The sheets would be hosted by TechCheatSheets, and adding to the sheet would be done using a wiki type interface. Users could add elements that they think are important to the sheet, and visitors would be able to convert it to a pdf and download it.
Right now, they’re really focusing on the content, which is really the most important element of their site. If you know of a good cheat sheet, send it their way!
As a developer, I know how important it is to have the right information at my fingertips. It could mean the difference between a smooth coding session, and a frustrating one. A helpful tool is being able to refer to a cheat sheet, especially if you’ve just started using a new language. Steven Reid of TechCheatSheets aims to make finding technical cheat sheets a cinch.
The site is simplicity itself, allowing users to submit links to cheat sheets. Each entry is tagged, and can be rated by visitors. You can also keep up on the newly added cheat sheets using their RSS feed.
It’s nice to finally have a central repository for cheat sheets. I’ve found myself continuously searching for the same cheat sheets in Google, so TechCheatSheets could save me some time.
An interesting feature to add would be to allow users to collaborate on a cheat sheet. The sheets would be hosted by TechCheatSheets, and adding to the sheet would be done using a wiki type interface. Users could add elements that they think are important to the sheet, and visitors would be able to convert it to a pdf and download it.
Right now, they’re really focusing on the content, which is really the most important element of their site. If you know of a good cheat sheet, send it their way!
