A few useful programming resources

As a web developer, I spend some time looking up better syntax or methods to achieve the most efficient solution. I thought I’d make note of some of the resources I use almost daily. I’m primarily developing in Ruby/Rails right now, but some of these resources are outside of that. Here they are, in the order I tend to use them…

1. Rails API—It’s nice if I know exactly what I need.
2. Got API—I think we’ve all used this a time or two, or at least are aware of it. I find myself using http://start.gotapi.com more than http://gotapi.com itself. They’re both extremely fast ajaxified interfaces.
3. Pickaxe online—I prefer the hard copy over the online version, but I do use it occasionally.
4. Rails API search—This is good if you’re seeking examples (although, not all methods come shipped with examples).
5. Ruby on Rails Forum—I use this more for posting questions, although I haven’t done that in a while. It’s probably not bad to search for solutions, though.

I thought I had bookmarks of sites that allow you to paste snippets of focused code, but I can’t seem to find them, nor remember what they are. They show their face occasionally on Google searches. If you know of any other “must-be-aware-of” references, leave them in the comments.