If CodeProject Never Existed, Where Would You Have Gone?
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I found CodeProject.com after evaluating several other similar sites. You guys are a good crowd.:thumbsup: As for these other sites, what's out there? I suppose we have Reddit, StackOverflow, GitHub, and several others, but they don't compare. Hypothetically, if CP never came to be, where would you be?
I went to GitHub first because I had a lot of code to publish. But it wasn't until I wrote articles here that my software started being viewed and downloaded, either here or on GitHub, far more often. Having a place to publish articles also encouraged me to fill in a lot of documentation gaps that needed filling in. Reddit, and especially StackOverflow, are good for getting answers to very focused technical questions, but they don't come close to the breadth of coverage that you sometimes find in articles here, and their culture is sometimes rather snotty.
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I found CodeProject.com after evaluating several other similar sites. You guys are a good crowd.:thumbsup: As for these other sites, what's out there? I suppose we have Reddit, StackOverflow, GitHub, and several others, but they don't compare. Hypothetically, if CP never came to be, where would you be?
I'd probably be in a ditch somewhere getting drunk and talking to dogs while trying to steal the town folk's newspapers for shelter... oh wait, I'm doing that now. [Clickety](https://external-preview.redd.it/F6s6chz1GKo4sjwxCxx-kUWpmiqZvZrtuk51ZvcvZ7s.jpg?auto=webp&s=23c573d580257b2388ac27d768d2543c40decdb4) :laugh:
Jeremy Falcon
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I found CodeProject.com after evaluating several other similar sites. You guys are a good crowd.:thumbsup: As for these other sites, what's out there? I suppose we have Reddit, StackOverflow, GitHub, and several others, but they don't compare. Hypothetically, if CP never came to be, where would you be?
I've been with CP for over 20 years, was "Old Timer" in my first iteration. Before that I had been away from programming for many years and I used CP to catch up. I tried but I had lost too much and couldn't compete with the younguns coming out of school. But I still enjoy programming and probably die at the keyboard. :)
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I found CodeProject.com after evaluating several other similar sites. You guys are a good crowd.:thumbsup: As for these other sites, what's out there? I suppose we have Reddit, StackOverflow, GitHub, and several others, but they don't compare. Hypothetically, if CP never came to be, where would you be?
None of the current places, so probably nowhere. It was a recent college graduate I was working with twenty years ago who introduced me to CP at that time. Back in the early 90s I was a member of a computer group which had a BBS...
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I found CodeProject.com after evaluating several other similar sites. You guys are a good crowd.:thumbsup: As for these other sites, what's out there? I suppose we have Reddit, StackOverflow, GitHub, and several others, but they don't compare. Hypothetically, if CP never came to be, where would you be?
20+ years ago I joined CP. I don't recall my reasoning, but since I retired 5 years ago, I have been visiting CP more often. Nothing compares in depth and breadth. Excellent site for my needs. Casual and professional mixed just right.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger
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I found CodeProject.com after evaluating several other similar sites. You guys are a good crowd.:thumbsup: As for these other sites, what's out there? I suppose we have Reddit, StackOverflow, GitHub, and several others, but they don't compare. Hypothetically, if CP never came to be, where would you be?
Probably nowhere. A colleague of mine from work back in the early 2000s told me about the site when I was looking for a C++ ADO DB library. I searched CP and found an article that was nearly exactly what I was looking for. I've been a member ever since.
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I found CodeProject.com after evaluating several other similar sites. You guys are a good crowd.:thumbsup: As for these other sites, what's out there? I suppose we have Reddit, StackOverflow, GitHub, and several others, but they don't compare. Hypothetically, if CP never came to be, where would you be?
Was learning C# in 2004, and was looking out for help on the Internet. Found CP and it had answers to our questions, and joined. On a side note, am getting a hunch that some big player (MS, Google, ... ?) will be the new owner/custodian of CP, and that it will continue as earlier, or with some modifications. (Probably MS, because this is a predominantly C# site).
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I've been with CP for over 20 years, was "Old Timer" in my first iteration. Before that I had been away from programming for many years and I used CP to catch up. I tried but I had lost too much and couldn't compete with the younguns coming out of school. But I still enjoy programming and probably die at the keyboard. :)
A home without books is a body without soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.4.0 (Many new features) JaxCoder.com Latest Article: EventAggregator
Mike Hankey wrote:
and probably die at the keyboard
Don't forget to clear your browser history before you croak. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Jeremy Falcon
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I found CodeProject.com after evaluating several other similar sites. You guys are a good crowd.:thumbsup: As for these other sites, what's out there? I suppose we have Reddit, StackOverflow, GitHub, and several others, but they don't compare. Hypothetically, if CP never came to be, where would you be?
I've been a member for 22 years. First found CP while searching for something C or C++ related, while living in North Guilford CT, using a 64KB IDSN connection. Gads that was slow. Where would I have gone? For posting articles, nowhere at the time. Eventually I would have started posting articles on a blog or a website, both of which I eventually created, but I've pretty much posted all my articles here. As to finding a community like CP? I think what CP has provided over the years is irreplaceable. There is nothing that compares, at least that I've found. Same with finding valuable resources. My code over the years is liberally sprinkled with comments like "see Code Project article here:"
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I've been with CP for over 20 years, was "Old Timer" in my first iteration. Before that I had been away from programming for many years and I used CP to catch up. I tried but I had lost too much and couldn't compete with the younguns coming out of school. But I still enjoy programming and probably die at the keyboard. :)
A home without books is a body without soul. Marcus Tullius Cicero PartsBin an Electronics Part Organizer - Release Version 1.4.0 (Many new features) JaxCoder.com Latest Article: EventAggregator
Mike Hankey wrote:
I've been with CP for over 20 years
Same...
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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Was learning C# in 2004, and was looking out for help on the Internet. Found CP and it had answers to our questions, and joined. On a side note, am getting a hunch that some big player (MS, Google, ... ?) will be the new owner/custodian of CP, and that it will continue as earlier, or with some modifications. (Probably MS, because this is a predominantly C# site).
Amarnath S wrote:
getting a hunch
A hunch implies that you have no hard evidence. Is that the case?
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Amarnath S wrote:
getting a hunch
A hunch implies that you have no hard evidence. Is that the case?
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
Just a guess. Looking at the size of this community and the size of the CodeProject data centre, of which there was a photo shared sometime back on this site itself. Not sure whether a small company can buy and maintain such a data centre.
