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Discussion on: Ask Dev: How do you learn new things and keep up with the trends in development.

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Tony Hicks

In terms of blogs, I like dotnetcurry and of course, dev.to - I generally see interesting articles from them in my facebook feed.

I used to really enjoy the Code Project newsletter that they sent out, I found it has become more industry news than technical tutorials but still a useful thing to peruse once in a while.

Brent Ozar's blog and newsletter is something I really enjoy for something more SQL server focused.

Youtube channels, I subscribe to GOTO conferences and NDC conferences

Those are a good way to keep up with current industry trends.

In terms of actual tutorials, I prefer tutorials that I can read and build as I learn rather than watch videos.

I find them quicker and I get to build stuff sooner since I can copy and paste directly from the source into my test environment. I generally find that TutorialsPoint has some pretty decent primers on things.

If you're looking for tutorials for something specific, you might want to try hackr.io/ - It's a community driven top x list for tutorials.

I have Pluralsight as part of my package at the company I work for and I have to say, I don't think the subscription style tutorials are worth the money if you're thinking of paying for it yourself.

Going for something like Udemy where you can buy the course once off and then are free to watch the videos over whatever time period suits you just seems like much better value to me. They also have some really good sales, so I just wishlist stuff I like and buy them when they're marked down.

I often listen to podcasts on my commute to and from work, my favorite ones are .NET Rocks and Software Engineering Daily.

Last but definitely not least is a good book. Technical books can be quite expensive but I find that it's a really good way of delving deep into a particular subject. Humble Bundle often has packages where they sell a whole load of them for really cheap though. You can download them in PDF as well as MOBI's so they work quite well on a Kindle.