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Programming flashcards: JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, C#, Go, Rust and more

Developers look things up constantly, but the basics you recall instantly are the ones you actually use well. These decks cover the language features, query patterns and commands that come up in daily work and in technical interviews, each with a short, highlighted code example.

Programming decks

Intermediate

JavaScript

Master the JavaScript every developer uses daily: scope, closures, equality, array methods, promises, async/await and the event loop.

50 cards
Intermediate

Advanced JS

Fifty advanced JavaScript cards: event-loop ordering puzzles, generators and async iteration, this binding, Proxy and Reflect, modules, AbortController and coercion edge cases.

50 cards
Intermediate

TypeScript

Learn the TypeScript you use every day: narrowing, generics, keyof, mapped and conditional types, utility types, satisfies and strict mode, with code on every card.

50 cards
Beginner

Python

Learn idiomatic Python fast: comprehensions, f-strings, args and kwargs, generators, decorators, context managers and the standard library.

50 cards
Beginner

Git & terminal

The Git commands and shell skills developers use every day: branching, rebasing, undoing mistakes, pipes, redirects, permissions and processes.

50 cards
Beginner

Java

Core Java with short snippets: equals vs ==, records, sealed types, collections, generics, exceptions, streams, lambdas and JVM basics.

50 cards
Beginner

C#

C# and .NET fundamentals with short snippets: value vs reference types, properties, records, nullable reference types, LINQ, async/await and DI.

50 cards
Beginner

Kotlin

Kotlin fundamentals with short snippets: null safety, val vs var, data and sealed classes, extension functions, scope functions and coroutines.

50 cards
Beginner

Swift

Swift fundamentals with short snippets: optionals, structs vs classes, protocols, enums with associated values, closures, ARC, async/await and SwiftUI.

50 cards
Beginner

Flutter

Flutter and Dart basics: null safety, futures and streams, stateless vs stateful widgets, setState, hot reload, keys, layout and state management.

50 cards
Beginner

PHP

Modern PHP 8 with short snippets: strict types, arrays, match, nullsafe and named arguments, enums, readonly, Composer, PDO and password_hash.

50 cards
Beginner

Ruby

Ruby fundamentals with short snippets: blocks, procs and lambdas, symbols, Enumerable, mixins, truthiness, method_missing, gems and Bundler.

50 cards
Beginner

Go

Go (Golang) fundamentals with short, idiomatic snippets: slices vs arrays, maps, defer, error wrapping, interfaces, goroutines, channels, select and context.

50 cards
Intermediate

Rust

Learn the Rust that the compiler keeps asking about: ownership, borrowing, lifetimes, Option and Result, traits, closures, smart pointers and async.

50 cards
Intermediate

C++

Modern C++ in short snippets: references vs pointers, RAII, smart pointers, move semantics, STL containers and algorithms, const, templates and UB.

50 cards
Intermediate

Haskell

Haskell fundamentals with short code: types and type classes, pattern matching, laziness, Maybe and Either, folds, Functor, Applicative and Monad.

50 cards
Intermediate

Elixir

Elixir fundamentals with short snippets: immutability, pattern matching, the pipe operator, Enum vs Stream, processes, GenServer, supervisors and mix.

50 cards
Intermediate

x86-64 assembly

x86-64 assembly in Intel syntax: registers and sub-registers, flags, mov and lea, jumps, the stack frame, the System V calling convention and Linux syscalls.

50 cards
Beginner

Regex

Learn regular expressions for good: anchors, classes, greedy vs lazy quantifiers, groups, lookarounds, flags, replacements and the backtracking trap.

50 cards

How spaced repetition works

  1. Step 1See a cardRecall the answer before you flip it. Effortful recall is what builds memory.
  2. Step 2Grade yourselfAgain, Hard, Good or Easy. Each answer sets when the card comes back.
  3. Step 3Review just in timeCards return right before you would forget them: minutes, then days, then months.

Frequently asked questions

Are flashcards useful for learning to code?

For syntax, idioms and concepts, yes. They complement building projects by making the details automatic.

Which languages are covered?

JavaScript (essentials and advanced), TypeScript, Python, Java, C#, Kotlin, Swift, Flutter and Dart, PHP, Ruby, Go, Rust, C++, Haskell, Elixir and x86-64 assembly, plus Git and regex. Web frameworks, databases and computer science have their own topics, and Docker, Kubernetes, Linux and Vim are under IT & DevOps.

Can I make my own code cards?

Yes. Cards support fenced code blocks with highlighting for more than a dozen languages.

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