Learn X in Y minutes (online code learning resource)

[Midas]

Learn X in Y minutes (http://learnxinyminutes.com/) provides a score of no-nonsense, rapid reading, get-the-gist-of-it summaries about the most popular coding standards out there -- and most are multilanguage, too:

• bash, brainfuck, c, c#, c++, clojure, coffeescript, Common Lisp, css, dart, elisp, elixir, erlang, F# , forth, git, Go, Groovy, haml, Haskell, haxe, hy, java, javascript, json, Julia, LiveScript, Lua, markdown, Matlab, neat, Nim, Objective-C, OCaml, Paren, perl, perl6, PHP, pogoscript, purescript, python, python3, R, racket, Red, ruby, rust, Scala, self, Standard ML, swift, TypeScript, Visual Basic, whip, xml, yaml

E.g., English Javascript: http://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/javascript/.

[guinness]

Very useful link. Thanks.

[Midas]

[freakazoid]

Nice. Simple to read and only one page for each language!

Bookmarked.

[webfork]

I found the markdown explanation to be exceedingly cool.
http://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/markdown/

[Midas]

I found the markdown explanation to be exceedingly cool.

• It's a great starting point and cheatsheet, that's for sure.
  
  However, and contrary to what is implied there, a Markdown standard is established (and being actively revised) at CommonMark.org (check the "spec" page, where even minor changes are nicely documented).
  
  BTW, another comprehensive Markdown resource is "What is Markdown?" (http://whatismarkdown.com/)

[webfork]

a Markdown standard is established (and being actively revised)

Very cool, thanks.  I hope someday to switch over all my documentation work to markdown format.

[Midas]

In case you haven't started, the CommonMark people have put together a great beginners interactive tutorial:

• http://commonmark.org/help/tutorial/