http://www.coderanch.com/forums - A very friendly place with an active community dedicated to helping developers

http://www.webappers.com/ - Regularly updated with predominately open source software to help you do your job

http://www.webdesignerwall.com/ - Name says it all. A site that is dedicated towards web design.

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http://www.sixrevisions.com/ - A very active website that focuses on web design.

http://www.net.tutsplus.com/ - Has excellent tutorials on web design and development

http://java.sun.com/blueprints/corej2eepatterns/Patterns/index.html – An absolute must check out for all Java developers. Focuses on best practices for Java developers. Though I wouldn't recommend it for the very new as the concepts may be a bit advanced.

http://www.ohloh.net/ - A very good place to start if you are looking to contribute to an open source project.

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http://www.smashingmagazine.com/ - An excellent with a focus on front end web development. Frequently updated with very well written articles.

http://www.alistapart.com/ - Another excellent website focusing on web development. However there is more of an emphasis of best practices, growing trends, and new ideas, instead of just the latest technologies.

http://www.javamex.com/ - A java site that does a really good job of getting down into the nuts a bolts of how Java works.

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