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What's new on Software Dictionary

New features and new pages as they go live, newest first. Small fixes aren't listed; corrections to a page are listed at the end of that page.

  • New feature

    A quiz and a certificate for every learning path

    Score 80% or more on a path's quiz to earn a certificate with your name, drawn in your browser, to download or add to LinkedIn.

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  • New feature

    /define in Slack and Discord

    Type /define and a term in a chat, and the plain-English definition appears in the conversation, in English or Turkish.

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  • New feature

    A browser extension for Chrome, Edge and Firefox

    The term linker as an extension: software terms on the sites you read get a link and a short definition on hover.

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  • New feature

    An English–Turkish dictionary

    Every term's English name beside its Turkish ones, how to say it, and which word Turkish developers actually use.

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  • New feature

    Interview questions, with a practice mode

    Questions by topic with answers folded away, and a practice round that asks one at a time and remembers the ones you know.

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  • New feature

    The term linker, a WordPress plugin and a daily quiz for your site

    One line of script links the software terms in your articles to their definitions; WordPress sites can use the plugin, and any site can embed the question of the day.

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  • New feature

    Share your quiz score

    At the end of a round, share your score as a link whose preview card shows it.

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  • New pages

    Sources on 261 pages, and 40 more diagrams

    Pages now cite the specification, documentation or paper behind the term, and 40 more terms have a picture.

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  • New pages

    16 more comparisons and a JavaScript ecosystem path

    More X vs Y pages, linked from the comparisons around them, and a learning path through the JavaScript tools.

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  • New pages

    50 new terms

    Fifty more terms in both languages, each with its sources and links from the pages it relates to.

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  • New feature

    An editorial policy, and each page's history

    How pages are written, sourced and checked, and a record at the end of each page of the changes that altered what it says.

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  • New pages

    Four new learning paths

    Routes through the terms, in order, for four more topics.

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  • New feature

    Learning paths drawn as routes

    Each path is drawn as a route with its stops, and you can see how far along it you are.

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  • New feature

    RSS feeds and a copy for AI assistants

    An RSS feed of new and updated pages in each language, and a Markdown copy of every term and comparison for AI tools to read.

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