How To Ask Technical Questions and Answers

My talk for UCSY IT Camp 2014 - How to Ask Technical Questions and Answers

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1. Hello. Zwenexsys
2. Writing & Answering Technical Questions Zwenexsys
3. About me Zwenexsys
4. Programmer at Zwenexsys http://zwenex.com Zwenexsys
5. Active User on Stackoverflow & SuperUser Zwenexsys http://stackexchange.com/users/75304/ye-lin-aung
6. Active User on Stackoverflow & SuperUser Zwenexsys Inspired by Jon Skeet’s (Perfect) Posts - Writing Perfect Question ( http://tinyurl.com/so-hints ) - Answering technical question helpfully ( http://goo.gl/ smRkaU )
7. Zwenexsys Let’s solve the problem
8. Zwenexsys What have you tried ? whathaveyoutried.com
9. Zwenexsys • Search in Google • Read the manual / README • Read the FAQ • Find the answer by inspection or experimentation • Reading the source code • Asking around How to solve
10. How to Ask Zwenexsys
11. Zwenexsys The Golden Rule: Imagine You're Trying To Answer The Question `
12. Zwenexsys • Write it • Read it through • Does it make sense ? • Is it easy to read and understand ? `
13. Zwenexsys Question Title ` • Don’t put with the following - • Why doesn’t this work ? • Please help me.
14. Zwenexsys Context ` • Provide enough information • language version • platform version • operating system • any other relevant software • Describe what you have tried
15. Zwenexsys Sample Code and Data ` • Be standalone • Be complete • Demonstrate the problem • Be as short as possible.
16. Zwenexsys Spelling, Grammar & Formatting ` • Split into appropriate paragraphs • Please write actual words ( gr8, bcoz, u ) • Just follow your browser spell check.
17. Zwenexsys ` How to Answer
18. Zwenexsys Read the Questions ` • Read the question • Read the question • Read the question
19. Zwenexsys Get right to the point `
20. Zwenexsys Sample Code ` • Show your “working” code. • Put appropriate explanation.
21. Zwenexsys Answer the question and highlight side-issues ` • Don’t do this because ….
22. Zwenexsys Others tips! ` • Provide links to related sources • Care about your reader • Don’t “answer and run”
23. Zwenexsys • stackoverflow.com - for Programming related • http://stackexchange.com/sites - Q & A • quora.com - “Ask any question, get real answers from people with first hand experience, and blog about what you know.” • Email the people you think they will know Resources
24. Zwenexsys • More at http://meta.stackoverflow.com/ questions/8401/where-can-i-ask-questions- that-dont-fit-or-are-off-topic-for-stack-overflow Resources
25. Zwenexsys ` Have fun!
26. Zwenexsys ` Q & A
27. Zwenexsys ` Thank you <3