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Ye Lin Aung
January 24, 2014
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How To Ask Technical Questions and Answers
My talk for UCSY IT Camp 2014 - How to Ask Technical Questions and Answers
Ye Lin Aung
January 24, 2014
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Transcript
Hello. Zwenexsys
Writing & Answering Technical Questions Zwenexsys
About me Zwenexsys
Programmer at Zwenexsys http://zwenex.com Zwenexsys
Active User on Stackoverflow & SuperUser Zwenexsys http://stackexchange.com/users/75304/ye-lin-aung
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 )
Zwenexsys Let’s solve the problem
Zwenexsys What have you tried ? whathaveyoutried.com
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
How to Ask Zwenexsys
Zwenexsys The Golden Rule: Imagine You're Trying To Answer The
Question `
Zwenexsys • Write it • Read it through • Does
it make sense ? • Is it easy to read and understand ? `
Zwenexsys Question Title ` • Don’t put with the following
- • Why doesn’t this work ? • Please help me.
Zwenexsys Context ` • Provide enough information • language version
• platform version • operating system • any other relevant software • Describe what you have tried
Zwenexsys Sample Code and Data ` • Be standalone •
Be complete • Demonstrate the problem • Be as short as possible.
Zwenexsys Spelling, Grammar & Formatting ` • Split into appropriate
paragraphs • Please write actual words ( gr8, bcoz, u ) • Just follow your browser spell check.
Zwenexsys ` How to Answer
Zwenexsys Read the Questions ` • Read the question •
Read the question • Read the question
Zwenexsys Get right to the point `
Zwenexsys Sample Code ` • Show your “working” code. •
Put appropriate explanation.
Zwenexsys Answer the question and highlight side-issues ` • Don’t
do this because ….
Zwenexsys Others tips! ` • Provide links to related sources
• Care about your reader • Don’t “answer and run”
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
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
Zwenexsys ` Have fun!
Zwenexsys ` Q & A
Zwenexsys ` Thank you <3