• anotherlemmyuser@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    StackOverflow is good for:

    • general questions (when you don’t know where to look for) eg. how do I go about …?

    • specific questions (when you know what you want, in simple english) eg. suggest ways I can …?

    • quick fixes with more than one suggestion eg. I get this error, how to fix and please explain.

    • understanding concepts as different people explain concepts differently eg. what is …?

    Documentation is good for:

    • details (when you need to know more and when you really know what you need)

    • features (find a list when you want to know what else you can do with it)

    • PeterPoopshit@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Another thing stackoverflow is good for is if you’re like 14, don’t really know programming that well and can’t quite comprehend what you’re doing but know how to copy and paste code then fidget around with it until your ide stops complaining and it compiles and all works together.