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This guide was originally created as one of the member resources for Virtual Coffee.
Ayu is a tech blogger, open source contributor & maintainer, and tech community enthusiast based in the Netherlands. She loves photography and iced coffee!
This is a nice guide Ayu Adiati! Thanks for writing! I think many beginners are still quite lost so understanding what they're trying to ask is important 😊😊
Thank you, Victoria! 😄 Yes, it wasn't easy to ask help in the beginning of my learning because I kept thinking that my questions would be stupid. It takes time for me to get the courage to ask 😅
This guide wouldn't be possible without ideas from my awesome friends! ❤
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Hi Friends 👋
In my early stage of learning, I had no one to ask questions.
I had to Google and rely on Stack Overflow to find answers.
As a newbie, I didn't know how to start asking questions and how I should ask my questions.
At that time, looking at how mean people react to newbies or accidentally repeated questions on Stack Overflow was one of my reasons not to ask questions.
I was sure my questions would be foolish because they would be a super beginner. And what if someone asked these questions before but in a different format that I'm unaware of?
My survival thought was, "I better get frustrated than bullied." 😅
But then I find out that there are no stupid questions regardless you're a newbie or not.
So, if you need help, ask for help.
Our members at Virtual Coffee gathered ideas on how to ask questions.
And I recently helped put them into a Guide To Asking Questions About Your Code and got it up on our website.
It's very critical for developers to know how to ask good questions.
So, without further ado, here is a guide to asking coding questions.
Last but not least, remember to thank people and be kind. They spend their valuable time reading and helping you answer your questions.
Special thanks to David Alpert, Jonathan Yeong, Dan Ott, Abbey Perini, Mark Noonan, Travis Martin, and Claire Martinez for throwing ideas and making this guide possible! 💙
Thank you for reading!
Last, you can find me on Twitter. Let's connect! 😊
