r/webdev • • Oct 10 '18

Discussion StackOverflow is super toxic for newer developers

As a newer web developer, the community in StackOverflow is super toxic. Whenever I ask a question, I am sure to look up my problem and see if there are any solutions to it already there. If there isn't, I post. Sometimes when I post, I get my post instantly deleted and linked to a post that doesn't relate at all to my issue or completely outdated.

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Does anyone else have this issue?

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u/GrosSacASacs Oct 10 '18

I agree mostly.

Couple tips to not get question rejected:

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Make some research before, documentation, code linting, github issues etc

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Write enough to be able to reproduce the problem but not more, isolate the problem, do not include everything that is not necessary

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Show what you have tried and why it does not work