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by Xelbair
2413 days ago
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SO answers are really good learning place. That is if you read the whole thread instead of copypasting the accepted answer. Usually, at least for .net, there are explanations not only how to do something, but why do it this way. I learned quite a bit from SO, it at least pointed me towards right direction in docs. Nowadays i just read the docs instead, but i still google for SO answers for new problems. Maybe there is an API i have no idea about ,nor my colleagues do? Maybe there is a better way to solve problem XYZ? Instead of skimming myriad of blogs i can just read the answers on SO and then read up the docs. SO is as good, or bad, as you make it - if you just copypaste answers, or provide an answer in form of code with minimal explanation why - then that's on you. |
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The kinds of questions that people ask when they're focused on learning something new, however, are DEFINITELY NOT what SO is intended to handle. It is why SO is actively hostile to people that try to use it to learn by asking questions.
(1) For .net in particular, Jon Skeet's answers are magnificent resources. He even made the content from his answers into a book. The book, of course, has context and coherence. It's not just the answers copy-pasted into a text. Sadly, Skeet is the exception rather than the rule. For everyone putting up nice answers to questions following the example of Skeet, there are dozens of smug, persnickety jerks making people feel like shit in a hundred different ways for daring to ask a question.