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Welcome to Software Development on Codidact!

Will you help us build our independent community of developers helping developers? We're small and trying to grow. We welcome questions about all aspects of software development, from design to code to QA and more. Got questions? Got answers? Got code you'd like someone to review? Please join us.

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How can we grow this community?

Codidact's communities have a lot of great content that is helping people on the Internet. Our communities are small, though, and sustainable communities depend on having lots of active, engaged p...

16 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 1mo ago by Kevin Krumwiede‭

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Welcome to Software Development!

Welcome to the Codidact site for Software Development! We're glad you're here and we're excited to see what you will build. This community is starting "from scratch", without importing Q&A fr...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Getting rid of "company tags" early on

So it appears that we've gotten our first "company tag", Apple. We know from SO that company name tags were always problematic since: Questions are about products, not companies. Given that the pr...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Alexei‭

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Should we allow answers generated by ChatGPT?

We got our first (mostly) ChatGPT answer in our community. Also, a question includes an adapted ChatGPT code that does not seem to do the job. StackOverflow has already banned ChatGPT answers and ...

9 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Why using images for code, errors, logs or similar should be avoided?

I have noticed that virtually any question containing an image of some code or error got a comment asking to replace it with the actual code, error text. Why is it so bad to include an image inste...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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To transfer, or not to, that is the question: whether 'tis nobler to let it stay or to take arms against Stack Overflow's dominance of FAQ canonicals

Some of you may know me from Stack Overflow or the broader network. In light of recent actions by the company, I finally decided to move over to Codidact. I am a subject matter expert on Google App...

5 answers  ·  posted 8mo ago by Oleg Valter‭  ·  last activity 8mo ago by Lundin‭

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What is a minimal, reproducible example?

Sometimes when I ask questions here, I get told that I should include a minimal, reproducible example. What is that?

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by klutt‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by klutt‭

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Renaming sheets to the more specific google-sheets?

sheets tag sounds a little bit too generic and I feel that it should be replaced with the more specific [google-sheets]. I know that we should avoid using company names as much as possible, but in ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Lundin‭

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We'd like to add another moderator -- who?

Several months ago we asked for temporary moderators for this community and two people stepped up. One of them later had to step back, leaving Alexei as a sole moderator. Alexei is doing a great ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by hkotsubo‭

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Are code troubleshooting posts allowed?

I assume "help my code isn't working"/troubleshooting posts - which make up much of SO questions - are allowed. However from reading the FAQ, it's not obvious to me that they are. The "on topic" bu...

4 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by 404‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Etiquette for posting comments

This question featured a quite heated discussion in the comments which led to some of them being removed. This action was discussed here and I have realized that our community lacks a guide about p...

5 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Estela‭

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The size of the code format window is much too small.

When posting a lot of code on the site, the "code format window" is much too small: 1 I'm talking about this thing 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 The scroll bar appears after...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Should we have a Code Review Section / category?

As discussed on Meta, should Software.codidact allow reviewing working code as a question? Traffic is probably not high enough to warrant it's own Codereview community. The existing communities out...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by dustytrash‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Meet the Codidact Team!

As we start on building a new community here together, we're bound to find some sticking points. Those might be bugs, new features you need, things you need support with... whatever they are, the C...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭  ·  edited 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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How do I search for "i++"?

I once wrote this post here: Why can't we mix increment operators like i++ with other operators? When using Codidact search looking for that post, I tried to type i++ in the search but it didn't l...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Promoting the advantages Codidact Software has over Stack Overflow or similar communities

Note: some of these points are relevant for all communities, but I would like to focus on Software Development for now I am thinking of promoting Software Codidact, but I could not find a single p...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Alexei‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Alexei‭

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Should we allow questions about installation and configuration of software development tools?

A recent flag for this question suggested that it would be a better fit for the Linux community. There is no motivation provided, but I guess it is related to the fact that most of the question and...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Alexei‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Alexei‭

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On self-answered questions, is it inappropriate to mark my own answer "Works for me" immediately?

Would it discourage others from posting answers, if they saw that a question had an answer with a "works for me" indication applied immediately? (More so than just seeing an immediate, comprehensiv...

3 answers  ·  posted 8mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭  ·  last activity 7mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Should posting on Meta affect reputation?

When we launched this community, we did not yet have the ability to set different reputation grants for different categories. We've had this for a while but we failed to follow up before now, sorr...

1 answer  ·  posted 9mo ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 4mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Enabling 2FA should include some recovery codes

After enabling two factor authentication (2FA) for my account I'm only notified It is successfully turned On. I think it should include some recovery codes as well (to be used in case I can't acce...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by lealceldeiro‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Who should the moderators be?

As we have set up communities here on the Codidact network we've been appointing temporary moderators. Usually some people stand out from the proposal process and early activity. Ultimately, of c...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Why did my question get a downvote?

Currently, there is no consensus about whether to provide tooltips for the voting buttons (especially the downvote one). However, the community now includes quite a lot of questions that attracted ...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by meriton‭

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Are general questions (hopefully resulting in comprehensive, 'canonical' answers) in scope

Co I'm a database/desktop dev venturing into programming web apps using Angular and I've been informed 'functional reactive programming' is something I should be aware of. Some other site has a ge...

3 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by mcalex‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Asking software architecture related questions on Software Development community

Context Over the years I had a hard time addressing questions about software architecture like these ones . Soon after posting them, they receive a couple of downvotes and close votes which set the...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by shagie‭

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How to inhibit auto link generation?

I have a post where I mention a script named dead.sh Ok... now I have two posts like that. But that is not a website. It is a filename, and not one reachable through an URL. How can I inhibit aut...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Estela‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Codidactyl game and code - creation process and obfuscation

I am interested in knowing how the recent Codidactyl game and its code were created and obfuscated. See the non-announcement. From other posts, it appears that luap42 and Monica Cellio may have wo...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by mbomb007‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Alexei‭

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Are Linux-related questions on-topic?

I'm trying to learn Linux, and I've got plenty of questions to ask on the subject, especially when it comes to differences between Linux's command line and Apple's. Would such questions be accepted...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by DonielF‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by klutt‭

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Should "Hello", "Thank you", "Morning" and similar greetings be removed from posts?

I just started to see greetings in posts like: "Hello", "Thank you", "Morning" and other types of greetings. Should this greetings be removed from posts or we just keep them? Sometimes I think th...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Kevin M. Mansour‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by dmckee‭

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How will you balance demanding high quality questions with maximising the number of users?

There is a well know trade-off between a site aiming for questions/answers that are of a high quality and useful for people who arrive from Google and a site being nice to new users who often only ...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Ringi‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Ayxan Haqverdili‭

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Can we migrate office suite related questions to the Power Users community?

Power Users has just been launched and I remember that Software Development has some content related to office suite usage (example). Is it OK to migrate these questions to the Power Users communi...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by FoggyFinder‭

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Should asking about book recommendations directly connected to software development be on-topic?

Context We have recently received a suggestion to allow questions about recommending books directly connected to software development. The way I see this now (pros and cons) Pros: allow more ...

7 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 7mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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Are questions about language design on-topic?

I was chatting with somebody who's involved with a proposal on SE for a site about language design and who is interested in other options too. Some sample questions: What are the tradeoffs b...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Lundin‭

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Add link dialog should capture enter

I think we have a UI problem with the "add link" dialog box in the editor: it doesn't capture enter keystrokes which then fall through to the submit button. I'm merrily typing a post when I real...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by dmckee‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Asking and answering FAQ style questions

After spending my time on SO, I found that some of the FAQ style questions were VERY helpful, especially with things such as SQL injection in PHP/MySQL (for example How can I prevent SQL injection ...

3 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Can O' Spam‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Should we allow UI/UX questions in our community?

A significant fraction of software developers also needs to make some UI/UX-related decisions. I am wondering if we should such questions in the Software Development community. Based on feedback...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Alexei‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Alexei‭

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Importing Selected Q&A?

I personally have several (10s) of Q&A where I posted the question and\or answer, on related SE sites. These Q&A are ones I go back to for reference for myself and others. I know and under...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by James Jenkins‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Why do I, a logged in user, have to solve a captcha to post?

You should know I am not a bot by now ;-)

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by meriton‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Using Software Codidact as a private community within a company

Short version As you probably know SO offers Stack Overflow for Teams as a product for a knowledge management tool for private use (private teams). I am wondering if it is possible for Codidact t...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Canina‭

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Allow filtering search for only Meta (or any other category)

When I open the search, I can only search across all categories of this site. I'd like to filter down the search results to only Meta (or Code review).

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Someone‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Posts list shows luap42 instead of actual author

The current two top questions at https://software.codidact.com/ ( https://software.codidact.com/q/279699 and https://software.codidact.com/q/278674) are marked as coming from luap42: However, wh...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Someone‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Alexei‭

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Enable syntax highlighting for D language

According to this answer, Codidact uses highlight.js for syntax highlight, and "support whatever languages are enabled by default in that package". And according to this table (in highlight.js Git...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by hkotsubo‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Anonymous‭

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How can I fill in tag information?

I have noticed that most tags lack any usage information and moreover a more detailed wiki: I would like to add the information for some of these tags, but I do not see how. I assume there is so...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Alexei‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Alexei‭

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Do we need more specific up/down vote reasons for Software Development community?

The help center includes a rather generic (it's the same for all communities) article about voting. Recently a user flagged a question asking why it had received so many downvotes. While flagging ...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Alexei‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Estela‭

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Can regular users add tag wikis? And what are the guidelines for creating them?

Checking the list of tags, I noticed that all of the tag wikis are empty, like this: I also noticed that I can't edit those info. Will it be possible for regular users to add tag wikis?1 And if th...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by hkotsubo‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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how to mention user in comment?

I tried to reply comment but no autocomplete, so if I want to reply, how to notice a user?

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Yaskur‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Mithical‭

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How much research effort is expected from the asker by the community?

Simply, there are search engines which you can find answers to your questions. Although there is Stack Overflow which answers many questions. Additionally that there is documentation and there are ...

3 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Kevin M. Mansour‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by meriton‭

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Is this a good fit for Code Reviews, and if so, how to best post it?

I've just dived into pygame and written a little game in it, of which I'd like a review (it's my first try of pygame). However I'm not sure if it is a good fit for the site, and if so, how exactly ...

2 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by celtschk‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Peter Taylor‭

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"Review suggested edit" page doesn't display Markdown source correctly

I recently suggested an edit to an answer. Basically, I formatted some code, adding code fences around it: But at the "Review suggested edit" page, the differences are not clearly displayed. I...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by hkotsubo‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Should we get rid of [formula] tag and use more meaningful tags like [excel-formula] or [google-sheets-formula]?

We currently have quite a few questions tagged with formula. However, [formula] seems so general that I am inclined to replace it to a more specific formula based on the context. Examples: [excel-...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Alexei‭

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Code Challenges Category (Code Golfing & others)

I was inspired by the contests on Outdoors and Writing, and thought that having some challenges over here would be fun as well. What do you all think about adding a new category where people can po...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Trilarion‭