There is a new page What type of questions can I ask here? (found under Help -> Guidance.) I'll quote it as whole below, for convenience.

Please give feedback on specific items in the list that you agree or don't agree with and post a proposed change, so that the community can vote agree/disagree with your answer. This includes change of wording etc. If something is missing that you feel should be added to either on-topic or off-topic, please propose that too.

In order to label something "community consensus", we should preferably have a strong majority for/against. (Voting on this particular question here is kind of meaningless, please vote on answers.)

One item at a time please! Don't hesitate to post several answers.

What type of questions can I ask here?

Software Development Codidact is for software developers, people who like writing code. We tend to consider that the best questions include some source code, but some without might also fit.

To better understand what is on-topic and what is offtopic, please read the following sections.

On-topic

• questions about software design, software architecture, or modeling
• questions related to software design/review - what item goes where when using a certain technology stack
• questions about the software development process and project cycles specific to software engineering (requirements, design, testing, etc)
• questions about best practices as long as enough detail is provided to answer using external references or expertise consensus
• questions related to software life cycle management, including build configurations, version control, release, and deployment.
• questions dealing with how to write software documentation
• questions about SQL programming

Off-topic

• questions asking for implementing a certain feature (or homework). You should include your (partially working) trials in the post asking to explain what a certain code does.
• questions about computers or software that are not connected to software development/engineering
• questions about the system, network, or server administration
• questions about embedded systems programming (microcontroller programming, hardware description languages, RTOS questions, PLC programming). Please use Electrical Codidact instead.
• questions about which tools, frameworks, or technologies to use, unless they are directly related to development (e.g. code, schema changes documentation tools)
• asking about project management of software projects
• asking about software licensing
• questions containing errors caused by typographical errors, as it is very unlikely to be useful in the future
• questions about database administration

It is important that your question contains enough information that another person can use to help you. After writing the post, please take a couple of moments to review it.

posted about 4 years ago

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