Over the past few years, we've put together a couple of (reasonably short) guides to asking questions on Stack Overflow; if you're a beginner (or simply struggl

Over the past few years, we've put together a couple of (reasonably short) guides to asking questions on Stack Overflow; if you're a beginner (or simply struggling to learn the Stack Overflow way of doing things), it wouldn't hurt to read them: - http://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask http://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask - http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve Disclaimer: I work for Stack Overflow, but these were mostly written by folks who don't and who just wanted to see new users have an easier time - I just edited them.