1. A tech savvy army fighting to help you first (for internet points)

3. Dozens of online communities all set up to help answer your questions

4. Dozens of online communities all set up to help answer your questions

5. Types of questions you can ask on Stack Overflow
a specific programming problem, or
a software algorithm, or
software tools commonly used by programmers; and is
a practical, answerable problem that is unique to software development

6. Types of questions you can ask on Stack Overflow
a specific programming problem, or
a software algorithm, or
software tools commonly used by programmers; and is
a practical, answerable problem that is unique to software development

7. Where do I start?

8. Where do I start?
Stackoverflow.com (of course)

9. Where do I start?

10. Where do I start?

11. Where do I start? Stackoverflow.com (of course)
Stack Overflow is all about how to ask a question
It’s a quick read, but worth your time

12. Quick Tips (using R as an example)
Brackets indicate tags
Searching [r] brings up all questions about the r

13. Quick Tips (using R as an example)
Brackets indicate tags
Searching [r] brings up all questions about the r

25. Final Thoughts
Stack Overflow is a powerful resource for getting help with code
These are volunteers working for internet points, so you have to follow their rules
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