It seems to me the question is slightly incorrect... it's like trying to figure out the average temperature in a hospital. Every developer uses it whenever he/she is stuck, and you can't predict how often it happens, there are too many factors.
Well, rarely. There's a lot of noise in there, and incomplete / wrong answers too.
What I use when I have a problem with:
A programming language: I just look at the implementation, or I search on the official documentation.
A CLI: man is your best friend.
My editor: I use Neovim and... the help is so sweet!
Doing something I don't know how to do: Here I can end up in stack overflow, but I'll always try to confirm what they're saying with other sources. It depends what it is too: if it's an API, forget it. If it's an algorithm, yeah maybe.
I think I use Google and StackOverflow happens to be an extension of Google, because it's at the top of the results and has the best answers. I would use another website if Google showed me something else. I've never typed that website's address but it saved me countless hours over the years.
I don't believe anyone that answered never or rarely to this question lmao
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Many searches lead to SO so I use it that way very often, but I have never really used my account to ask or answer questions to be honest.
Yeah same here.
It seems to me the question is slightly incorrect... it's like trying to figure out the average temperature in a hospital. Every developer uses it whenever he/she is stuck, and you can't predict how often it happens, there are too many factors.
Quite true.
I was mainly asking it on a more general note.
Well, rarely. There's a lot of noise in there, and incomplete / wrong answers too.
What I use when I have a problem with:
man
is your best friend.Great tips! Thanks for sharing.
I think I use Google and StackOverflow happens to be an extension of Google, because it's at the top of the results and has the best answers. I would use another website if Google showed me something else. I've never typed that website's address but it saved me countless hours over the years.
That's true. StackOverflow and Github issues usually are at the top for me.
To be honest, this question is insult to developers.
How can be a developer not using SO multiple times per day unless he is just writing code with no special logic?
LMAO
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