July 17th, 2023 × #GitHub#Bugs#Help#Support
Help Me Help You - How To Ask For Help
Wes and Scott discuss best practices for asking for help with libraries and open source projects like providing reproductions, being responsive and respectful, searching existing issues first, and sharing code context.
Wes Bos Host
Scott Tolinski Host
In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about how to get help for a bug or error you're getting in someone else's code.
Show Notes
- 00:26 Welcome
- 01:54 Building a reproduction of the error
- 03:55 Creating a gist
- Gist
- 04:48 Be responsive. Be ready.
- 08:03 Where do you go first for support?
- 09:44 Search for your issue first
- GitHub Issues
- 10:53 Be nice
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