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Answer by curls for Properly addressing programming questions

I don't think it's necessary to babysit the intention and morality of someone else. We can't know if they're going to cut and paste, or instead be delighted at enough detailed code to figure it out for...

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Answer by R Menke for Properly addressing programming questions

Personally I like giving the full blown answer. I often look around for questions that are also interesting for me, where I will also learn something. I have two playgrounds open all the time that are...

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Answer by Jeutnarg for Properly addressing programming questions

I believe that this is the core of your question:. . . it seems the chances of new users really learning anything diminishes on full blown code they can hardly even decipher that they might be just...

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Answer by CaptainMarvel for Properly addressing programming questions

I'm not sure that I care to take it upon myself to police how others learn, or if they ought to. Additionally, I don't think it's anyone's duty to answer a question just because they know the answer. I...

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Answer by cscmh99 for Properly addressing programming questions

I guess it's all depends on what kinda user who ask those questions.We've all been a beginner in programming before. Com'on, we did feel helpless at one point, rite ? When we first learn how to code,...

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Answer by Sobrique for Properly addressing programming questions

In my opinion - a "good answer" is one that will assist future users of the site as well as the current supplicant. To this end - a specific solution to a niche problem isn't actually all that...

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Answer by luator for Properly addressing programming questions

Of course this is depending on the specific question but I think the best (in most cases) is to provide a minimal but self-contained working example.That is, it should be possible to just copy the code...

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Answer by Nathan Tuggy for Properly addressing programming questions

The nitty-gritty details of code implementation are important too, but you can't get those without a full example. (And, unfortunately, a lot of examples don't have enough details worked out; they show...

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Properly addressing programming questions

When I tend to answer a programming question, I try to give the OP something they can build on rather than a full blown class or function.I definitely see a lot of people providing full blown...

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