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Hey, in today's programming tool, I will teach you how to ask good programming questions.

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Now that is very important not only when you are a beginner, but also if you are an experienced programmer,

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because 30% of programmers use Stack Overflow every single day.

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So that is every single day.

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Now Stack Overflow, it is a forum on asking and answering questions so everyone can ask programming

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questions there and everyone can answer them if they know how to answer.

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So you get upvotes for giving good answers and you also get upvotes when you ask good questions.

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But getting upvotes is not the important thing here.

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You should know how to ask good programming questions because otherwise you will not get a good answer

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or you will not get an answer at all.

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So it's very important to know the way you communicate your problems to other programs so they can help

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you.

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So Stack Overflow is the biggest repository of question and answers, so you can basically find everything

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there.

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But if you don't find it, then you can ask your your own question.

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So I'll show you how to use StackOverflow and how to ask a good programming question there.

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First, let's simulate a problem.

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Let's suppose we were trying to create this program.

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So we ask the user to enter KGS using this input function and the user enters ten, for example, and

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then we try to multiply that by 2.2, but we get this error.

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So first of all, you might want to try to search on StackOverflow.

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So you want to go to StackOverflow.

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And this is the text box where you can search.

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I would suggest it to start with Python and then try to put some little details about your code and

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above the error.

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So in your code you have this input function, so you can say python input.

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Event here in error you have this type error.

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So it right type.

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Error.

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Presenter.

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And you'll get several answers there.

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These can be about anything.

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So we want to be more specific there and we want to include the entire error message, the last line

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here.

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So inputs and then copy and paste that type error can't multiply sequence by non end.

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So then you might want to click on the first answer, which usually might might have your solution.

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And then down here you have this answer so you can get some clues that this is saying you need to convert

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it into a float.

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And that is actually the solution here.

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So this value will be a string.

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So you want to convert it into a float.

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Run the codes again.

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Answer ten perhaps.

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And now no error.

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So if I print this out to see the outputs, I'm going to get 22.

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So 22.0.

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So that is the solution.

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Now, that was the research part.

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So how to search for a problem so you can search using that box or you could search directly on Google.

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So you have to write like Python inputs type error and press enter.

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And usually the first few results are from StackOverflow.

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In this case, it is the second result.

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If you click that, it will take you here.

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So this also is another question from somewhere else.

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And it also suggests you to use float in front of input.

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Now this row input is actually from Python two.

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So this is quite an old answer by the way.

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Raw inputs was used previously instead of inputs, which is used now.

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But this stays the same.

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So that is how to research a question.

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Now let's see how we can ask you the programming questions.

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So on StackOverflow, you can use this ask question button and then you want to provide the title and

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the description of the problem.

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The title should be written in a way that you should be able to describe your entire question in one

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sentence.

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So in our case, let me undo this so we get the error.

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Reproduced.

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So when we run this, we enter a number.

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We get this.

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So you could say type error when trying to convert k j to ll be s so you're trying to convert kg to

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pounds.

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But you get a typer and you're using inputs.

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Against StackOverflow.

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We'll suggest you some existing answers so you can click there if you want.

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Otherwise, you can continue with writing your the body of the question.

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And here is where you want to be very specific and I'll show you the anatomy of a good programming question.

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So first of all, you want to describe what you tried.

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I'm trying to get kilograms from the user and convert them to pounds using the code below.

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And here is where you paste your code.

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So that is the code I copied.

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I go here and I paste it.

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It's very important to select the code and press that button to highlight the code.

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Otherwise the code will be shown in a very chaotic manner and perhaps you'll not get any good answers.

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So you see down here how the code will display when I highlight it and don't provide screenshots of

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your code, so don't provide an image which has the code inside because others cannot copy the code.

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So they might want to try the code on their own ID And the only way to do that, the only sane way to

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do that is by providing the text.

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Not an image, then you want to describe what error this produces.

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So you say that code produced the following error.

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And here you want to paste the entire error message.

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So be careful.

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You want everything.

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So all the details, which is the rate text.

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Again, the code has to be highlighted.

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The error message is also code, so it has to be highlighted and then you want to describe what you

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expect the code to do.

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I expect pounds to be converted from cage.

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And then finally, you want to ask the question again How can I get the KG from the user and convert

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them to pounds?

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So that's what you want to do and you want to ask that question at the end of your post.

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Finally, you want to provide some tags.

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Python is the first tag, then input perhaps, which is the function you're using and maybe the error

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type error.

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You see, these are existing tags that others have used before.

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So StackOverflow is suggesting them.

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And then if you press on, review your question.

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So you just have look at the question and then post your question and it will post it publicly on StackOverflow.

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And usually you get answers very quickly in a matter of minutes most of the time.

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So that is the anatomy of a good programming question.

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Describe what you're doing, Put your code there, put the error message that the code produces or the

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output.

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If it's an output and maybe you're not expecting that output.

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And then here, describe what output you expect so that others know where they can help you and then

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ask the question.

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And that's it.

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So that's about asking programming questions and that's about StackOverflow.

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You can ask a question if you like.

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Also in the Q&A inside the code.

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So again, the same structure would be recommended in the Q&A.

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Inside the course, you also have this highlighting feature, so please highlight the code.

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It's easier for people to read it on StackOverflow.

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You'll probably get answers quicker because there's a big number, thousands of people online all the

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time here, so that makes sense.

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So thanks a lot.

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I'll see you later.