How
When the time comes to ask a question, you should realize that the phrase “there are no stupid questions” does not apply on programming forums such as StackOverflow. I say this not to be mean, but to let you know that if you ask a bad question, you will probably get a lecture instead of an answer. Community members will focus on how to fix your bad question rather than how to fix your problem. On the other hand, if you ask a good question, you will get a good answer—and you may even get a compliment on how good your question is.
Make It Easy
The people answering questions on StackOverflow and other forums are volunteers. They don’t get paid to answer your questions (except with reputation points), so you should do as much work as possible ...
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