Chapter 6. Analyzing Software Collaboration Trends II - Answering Your Questions with StackExchange

The previous chapter introduced the collaborative development landscape through the perspective of GitHub. Collaboration has another facet to it which emulates our usual curiosity cycle of questions and answers. Internet has time and again seen some very popular Question and Answer (Q&A) platforms such as Yahoo Answers, Wiki Answers, and so on, which provide users with the ability to ask questions and utilize their collective might to find answers. Yet they all lacked the quality and discipline to stand the test of time. This second chapter on a similar theme introduces you to the world of StackExchange which is, in certain ways, a gold mine of ...

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