Help Me Help You - How To Ask For Help
Jul 17, 2023•16 min
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Episode description
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
- Scott’s Instagram
- LevelUpTutorials Instagram
- Wes’ Instagram
- Wes’ Twitter
- Wes’ Facebook
- Scott’s Twitter
- Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets
- Wes Bos on Bluesky
- Scott on Bluesky
- Syntax on Bluesky
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