Questions tagged [code]
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Writing code snippets to get quicker answers
The term "code snippet" is often used when trying to help users frame their coding questions.
Other similar terms can be found in:
How to create a Minimal, Reproducible Example:
minimal, ...
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How much code is appropriate for an answer?
I think a lot of gis.SE visitors are looking for code. Sometimes a small snippet of code is sufficient to answer a question, but other times it can become lengthy. Also, at some point it becomes ...
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Tweaking custom close reason for poorly framed code debugging/writing/improving questions?
In Shortest code to reproduce GIS programming problems I think we made good progress on getting a more useful set of custom close reasons for GIS SE.
However, I think the current wording of our ...
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Can we get Stack Snippets enabled?
Just saw that StackOverflow and a few other sites have gotten a new runnable code snippets feature.
As far as I can tell it is not enabled for this site -- the toolbar button to access it does not ...
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Guiding authors of code related questions to post actual code?
I've noticed that in code related questions on GIS SE, particularly OpenLayers / Leaflet / JavaScript ones, that new people are not posting up any code examples.
The example that prompted this ...
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Asking code review questions for GIS related code?
I know Stack Exchange has a Code Review site, but asking questions about GIS focused topics there appears to have the same problems as asking GIS focused/related questions on Stack Overflow. The ...
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Modifying custom close reason for when pictures of code rather than formatted text are presented?
Last time we tweaked the custom close reason below was at Tweaking custom close reason for poorly framed code debugging/writing/improving questions?
Questions seeking help to debug/write/improve ...
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Replacing MCVE with Code Snippet in custom close reason?
We currently have a custom close reason of:
Questions seeking help to debug/write/improve code must include the
desired behavior, a specific problem or error and the shortest
code necessary to ...
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When is it appropriate to tag Python or Arcpy?
This metapost discusses the use of python tags for Shapely libraries and the top-voted answer suggests that removing the python tags
limits the potential audience as those who favourite the python tag ...
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