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> necessity to stay on topic

Try a little exercise: ask a computer literate person not familiar with SE to find out what questions are on-topic on https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/



Ask about...

    software development methods and practices
    requirements, architecture, and design
    quality assurance and testing
    configuration, build, and release management
Not all questions work well in our format. Avoid questions that are primarily opinion-based, or that are likely to generate discussion rather than answers.

Questions that need improvement may be closed until someone fixes them.

Don't ask about...

    explaining, writing or debugging code
    support for tools or products
    finding or recommending products or services, including tools, libraries or packages, programming languages, books, scholarly papers, tutorials, articles, or blogs
    career or education advice
    legal advice or aid

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