How to formulate specific how-to questions in software development?

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: LIU, Mingwei, PENG, Xin, MARCUS, Andrian, TREUDE, Christoph, XIE, Jiazhan, XU, Huanjun, YANG, Yanjun
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• الموضوعات: Programming Task; Query Formulation; Stack Overflow; Software Engineering
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/8900; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/9903/viewcontent/fse22a.pdf
• المؤسسة: Singapore Management University

Developers often ask how-to questions using search engines, technical Q&A communities, and interactive Q&A systems to seek help for specific programming tasks. However, they often do not formulate the questions in a specific way, making it hard for the systems to return the best answers. We...