[ resolved - won't do] ESP32 on Stack Overflow
Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2017 11:12 pm
TLDR: please help put "ESP32" on Stack Overflow by going here and adding (and answering) common questions.
I proposed an ESP32 site for Stack Overflow, which I think would help condense a lot of the knowledge (especially common questions like - "how to use light sleep?", "how much available RAM?") that is spread out between GitHub issues and ESP32.com forum posts. It's evident that people find these simple answers hard to find, because they keep asking the same questions! (Myself included.)
I think using Stack Overflow for this would be smart. It doesn't supplant the forum or GitHub issues, but it would (in time) reduce the burden of repetitive topics / questions. An individual Stack Overflow answer also has the advantage that it can be updated to reflect the best answer, if things change in the future, rather than becoming forgotten and stale.
If you're not familiar (I wasn't) "area51.stackexchange.com" is where new Stack Exchange sites are proposed, and either become full sites after they prove to be useful, or die out of inactivity. The link to the proposed ESP32 site is: https://area51.stackexchange.com/propos ... 6dsqoBONg2.
The way this works is that in order to become a full and supported Stack Overflow site, we have to show that we would use the site. Right now the site proposal is in the "definition" phase. This is where we decide what the "ESP32" topic means, by posting 40 questions representative of what "ESP32" is about. I propose that we stick mostly to the software side of things, but of course it's really up to all of you to decide that, by posting questions.
I am especially hoping to get some contributors to ESP-IDF and even Espressif employees to help out.
After the "definition" phase, there is "commit" and "beta". We will worry about those when we get there, but it basically boils down to having enough people be interested, and having enough questions be answered.
I really hope we can get this going, please help by adding questions. Thank you for reading.
I proposed an ESP32 site for Stack Overflow, which I think would help condense a lot of the knowledge (especially common questions like - "how to use light sleep?", "how much available RAM?") that is spread out between GitHub issues and ESP32.com forum posts. It's evident that people find these simple answers hard to find, because they keep asking the same questions! (Myself included.)
I think using Stack Overflow for this would be smart. It doesn't supplant the forum or GitHub issues, but it would (in time) reduce the burden of repetitive topics / questions. An individual Stack Overflow answer also has the advantage that it can be updated to reflect the best answer, if things change in the future, rather than becoming forgotten and stale.
If you're not familiar (I wasn't) "area51.stackexchange.com" is where new Stack Exchange sites are proposed, and either become full sites after they prove to be useful, or die out of inactivity. The link to the proposed ESP32 site is: https://area51.stackexchange.com/propos ... 6dsqoBONg2.
The way this works is that in order to become a full and supported Stack Overflow site, we have to show that we would use the site. Right now the site proposal is in the "definition" phase. This is where we decide what the "ESP32" topic means, by posting 40 questions representative of what "ESP32" is about. I propose that we stick mostly to the software side of things, but of course it's really up to all of you to decide that, by posting questions.
I am especially hoping to get some contributors to ESP-IDF and even Espressif employees to help out.
After the "definition" phase, there is "commit" and "beta". We will worry about those when we get there, but it basically boils down to having enough people be interested, and having enough questions be answered.
I really hope we can get this going, please help by adding questions. Thank you for reading.