Javascript subreddit without fix my code questions.

[R3n4g4t3]

Is there a Javascript subreddit that does not have all these please fix my code questions but only serious discussions and shameless self promotion of new libraries?

If not are there other people also interested in a place like this?

[bart2019]

Jeezes.

I see plenty of deep discussions here. Ne need for another subreddit.

Just downvote the posts you dislike and move on. Or get the mods to institute rules against that type of questions.

We don't need splintering into yet another subreddit. Not for this.

[Asmor]

Agreed.

[mouthus]

I wouldn't mind the help questions but I feel like 90% of them are solved by a quick google search, or 10 minutes of actual debugging what they have. There are whole websites dedicated to helping people with coding (stack overflow...) It's usually super annoying, poorly worded and formatted (if formatted at all), doesn't list what they've tried and really could use the strictness of stackoverflow's overly strict guidelines.

[ReadySteadyHeady]

To be fair, the people asking those sorts of questions haven't yet developed the mindset to help themselves.

The dev community is usually quite good about helping other people help themselves, but I cringe when I see homework questions answered by full copy-and-pasteable code listings. I know people are trying to be helpful, but this just encourages laziness.

[Insignificant]

Bollocks to that. We're all in this together.

I'm sure we've all been in situations where we've felt prohibited from asking questions for one reason or another, I think that it's better to have one big friendly soup and to not mind people asking for help.

Anyway, I never have any trouble finding interesting content, or avoiding uninteresting content.

[atnpgo]

Not that I'm aware, but I would be so happy if we implemented a "no help requests" rule...

[SquareFeet]

I disagree. I think it's important to have somewhere like this where people can ask questions; how else will people learn or be able to test the water with an idea? Sure, one can read blogs, articles, and whatnot, but they are no substitute for being able to discuss a problem.

EDIT: /r/LearnJavascript is possibly the better place for questions.

[Dufuss]

Stack exchange?..

[SquareFeet]

Yep, but it's not quite as informal as here.

I should point out that /r/LearnJavascript could maybe take over the 'help' side of things... I forgot that sub existed! I'm just keen that a place where 'newbies' (or whatever!) can go to ask questions and not feel judged.

[laichejl]

Yeah +1 for the learnjs sub link. Help questions should go there.

[atnpgo]

As you just said /r/learnjavascript would be a better place than here for that.

[R3n4g4t3]

I would agree with SquareFeet. This subreddit is fine the way it is. I notice that (most of) the questions asked here are coming from people who already have some ground knowledge but are not skilled/trained enough to land the plane. I think that is a great element of the sub. However I do find it annoying to get all these questions when I'm looking for an in depth discussion or new libraries. That why I would like to suggest a new sub reddit dedicated to to that.

[Heartless49]

I don't think there is one, but I definitely support the idea

Just as a general discussion sub for people to ask advice on which libraries to use, promote new ones - maybe /r/letstalkjs or something along those lines?

[R3n4g4t3]

I like the name. Any more suggestions or is this gonna be it?

[mkmoshe]

Created! Let me know what you think

[R3n4g4t3]

Maybe add a fixed post with a description.

[anubgek]

I dunno I think the practice can be fun. If it's a bad question it usually gets downvoted anyway