StackOverflow is a good place for intermediates and up.  IRC is a better place for beginners, but truly if people are just starting out they need a dedicated teacher, or they need a good manual &#x2F; tutorial that they read front to back.  Most beginners don&#x27;t read the manual &#x2F; tutorial front to back; they try things immediately once they&#x27;ve read about them and their code  understandably break.  In this case they need a dedicated teacher, a person they can ask uninformed questions to. StackOverflow is the wrong tool for that.