https://github.com/potherca-blog/faq.exchange
"Frequently Asked Questions" site based on StackOverflow Questions and Answers
https://github.com/potherca-blog/faq.exchange
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"Frequently Asked Questions" site based on StackOverflow Questions and Answers
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/potherca-blog/faq.exchange
- Owner: potherca-blog
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2014-12-11T23:50:59.000Z (over 11 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-02-18T12:16:19.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-02T12:40:49.896Z (over 1 year ago)
- Topics: exchange, expert-sex-change, experts-exchange, faq, faq-exchange, faq-system, frequently-asked-questions, potherca, questions-and-answers, stackoverflow, stackoverflow-answer, stackoverflow-api, stackoverflow-faq, stackoverflow-lite, stackoverflow-questions, stackoverflow-tags
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: http://blog.pother.ca/faq.exchange/
- Size: 1.02 MB
- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 2
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# FAQ Exchange
The most frenquently asked questions on StackOverflow, for any given search-term.
[![Project Stage Badge: Development]][Project Stage Page]
[![License Badge]][GPL-3.0+]
"Frequently Asked Questions" site based on StackOverflow Questions and Answers
## Usage
**faq.exchange** will display the top 30 most high scoring questions for a given topic.
The topic can be provided as a path, a query or an anchor.
That is to say, these URLs will all give you the same FAQ:
- https://faq.exchange/phpunit-mocks
- https://faq.exchange/?phpunit-mocks
- https://faq.exchange/#phpunit-mocks
Obviously, `phpunit-mocks` can be replaced with topic or search-term you like.
Several words can be combined using a "plus" character: `+`, for instance: `css+hsl`.
To search for a tag (instead of a word), use square brackets, `[` and `]`. For instance the most common questions for the most loved and wanted languages from [the 2019 Stackoverflow survey][stackoverflow-survey]?
- **Go** http://faq.exchange/?[Go]
- **JavaScript** http://faq.exchange/?[JavaScript]
- **Kotlin** http://faq.exchange/?[Kotlin]
- **Python** http://faq.exchange/?[Python]
- **Rust** http://faq.exchange/?[Rust]
- **TypeScript** http://faq.exchange/?[TypeScript]
- **WebAssembly** http://faq.exchange/?[WebAssembly]
[stackoverflow-survey]: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#most-loved-dreaded-and-wanted
Feel free to [report suggestions or bugs][issues-url].
## Inception
About 8 minutes into his PHPNW12 Talk [The State of PHPUnit][state-of-phpunit], [Volker Dusch][volker-dusch] mentioned that there is a lot of stuff on StackOverflow that answer all the common questions.
He also states that he would be really happy if someone would take the time to compile them into a FAQ.
So [I][Potherca] decided to build one: https://faq.exchange/?phpunit-mocks/
After a first version was online, it seemed like a neat plan to implement things in a more generic way so other topics could also be supported. This has been achieved by using the URL as a search-term.
## Technical Details
The FAQ pulls the Questions and answers straight from the StackOverflow API:
https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/advanced-search#order=desc&sort=votes&q=phpunit%20mocks&site=stackoverflow&filter=!SC_g(LT_pJnL2lxfET--P_)p5zPQ212ioRM-*552DRcbu*sEtpTSNJ)dt(y8IgtT.
[GPL-3.0+]: ./LICENSE
[issues-url]: https://github.com/potherca/faq.exchange/issues/new
[License Badge]: https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPL--3.0%2B-lightgray.svg
[Potherca]: https://pother.ca/
[Project Stage Badge: Development]: https://img.shields.io/badge/Project%20Stage-Development-yellowgreen.svg
[Project Stage Page]: https://bl.ocks.org/potherca/raw/a2ae67caa3863a299ba0/
[state-of-phpunit]: https://www.phpnw.org.uk/talk/the-state-of-phpunit/
[volker-dusch]: https://twitter.com/__edorian