stackoverflow.com:Bible for Programers

    The StackOverflow.com communal question and answer site aims to be a repository for solutions to unusual or difficult programming issues.
     It is the result of a joint venture between Jeff Atwood, a well-known developer using Microsoft technologies and Joel Spolsky, CEO of Fog Creek, a small project management software company "intentionally designed to be pleasant". They approached Stack Overflow from a similar point of view.
     Rather than a central body or single expert setting the agenda, the site looks to pool the collective knowledge of individual developers.
     While this might "contribute to the increasing dumbenation of the world's developers" by propagating incorrect information, the belief is that the 'collective intelligence' of the group will be able to respond to individual issues much more effectively than a single entity.
      In this way, the site is similar to the free and collaboratively edited online encyclopaedia Wikipedia.org. The validity of the content may not be checked by an expert, but through the collaboration of the site's users, the best solution will become obvious.
     There are a huge number of forums and other web sites dedicated to discussing the spectrum of programming questions. Stack Overflow is one of the few programming related sites that attaches Creative Commons licences to it's content. It also stands out by combining a range of features usually kept separate, such as voting and collaborative editing.