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Easily getting Answers to Doubts

We previously wrote about various websites that lets anyone one learn any new subject anytime. Some of them like CodeAcademy are very interactive, with lots of active people who can clear your doubts in very less time. But you can use IRC to get answers.
Internet Relay Chat or commonly known as IRC is still very popular among developers and others. There are dedicated servers like FreeNode for open source specific software. If you are struck with a problem and can’t find solution eve after Goggling or going through Reference Guide you might want to try looking up on IRC’s.Here are some advantages of using IRC’s.
  • You get answers in real time.There might be many users at any channel at any given time. So you get best answer from experts.
  • There are other people who might be learning the same language. You get tips from them too.
  • You don’t have to register yourself (in most cases) to participate in a channel. So this different from forum very registering is necessary.
  • There are channels where people might be engaged in developing some new software's etc.. So you get some place to some projects.
  • You can find channel on almost any programming language.
Hit any of the following links below to know about any of the following IRC servers.
If you have not used before be sure to check out Wikipedia article for commands
and more info.
And this article for getting started. An IRC Tutorial
Otherwise just type /list command and go to the channel of your choice.
Hope you find it useful. Do let us know about your thoughts, suggestions in the comments below.

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