Using Docker to Assist Q&A Forum Users

Q&A; forums are today a valuable tool to assist developers in programming tasks. Unfortunately, contributions these often unclear and incomplete. Docker is container solution that enables software encapsulate an operating environment could help address reproducibility issues. This artile reports on feasibility study evaluate if can improve Stack Overflow. We started surveying Overflow users understand their perceptions the proposal of using reproduce posts. Participants were critical mentioned two important aspects: cost need. To validate criticism, we conducted exploratory focused understanding how costly task creating containers for posts developers. Overall, results indicate not high, especially due fact dockerfiles highly similar small. Based findings developed tool, dubbed Frisk , those then user interest tool. found that, average, spent nearly ten minutes interacting with 45.3% 563 sessions created existing resulted successful access corresponding web service by owners post. this provides early evidence use should be encouraged configuration-related