Since its launch in 2008, Stack Overflow has become a crucial source for development help. The company behind the site--also called Stack Overflow 1--boasts that 40 million developers visit Stack ...

To this end, we propose StackDoc, a prototype plug-in that augments Stack Overflow with definitions and examples of API calls in the questions and answers with the goal of helping novice programmers.

Abstract: Programmers often consult an online Q&A forum such as Stack Overflow to learn new APIs. This paper presents an empirical study on the prevalence and severity of API misuse on Stack Overflow.