In recent years, a new software development tool has emerged that has made developing and debugging software much easier. Nowadays when I have a problem I frequently ask Google for help. It works particularly well for operating system API calls and error codes. You can often just enter the error number into Google and it will come up with an explanation of the error and discussions amongst people who've run into that error and solved it. It works less well for non-mainstream languages but still helps out. At one time, I used to keep help files for the Windows API on my computer. Now, I don't bother and just Google for the API calls when I need them. They say that Google is your friend. That expression applies just as much to software developers as to the rest of the world.
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