As a development team we want to be present on many channels (github issues, twitter, stack overflow, gitter). We want to be responsive and at the same time be effective, for example, we want to avoid having to provide the same answer on different channels. This page describes how the development team intends to use and be active on the different channels.
Github issues
Github issues should be used for bugs and feature requests. How to submit good bugs and feature requests is described in How to Contribute.
Notice, we don't want to use Github Issues for general 'how-to' questions about Code. We will therefore redirect general 'how-to' questions to Stack Overflow using the tag botframework.
Stack overflow
Stack Overflow is the best place for getting high-quality answers. Many Code community members are already on Stack Overflow and provide great answers to 'how-to' questions. The Bot Framework development team tracks stack overflow for questions without an answer and jumps in as needed.
Therefore please do not be upset when we close an issue with the comment to ask a question on Stack Overflow.
Gitter Chat Room
The Gitter Channel provides a place where the Community can get together and collaborate. It is actually great to see that folks have already started to collaborate and support each other there.
The Bot Framework team's presence in the room will be optional, at least for the foreseeable future. We hope the Community will use the room and have discussions.
We use the @botframework account on twitter for announcements and members from the development team watch for tweets for @botframework.
Azure Support
With the Bot Builder SDK, you can create amazing conversational experiences that can run on any cloud. Running on Azure Bot Service provides the best hosting experience as the SDK and tooling integrate seamlessly with Azure. If you are an Azure customer, you can check the different Azure support options.
