= Forum (free support)
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== Usage questions

If you have a question about OptaPlanner, just ask our friendly community:

* Ask on http://www.jboss.org/drools/lists[the Drools user mailing list] (recommended).

* Or ask on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/optaplanner[StackOverflow].

Please follow these recommendations when posting a question:

* Get to the point. Keep it as short as possible.
* Include _relevant_ technical details (stacktrace, short code snippet, ...).
* Be polite, friendly and clear. Reread your question before posting it.
* Be patient. This isn't link:product.html[paid support].

== Development discussions

If you've link:../code/sourceCode.html[build OptaPlanner from source] and you would like to improve it,
then come talk with us:

* Join us on http://www.jboss.org/drools/lists[the Drools developer mailing list].

* And link:chat.html[chat with us] (recommended).

= Forum
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== Usage questions

If you have a question about OptaPlanner, just ask our friendly community:

* *http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/optaplanner[Ask a usage question on StackOverflow.]*

* To start a discussion, use https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/optaplanner-dev[the OptaPlanner developer forum].

Please follow these recommendations when posting a question or a discussion:

* Get to the point. Keep it as short as possible.
* Include _relevant_ technical details (stacktrace, short code snippet, ...).
* Be polite, friendly and clear. Reread your question before posting it.
* Be patient. This isn't link:product.html[paid support].

== Development discussions

If you've link:../code/sourceCode.html[build OptaPlanner from source] and want to improve something, come talk with us:

* Join https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/optaplanner-dev[the OptaPlanner developer google group].

** Mail directly to the group via mailto:optaplanner-dev@googlegroups.com[optaplanner-dev@googlegroups.com].

* And link:chat.html[chat with us] (recommended).

** Or ping us on link:socialMedia.html[any social media].

Split optaplanner's dev list away from drools's mailing list
Split optaplanner's dev list away from drools's mailing list
