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Aside from this troubleshooting guide, there are a number of other sources of documentation and troubleshooting information you can check before submitting an issue, as they might already offer an answer, or at least help you better understand the problem.
Even if we aren't able to help you, these places might.



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Spyder-related platforms
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Spyder's FAQ section
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Spyder's documentation has a FAQ section, where you might find the answers that you are looking for.


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Spyder's YouTube channel
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Our `YouTube channel`_ contains helpful videos that will guide you through many of Spyder's features, and provide a starting point for newer users.

.. _YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAOyvaOj7dMnavvGUkz9Djg


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Spyder Gitter
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We have a public `Gitter room`_ where you can chat directly with the Spyder developers.
If you've got a quick question to ask the team and are looking for a quick answer, this is a great place to go.

.. _gitter room: https://gitter.im/spyder-ide/public


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Spyder Google Group
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Our `Google Group`_ is great for help-related questions, particularly those you aren't sure are a full-on Spyder issue.

.. _Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/spyderlib


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Spyder website
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The `Spyder site`_ contains basic information about the IDE and links to many other helpful resources.

.. _Spyder site: https://www.spyder-ide.org/


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Stack Overflow tag
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`Stack Overflow`_ is a great place to start searching and posting, particularly if your question is more programming-related, or has to do with something specific to your own code.
It has an vibrant Spyder community as well, with new questions posted every day, and the developers (especially Carlos Cordoba, the lead maintainer) are active in answering them.

.. _Stack Overflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spyder


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OpenTeams support
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On `OpenTeams`_, you can get help from expert Spyder consultants.
OpenTeams offers services from Spyder experts ranging from a brief consultation to an experienced team to help you with a large scale implementation project.

.. _OpenTeams: https://www.openteams.com/oss-spyder/


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Python resources
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Official Python help page
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The `Python help page`_ is a great resource that lists a number of places you can get assistance, support and learning resources for the language and its packages.

.. _Python help page: https://www.python.org/about/help/


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Python documentation
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The `Python docs`_ can help you understand a number of issues that can be caused by quirks in the language itself, or misunderstandings as to how it behaves.

.. _Python docs: https://docs.python.org/


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Python subreddits
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`r/python`_ and `r/learnpython`_ are resources you can use to ask about and discuss issues with Python and its packages.
The former is aimed more at general Python usage, and the latter more specifically at beginners.

.. _r/python: https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/
.. _r/learnpython: https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/



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Data science/SciPy resources:
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Anaconda help
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The `Anaconda docs`_ site offers free community help and documentation for the Anaconda applications, installing the Anaconda distribution, and using the Conda package and environment manager; along with paid support options.

.. _Anaconda docs: https://anaconda.cloud/support-center

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SciPy.org website
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The `Scipy website`_ is the the central home of the SciPy stack, with information, documentation, help, and bug tracking for many of the core packages used with Spyder, including NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, Pandas, Sympy and IPython.

.. _Scipy website: https://scipy.org/


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Project Jupyter
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`Jupyter`_ is the development hub for IPython, Spyder's QtConsole, Jupyter notebooks used with the `Spyder-Notebook`_ plugin, and more.

.. _Jupyter: https://jupyter.org/
.. _Spyder-Notebook: https://github.com/spyder-ide/spyder-notebook


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Data Science Stack Exchange
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The `Data Science`_ site in Stack Exchange can be very useful for questions that relate more to data science than programming specifically.

.. _Data Science: https://datascience.stackexchange.com/