Say you're confronted with a new problem and you don't know what tools exist to solve it. Is it fine to create a question describing your problem and asking what tools are used for that task?
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\$\begingroup\$ possible duplicate of Are "What should I use to do x?" questions really on-topic and good? \$\endgroup\$ – Anko Apr 7 '15 at 0:39
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Generally I would think it would be better just to describe the problem you're having. "What tool should I use" is really just a subset of "which tech should I use" which ends up just being a collections of links.
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\$\begingroup\$ So I should go on and just ask: "how do I make an animation using programming to coordinate the positions of the objects in function of time?" \$\endgroup\$ – MaiaVictor Mar 16 '13 at 8:43
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\$\begingroup\$ @Do Yep! "How do I do X" is an answerable question. \$\endgroup\$ – Anko Mar 18 '13 at 14:14
