Comprehensive analysis of trends in software engineering Q&A site

Stack Exchange Q&A website is a major platform of sharing knowledge about number of topics in various domains like Arts, technology, science, communication, literature etc. through Questions & Answers. In this paper, we are analyzing the textual content of Software Engineering, Stack Exchange Q&A website in various dimensions. The dimensions LDA based topic modelling, temporal trends of topics over time, technology impact, technology trends and their popularity. The analysis shows that wide range of topics are discussed in the Software Engineering Q& A website amongst the most popular are Programming skills, object-oriented design and design and development.