Re: WebObjects Foundation
Re: WebObjects Foundation
- Subject: Re: WebObjects Foundation
- From: Chuck Hill <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:31:46 -0700
On Aug 15, 2006, at 10:04 AM, email@hidden wrote:
The best advice I can give here is that it needs to be as easy as
possible for people to contribute. Lessons from the past once
again; in my old life documentation had to be in Docbook format
and basically ready to publish, so very few people wrote any unless
they were being paid to do so. Likewise they keep trying to
require test cases with every patch, so fewer and fewer of those
are coming in. All the ideals in the world are no good if the
barrier to entry is so high that the project can't sustain itself;
IMHO it is better to make it easy for new contributors and have
someone ready to work with them to improve the quality of their
contribution than to send them away to perfect themselves. They
usually don't come back.
I heartily agree. And we can all contribute something to this. Ask
yourself, "What can I do?" An example. The last time I looked at
the WOLips code, it was, um, er, not very well commented. Heh. So
even if people don't add any code (and coding Eclipse plugins closely
approximates hard work), they could go in and start documenting what
is there, asking the developers about what and why and design goals
and such, the way will be easier for those who come later and want
contribute code.
What we don't need is for most people to sit on the sidelines and
wait around for the few to conjure up the future of WebObjects. To
get the most people involved, we need to have the lowest barriers to
participation possible.
Chuck
--
Practical WebObjects - for developers who want to increase their
overall knowledge of WebObjects or who are trying to solve specific
problems. http://www.global-village.net/products/practical_webobjects
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