On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Gustavo Carreno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now, with the time you took to cry about your issue and even write > this, quite large, email I supose you could do something better with > that time: > - Register an account at book.cakephp.org > - Browse through the contents and find where your knowledge would be > well aplyed. > - Enter the suggested text to be approved > - After a while, rejoice because your contribution was accepted > - Keep the warm feeling that ALOT of newbies will read your input for > a long time to go. Futile messages about the Docs are just to much > passé !!
Gustavo, Thank you for showing the proper way to respond to criticisms about the CakePHP documentation. Wayne, while you are being singled out in this thread, I think people are not alone in feeling overwhelmed by how to build something with CakePHP. If you don't have time to do the research (despite your fantasticaly long email showing that you do indeed know how to find answers) then I really think that CakePHP will disappoint you because, well, you really need to be able to find out your own answers to questions. Documentation is hard and nobody (/me waves to psychic) really wants to do it. Is it any wonder that those amongst us who have contributed documentation get upset when people complain about it? People have to understand that there comes a point whether you want to be a developer, creating things and really understanding what you are using, or a typist, relying on copious examples that you can simple take and cut-and-paste into your work and then go onto the next solution. I believe that CakePHP wants you to be a *developer*, not a *typist*. So, to get back to my original point: there is nothing stopping any one from contributing documentation to the CakePHP manual except themselves. If you choose to direct your energies into complaining about the documentation, that is obviously your choice. Just don't be shocked when people disagree with your tactics and suggest other things. -- Chris Hartjes Internet Loudmouth Motto for 2008: "Moving from herding elephants to handling snakes..." @TheKeyBoard: http://www.littlehart.net/atthekeyboard --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
