My experience with Whimsy matches every project I've ever tried to
contribute to.
When I looked at the code with a vague "I want to get involved" mindset,
it was inscrutable nonsense. Not because it *was*, but because I had no
goal.
When I had a specific thing that I wanted to fix - an itch to scratch -
the code was pretty clear, and it was fairly clear where I needed to
scratch. Also, the people on the Slack channel gave me the direction I
needed when I got lost, so there was the community building aspect of
"bad code, good community" that Stefano advocates.
So, sure, change to a different language if you think it'll help, but
without people trying to scratch specific itches (which is, really, the
heart of the Whimsy project, even more than most!) I don't think it's
the right solution. It won't *hurt*, of course, but I don't think it'll
help much.
If anything is lacking, it's clear working docs about getting a local
copy working for testing purposes. (Yes, there are instructions. No, I
was not able to get it working. Yes, I'm still trying.)
All just MHO, based on possibly a dozen hours working on the project.
Take that for whatever it's worth.
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Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com
http://rcbowen.com/
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