On 3/19/20 9:39 AM, Matt Sicker wrote:
I think making the onboarding experience simpler certainly helps.
The best way to do that is for those of us who are getting started to
keep good notes. I will do that on my second pass through, and see if I
can identify where I got stuck.
I will reiterate, though, that the people on the slack channel were
kind, patient, and helpful, so we're 75% of the way there.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 08:32 Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote:
On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 8:40 AM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote:
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.
Thanks. And as long as there are people interested in contributing,
I'm interested in helping them get started.
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.)
Are these instructions unclear:
https://github.com/rubys/whimsy-board-agenda-nodejs ?
If not, where did you get stuck?
All just MHO, based on possibly a dozen hours working on the project.
Take that for whatever it's worth.
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