On Thu, 19 Mar 2020 at 13:43, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > > > > 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.
Which Slack channel? I did not know there was one for Whimsy. > > > > 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. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com > >>> http://rcbowen.com/ > >>> @rbowen > >> > >> - Sam Ruby > >> > > -- > Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com > http://rcbowen.com/ > @rbowen
