Excellent suggestion Russ! On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Russell Keith-Magee < russ...@keith-magee.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, May 22, 2011, fei <xji...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have been using Django for a while. The documentation for the Django > > official web page is great, plus the free online django book. There > > are enough documentations to get started using Django. However, I feel > > there is a missing blog for Django developers. > > Django has a blog - it's linked from the homepage. > > http://djangoproject.com/weblog > > However, it's only used for large project announcements (releases, > conferences, and so on). > > > Having a blog for developers is very useful. The blog can publish > > articles regarding the latest features, design decisions behind the > > scene and useful tricks. For example, Django introduced class base > > generic view from version 1.3. An blog article can talk about why to > > move from function based generic view to class based. > > > > As Django developers, it's better not just to know how to use Django, > > but also to understand why Django is doing this way. Learning it this > > way can help developers write better code. Having a official blog is > > also a form of advertising for Django, so more people will start to > > use Django. The Android blog is a very good example (http://android- > > developers.blogspot.com/). I found out the Android blog is very > > useful. > > Is a developer blog, in principle, a good idea? Sure. however, we > simply don't have the power or resources to compel anyone to write > entries. > > There's a significant difference between Android and Django - Django > is an open source project maintained by volunteers, whereas Android is > funded and is being actively promoted by Google. Google pays for > people specifically to write this sort of blog content; Django doesn't > have those resources. If we want a blog entry, someone has to > volunteer the time to write it. And that means that writing blog > entries is competing for attention with fixing bugs, answering > questions on mailing lists, and so on. > > The good news is that because we are a volunteer organization, > *anyone* can help out. If you think a developer blog would be > worthwhile, start writing! You don't need to be officially blessed to > start a blog. Once you've got the blog, you can add it to the > community aggregator, so everyone knows about it. If you make a habit > of writing good blog entries, you will become known as a valuable > community resource, and the entire community will benefit. > > Yours, > Russ Magee %-) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- AJ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
