Hi,
Just reviewing the old message I found this:
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Finally, can we please stop using class browsers as examples? I know that it
is easy (and cool) to use reflection to get lists of classes, protocols and
methods but this only adds to the impression that the smalltalk community is
self-absorbed and narcissistic. If you want to attract business developers
then use examples that relate to the real world, not to the pharo
environment itself. Why not a database example or a paint application
example? No one wants to write a class browser - that's already available!
Perhaps I should stop before this becomes filed under /Why is
smalltalk/pharo so unpopular./
I mean to be constructive, some please be patient if I can't express
myself properly, but I have this impression of being "self-absorbed" on
the documentation of Agile Visualization.
As I have said my workshops with people here are something like:
1. Wow! Pharo is so easy to install and to get beautiful visualizations.
2. Where the data comes from? Ohh is mostly about the data that Pharo
contains about itself. How can I add new data?
I think that we need a way to show that new data can be added easily.
For example would be nice to have a visualization about what happens on
social networks like twitter with a graph. and having ways to show data
as tables that can be editable more directly (like a spread sheet)
instead of the indirect manipulation of "static" data like the ones in
earthquakes examples.
I will try to help implementing my suggestions but maybe people working
on documentation could think about how to make it less self-absorbed
with Pharo itself and more around data from the external world.
Cheers,
Offray
