> On 11 Jan 2016, at 10:24, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.al...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I agree with you only 100% + 1. 
> 
> Also note that UPBE is not promoted even though its the most begineer 
> friendly documentation we have, instead you have to navigate through the 
> links to get there. 

There is books.pharo.org

PBE is there, I thought UPBE was not yet ready, if it is, it should 
**definitively** be promoted there and on pharo.org in general.

Please push this, this is really important.

> AFAIK the documentation page could use some love, promoting our main Book, 
> UPBE, Pharo for the Enterprise , Deep Into Pharo. Those 3 are essential 
> reading for anyone coming to pharo and they are in a pretty good state , 
> though WIP. 
> 
> I have to say that I never liked Pharo docs because it shows how few classes 
> contain comments and it definitely does not look good for someone looking to 
> enter pharo. 
> 
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 1:48 AM David Allouche <da...@allouche.net> wrote:
> I could argue about how I agree with you, but only in part.
> 
> But the simple fact is this: the documentation is advertised in large letter 
> on this page: http://pharo.org/documentation
> 
> If it's broken, it should be fixed. If the people with the technical access 
> to fix it do not care, it should be removed from such a highly visible page.
> 
> As it is, it is confusing for new users, who need it most, and reflects badly 
> on the state of Pharo in general.
> 
> > On 10 Jan 2016, at 22:25, Serge Stinckwich <serge.stinckw...@gmail.com> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > Dear David,
> >
> > yes this maybe broken, but most of the time, a Pharo developer will
> > never have a look to such a static documentation.
> > You can browse the class and the related methods very easily inside
> > the Pharo image, without relying on an external tool.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 1:08 PM, David Allouche <da...@allouche.net> wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> It seems the pharodocs website is broken. Pages for classes are rendered,
> >> but the documentation does not display the messages, only their docstrings.
> >> That makes it quite unusable.
> >>
> >> http://files.pharo.org/doc/4.0/#packageList=package.html&classList=package/Kernel.html&classView=class/ProtoObject.html
> >>
> >> I remember I looked at it once when I started and thought "whee, that's
> >> confusing, I'll play around and come back later". Now I understand why that
> >> was confusing...
> >>
> >> Who can fix that?
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Serge Stinckwich
> > UCBN & UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC)
> > Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk
> > http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/
> >
> 
> 


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