+1 > There is a strong desire to "eat our own dogfood". That we could > develop a full commercial-grade wiki application within web2py and use > this as a way of improving the platform. But do be misled into > thinking it will be a quick or simple task.
I don't think the aim is to build a commercial-grade application like Trac. Just a wiki appropriate for web2py, which is still a big task but it's mostly there already. The new wiki CSS is very nice. Baron On Feb 27, 2:12 pm, Efe <efeho...@gmail.com> wrote: > I prefer to "eat own dogfood", using own wiki -- however imperfect -- > is important. > > efe > > On Feb 27, 6:38 am, Miguel <mig.e.lo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Joe Barnhart wrote: > > > I have no doubt that web2py can create a world-class wiki platform. I > > > just wonder if that is where you want to focus your energies right > > > now. It's going to take a long time and a lot of effort to duplicate > > > the features of a wiki engine. If you grow more developers who > > > understand the nuances of web2py, you can get more shoulders to push > > > that wheel of progress instead of you having to do everything > > > yourself. > > > Three very good points! > > > > I visited the Ruby wiki which is done on Rails. It also feels more > > > like a blog. I hit three errors in five minutes of browsing, > > > including an application error for the "history" page and dead links > > > on the front page. It gave me more of a feeling of, "I'm glad I don't > > > use rails" instead of "gee this is cool." > > > Absolutely! > > > P.S. Not to blow my horn, but I code for a living and have been > > > developing in Smalltalk for 20 years. I also know Python pretty > > > well. I'm a web site newbie, tho, and I still find web2py daunting to > > > use. When I'm programming in web2py I keep open four windows -- the > > > application I'm working on, the web2py manual PDF, a browser to this > > > newsgroup, and a Komodo window open on the source. We need docs. > > > Lots of docs! > > > Same as me + the administrative interface. Strike the 20 years > > experience :-( > > I just gravitate towards Aptana on the Mac and the fantastic Ulipad on > > Windows. > > And I keep hiting walls and taking a lot of time to do relatively simple > > things. > > > My point is a wiki is probably not the best investment for web2py. > > Though I must agree that this depends fundamentally on Massimos goals. > > > Miguel --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
