So, I am wondering how the web2py developers feel about StackOverflow? My understanding is that web2py questions should be asked here at web2py-users... is it because there is some commercial gain (advertising) at SO? I don't mind using either...
On Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 9:39:38 AM UTC-7, Anthony wrote: > > Well, it's possible that at some point Google Groups will include Q&A > functionality, as alluded to at the end of this announcement: > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/googlegroups-announce/2ccywee6dE4/discussion > . > > The idea for the new web2pyslices.com was that it would include Q&A > functionality as well, though not sure if/when to expect that. > > As already noted, one benefit of SO is that it increases the public > exposure of web2py. I try to monitor it and answer questions, but it's not > quite as easy to stay on top of posts -- even though I'm following the > "web2py" tag, it typically takes from several hours up to a full day before > I receive email alerts about new questions posted. > > Anthony > > On Thursday, October 6, 2011 11:39:56 AM UTC-4, monotasker wrote: >> >> I may be different than others, but SO is usually the first place I go >> with questions. I asked my first couple of web2py questions on SO and then >> was steered here. Massimo seems to point people here quite deliberately >> when they post questions on SO, and the web2py site (as well as the book) >> points people here as *the* place for support and discussion. So I suspect >> that simply stating that SO is the preferred forum for how-to and >> problem-solving questions would largely do the trick. >> >> I do see what you mean about possibly dissipating answers. I guess the >> issue would be having to watch two forums instead of one. I wonder whether >> that's why Massimo has emphasized this group as a one-stop-shop--so that >> it's a more manageable workflow for him. As the community grows, though, I >> wonder whether a shift will actually help to reduce the "noise" of repeated >> answers. >> >> Yes, it's easy to filter questions here. But I find that I still often >> have to read through scores of answers before realizing that my particular >> question hasn't been answered yet. >> > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
