Nigel Hamilton wrote: > Hi, > > We had a really interesting meeting last night and we were talking > about the problem of 'prickliness' in the Perl community and being > welcoming to newcomers etc. > > Lyle identified the problem of the 'teetering mushroom' of Perl > mindshare - I'll let him explain the details.
I'm afraid people might have to wait until the tech meet :-P > Earlier this year I came up with an idea for a new type of CPAN > module that extracts the "::Gist" out of other modules. It's kind of > like Adam Kennedy's ::Tiny modules except it is optimised for > programmer wetware not software[3]. > > ::Gist modules are simple, user-friendly and "don't make me think". > > To carry the ::Gist brand - the module should: > > * Don't Make Me Think!! > * include a cut-and-paste synopsis - that just runs > * POD less than one page - guaranteed > * minimal methods (never more than 2?) > * assume a newbie target audience > * solve the 9 out of 10 times use case > * give proper credit to the wrapped author and module [4] > * be approved by the wrapped author > * be search engine optimised (SEO) for the problem space - not the > solution space - people searching Google should find these modules. Wouldn't this be better as Gist::? I'm not totally sure on having minimum methods. Modules like Email::Stuff have some very short but useful methods like to, from, subject, etc. I think to cut that down to just header and send would actually make things a bit more confusing... > I'm hoping others from Bristol&Bath.pm will help the cause - can you > think of any modules that need the ::Gist taken out of them? I'd be tempted to suck the Gist out of a couple of modules I've used recently :) > I'm happy for the ::Gist project to be hosted by a user-friendly > group, that encourages new people entering the Perl world. > > If other people in the group think it's a good idea then I would like > to add a project page to the group's wiki? Go ahead. Be nice to have some on there that aren't mine, lol Lyle _______________________________________________ BristolBathPM mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.bristolbath.org/mailman/listinfo/bristolbathpm
