On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:00 AM, will trillich <[email protected]> wrote: > Coming up with good articles isn't easy! Documentation is the toughest part > of writing code. > > Myself, I've been mulling, since Nov 3, how to > make http://search.cpan.org/~mstrout/Catalyst-View-TT-0.37/lib/Catalyst/View/TT.pm#expose_methods resonate > better with newbies like me, and I haven't come up with anything better than > what's already there. :( Argh! > > I do appreciate the neat articles that talk about Facebook API's and Google > API's and other advanced stuff, but those often seem a bit esoteric and > beyond the daily grind of what we're developing. So it's also good to keep > the newbies in mind. I think if the advent series could showcase a couple of > basic articles (maybe even repackaging email threads?) it'd be great! > Concepts such as: > - how an insulated, personal perl library, instead of system-wide cpan, is > better for a Catalyst app, Hmm. Not sure I quite understand this one, internal dependencies never seem to be a better architectural decision over external, thoroughly tested ones. Could you please elaborate?
> - tricks and tips to keep in mind to make migrating a catalyst app from > system Q to system X easy, This could be interesting. Do you have tips? I personally don't migrate much from system to system, but others might find it useful. > - strengths and weaknesses of and techniques for using revision-management > such as mercurial or subversion or git to track source code changes... > - using InstantCRUD or AutoCRUD in various contexts as a debugging tool or > data-mining aid There have been one or two a year on this sort of thing, and while I think it's beneficial, it's almost something that's been overdone. If there is something groundbreaking in this area, sure, I'm all for it. I sure wouldn't mind seeing some more new ideas concerning this, but I think we need to look toward new things that haven't necessarily been covered yet, even if we're in dire need of articles. > > > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Devin Austin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hey all, >> >> It's that time of year again, and as per tradition, we're running a >> bit behind. If anyone can whip up a few articles to buffer us for the >> next few days with the Advent article, that would be great. We are >> also in great need of an opening article. >> >> Please contact myself (email, or irc: dhoss on irc.perl.org) or >> Dimitar (email: [email protected], irc: dpetrov). >> >> >> Happy holidays! >> -- >> Devin Austin >> http://www.dhoss.net >> 9702906669 - Cell >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List: [email protected] >> Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst >> Searchable archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ > > > > > -- > "The more you try to avoid suffering the more you suffer because smaller and > more insignificant things begin to torture you in proportion to your fear of > being hurt." -- Thomas Merton > > _______________________________________________ > List: [email protected] > Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst > Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/ > -- Devin Austin http://www.dhoss.net 9702906669 - Cell _______________________________________________ List: [email protected] Listinfo: http://lists.scsys.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/
