The general feeling seems to be that there is good content out there, but it would be nice if it were on Clojure.org, especially from the perspective of new users and promoting the language.
The copyright on the site is to Rich Hickey, and the logo and site design are credited to Tom Hickey. Normally I'd try and contact them directly but it seems like Rich has got a lot of other (rather wonderful) things to keep himself busy, and I'm not sure how to contact Tom. A contribution process would be nice. I've heard it mooted that markdown files in a git repo might be a nice way of handling it. On Tuesday, 2 October 2012 14:07:56 UTC-5, nchurch wrote: > > Clojuredocs is already out there and quite good (though not modified > much as of late). However, it doesn't show up very high on Google > (not even on the first page for "Clojure"). There's also Learn > Clojure, which has a clean design but hasn't been updated in a while > (and also doesn't seem to have a Github link, so unsure how to > contribute). > > It would be nice to see Clojure.org itself have a contribution > process, not unlike Clojure itself. > > On Oct 2, 3:46 am, Yakovlev Roman <felix...@gmail.com> wrote: > > You can make your site with many examples and good documentation and > maybe > > it will be at first place at google if it will have great value. > > > > A lot of people here will agree with that. Site could be better place to > > get started ! but old site still there. > > > > As far as i know there is a company behind Scala called "TypeSafe" and > they > > got tons of money recently to make the lanugage more popular and > attractive > > to newbie users. So maybe we see good main site and good web frameworks > > around Scala ( lift and play). > > So maybe Clojure also need something like this. Though "Relevance" > company > > supports clojure somehow but i guess not enough for now. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 1:13:49 AM UTC+4, aboy021 wrote: > > > > > I decided to quickly compare the website experience of starting > Clojure > > > and starting Scala. > > > > > I do a Google search for Clojure > > > I decide to try the first link, Clojure.org > > > There's some basic information. I follow the somewhat obscure link > halfway > > > down the side, "Getting Started" > > > Ok, that looks promising, now I can get a REPL to interact with. > > > I follow the link to the Getting Started Documentation ( > > >http://dev.clojure.org/display/doc/Getting+Started) (isn't that where > I > > > already was?) > > > Still flailing a bit, I follow the link to Mark Volkmann's Tutorial. > > > This is the first chance I've had to see what Clojure actually looks > like > > > and how to program in it. > > > > > In stark contrast, I try searching for Scala. > > > I get presented with an appealing, nicely laid out page with large > links > > > to an introduction to the language and a page on getting started. > > > There are links in an easy to navigate menu with Information about the > > > language, documentation, code examples, Software, and Developer > information. > > > > > Now, I'm no Scala developer, but at first glance it seems like I've > found > > > a great touch stone that I can use to find out what's happening in the > > > language, how it looks, what it can do for me, and I can learn how to > write > > > it. > > > > > Another thing that the scala-lang site has is Code Examples. Code > examples > > > are a really nice way for you to get a taste of how a language can > solve > > > common problems, and they can give you a real sense of the flavour of > the > > > language. > > > > > A lot of the information for Clojure seems to be there, it's just not > laid > > > out in an attractive easy to use format. Perhaps we could have a > fundraiser > > > to pay for a web designer to make a nice modern website that contains > the > > > information in an easier to digest and more centralised way > > > > > The getting started issue is an ongoing problem for Clojure. It's an > issue > > > that keeps coming up in the surveys and on the mailing list. Other > > > languages are doing it really well, Scala is just a convenient > example. > > > What does the Clojure community need to do to help support the > creation of > > > something that is on par? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
