hepabolu wrote:
Hi,
this is both a notification and some requests.
During the GT I've asked several people in the community to write an
article on an aspect of Cocoon. The intention is to get a series of a
few articles and have them published in an (online) magazine or other
relevant site to promote/expose Cocoon.
The intended readers are:
- those unfamiliar with Cocoon/those that think Cocoon is only suitable
for small, almost static websites.
- those that are familiar with Cocoon and run into a similar problem.
So the article should not be too technical, but give enough information
to help the readers in the second group to find more information. Given
the target group the articles should not be too long, certainly not more
than 5 pages, probably less.
So far I've been promised:
- Cocoon and large websites by Pier and Ross McDonald, focus on
performance issues
- Cocoon and security by Ralph, focus on security issues in internet
banking
- Cocoon and AJAX by Sylvain, focus on how easy it is in Cocoon
- Cocoon and performance by Jack Ivers and Vadim, focus on a comparison
of XSLT processors
- Cocoon and CMS by Steven, focus on the role/advantages of Cocoon in Daisy
Awesome!
How about something about Cocoon as a service integration platform?
Massimo, Matthew and Gianugo, between the three of you, I'm sure you
have something to say.
I would like to see the success stories too, like the sites that won
awards that are powered by cocoon.... or the behind-the-scene integrators.
Requests:
- are there more people willing to contribute articles that could fit
this series?
I think you should convince our more CTO-ish type of committers that
even if they are so overwhelmed and busy these days, it's probably good
for their business and cocoon's in general, if we show off a little more
what we achieved. More real life case studies and serious stuff can
bring a lot of solidity to the question "why should I use this stuff?"
that CTO/CIOs ask.
- what would be the most interesting site/magazine to get this series
published? I intend to get them up on our documentation site as well,
just have to figure out what the most effective publishing schedule is.
I think O'Reillynet/xml.com is a good place. O'Reilly has wanted a book
on cocoon forever, which I started and dumped, then Steven restarted and
dumped (or held), so it didn't happen.
Not sure there is enough traction for an entire column on cocoon, but we
might well ask, a lot of people in O'Reilly have good respect for Cocoon.
--
Stefano.
