Thank you for doing this, the site is great! The community will love this. On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Ryan J. Salva <ryanjsa...@gmail.com> wrote: > TLDR > > -- Feedback requested for a proposed Cordova website redesign at > http://cordova.apache.org/use-the-force-luke > > -- The redesign was influenced by interviews with 300+ mobile > developers. From these conversations, we identified six top level > goals: > > 1. Establish that Cordova is an active project relevant to developers > in 2016 (the future!) > > 2. Show the potential of hybrid apps by highlighting some rock star-quality > apps > > 3. Demonstrate critical mass by sharing a diverse set of tools and > businesses that have “made a bet” on Cordova > > 4. Improve developer’s first experience with Cordova by adding quick > start instructions and explanatory text for key concepts (e.g. > plugins) > > 5. Increase community participation by raising the visibility of > public forums (e.g. Slack, StackOverflow, Twitter) > > 6. Maintain consistency with the current website (i.e. branding and > content parity) > > > ---- The long read ---- > > Grab a cup of coffee. This is a long one. > > As some of you may know, several committers from the Seattle area > (including Nikhil, Parashuram and I) have just completed a long series > of interviews with mobile developers. In the past three months, I’ve > personally interviewed over 100 developers. The team has collectively > interviewed closer to 300. We learned a lot and hope to share a > summary (with infographics!) of our insights soon. In the meantime, I > want to share one of the more poignant quotes from one interview. When > asked, “How can we make your job easier?”, one Cordova developer > responded: > > > “Take the stigma away from hybrid development. I can prove that it’s > the right tool for the job, but I have to prove it over-and-over > again. I wish that I didn’t have to have the same conversation every > time I want to use Cordova with a new manager or client.” -- Murali, > Cordova Developer > > > There are lots of ways to solve this problem, but one of the easier > and more visible ways is through Cordova’s front-door. The Cordova > website has served us well for the last 5+ years, but I believe a > redesign could help us address some pain points in the community. To > put it simply, we have a public perception problem. > > > “It’s hard to argue for Cordova when there are few examples of it > being successfully used.” -- Gary, Ionic Developer > > > Developers and architects are looking for examples of good development > to prove that high-quality, fast apps are possible. So, we thought it > might be good to highlight some rock star-quality apps on the home > page. Anyone can submit a PR to add their app so long as it appears in > a public store and uses Cordova. If the list of apps gets too long > (and it will), then we’ll randomize display. The same is true for a > list of tools and platforms that build on top of Cordova. > > > “There are so many layers to cross-platform development, it’s hard to > know how they all fit together. It’s even harder to know if you’re > missing a critical piece.” -- Mike, Cordova Developer > > > By itself, the website redesign won’t address this problem. We need > some good architectural docs that not only illustrate how Cordova > works, but also how it integrates with the larger ecosystem (e.g. > Crosswalk). However, we’re also hoping that by adding a little more > “hand-holding” on the site, we can help developers achieve success > faster. For example, we provide simple instructions for “Getting > Started” on the home page. And, on the Plugins page, we provide a > quick explanation of plugins’ role in Cordova development. > > > “It’s not clear where I can go for support.” -- Geoff, Cordova Developer > > > Okay… none of us want to provide customer support for the whole > community, but I want to make it easy for people to find the > community. To that end, our goal was to integrate prominent pointers > to all the places where our community aggregates – e.g. Slack, > StackOverflow, JIRA and mailing list. > > Change for the sake of change is… well, for people with more time on > their hands than me, but this seems like the right time for a change > to the Cordova website. There’s a compelling developer need and little > risk in making the change. > > Barring any grievous concerns, I'd love to get the new site launched > ASAP. If we need to make small changes after launch, it will be easy > to iterate. If you see any bugs that need to be fixed, please file > them here: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB/component/12320562/ > > I open the floor to discussion ;-) > > http://cordova.apache.org/use-the-force-luke > > > Thanks! > Ryan J. Salva > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org >
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