Cool. I'm glad Perl is still alive. ;-) However, I would really like to hear from the non-Perl people who are so underrepresented on openjsan.org. Is there anyone on this jQuery Discussion mailing list who is *NOT* a Perl hacker?
If so, I'd really like to hear your thoughts on openjsan.org and how we could make it better. (...or, if you could suggest a place where I can find non-Perl people doing serious JavaScript development, that's cool, too. The more voices, the better.) On 8/21/06, ashutosh bijoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I second Stephen's opinions, but again, I'm a Perl guy too :-) > -Ashutosh > > > On 8/22/06, Stephen Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > I know you wanted to hear from non-Perl programmers, but I thought I'd > > throw this in, as I've suggested on the jQuery list in the past that > > people submit their jQuery work to JSAN (I have a couple of pre-jQuery > > items on JSAN myself) > > > > The killer I think for JSAN is the infrastructure's immaturity. At least > > for a time, Casey seemed to be running the uploads for JSAN manually, so > > you never knew when your code would hit the repository. > > > > Another thing I think needs improving is a browseable interface to the > > repository. I think this is one of cpan.org's strengths that is missing > > from openjsan. In addition to the search box (search.cpan.org), CPAN > > has browseable categories for modules. No such interface seems to exist > > for JSAN. > > > > People from other language backgrounds may have different objections, > > but those are what seem to be standing in the way from my point of view. > > > > -Stephen > > > > John Beppu wrote: > > > to John Resig: > > > > > > Have you considered uploading jQuery to openjsan.org? > > > > > > I ask, becuase I feel the Perl guys could use a decent foundation to > > > do their work on, and jQuery might fit the bill. > > > > > > ---- > > > > > > to everyone else: > > > > > > I'm a little concerned about JSAN, because it started out as a > > > promising project to bring something CPAN-like for all Javascript > > > programmers, but it's kinda fizzled out after the initial excitement. > > > One serious problem in my mind is that it's mainly Perl people who > > > seem to care about it right now while people from other language > > > communities (like Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, etc.) seem to ignore it. > > > In the very beginning, this wasn't the case, because the guy who wrote > > > Prototype was willing to work with the JSAN group, and the guy who > > > wrote MochiKit (a python guy) actually has uploaded a few versions to > > > openjsan.org (although it seems like he hasn't uploaded the latest > > > versions). There was an initial willingness by a diverse group to > > > work together, but this doesn't seem to be the case anymore, and > > > that's sad. > > > > > > My hunch is that aspects of openjsan.org take a bit too much from the > > > Perl community, and for whatever reason, this is a turn-off to > > > non-Perl programmers. (I think using POD for Javascript documentation > > > may be one of these things but it's hard for me to say....) > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyway, I'd like to hear from non-Perl programmers what they think of > > > openjsan.org and especially what they DO NOT like about openjsan.org > > > (so we'll know what to fix). > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > jQuery mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > jQuery mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > > > > > -- > Reach1to1 Communications > http://www.reach1to1.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 98201-94408 > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > [email protected] > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > > _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/
