Hi > Most project lack the proper documentation. I dont see node.js growing > much as long as there is no central leadership of some sort that can > impose some standars like, "everything in npm must be documented this > way or this other", or "if you are doing the same thing as someone > else dont duplicate efforts join that project and help build one > robust solution". There are like 5 ORM (most lack support for > relational databases) , 3 SOAP clients (none fully featured), 10 RoR > clones (all missing one thing that the other has), 8 mailers and so > on. So many smart people doing great things but most are not what the > could because everyone seems to want to be the next DHH or something.
This command and control form of software development is based on the idea that people do what you tell them to do, and if they don’t, you yell at them until they do, and if they still don’t, you fire them. It's popular in some companies. The problem with this is that people don't like it and the people who don't like it (especially with something like node) are pretty damn smart and so don't like being told what to do. It seems better in such cases to let many ideas and implementations from many sources emerge and let 'a hundred flowers blossom'. It's popular in open source and good developers seem to like it Regards -- Ian Lawrence Tel: (+55 92) 88017824 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://ianlawrence.info Open Web Foundation, member Author, Professional Ubuntu Mobile Development (Wiley 2009) -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
