Re: Post: Why no one is using your D library

2020-07-02 Thread solidstate1991 via Digitalmars-d-announce

On Thursday, 2 July 2020 at 14:56:09 UTC, aberba wrote:

Why no one is using your D library

So I decided to write a little something special. Its my love 
letter to D folks.


https://aberba.vercel.app/2020/why-no-one-is-using-your-d-library/


Thanks, I'll try to write better documentation for my packages, 
maybe even rename my "bindbc" stuff so Mike Parker won't get 
harassed for my own stuff (bindbc-zstandard and bindbc-jsl).


Re: Post: Why no one is using your D library

2020-07-02 Thread claptrap via Digitalmars-d-announce

On Thursday, 2 July 2020 at 17:29:29 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:

On Thursday, 2 July 2020 at 17:19:31 UTC, claptrap wrote:

and adrdoc? i think and they put everything onto its own page.

Not even worth trying imo, that's why i wrote a replacement 
from scratch.


adrdox could prolly be modified to do all one page, or just 
load the pages and embed after the fact. just im not sure if it 
has value tbh


Tbh i much prefer the navigation on dlang, a tree view on the 
left, and a single page per module, but vastly prefer your 
presentation. The whole thing on dlang with putting everything in 
its own rounded outline rectangle with a red bar at the left hand 
side is hideous.


Anyway I realise its a personal preference thing, and dont mean 
to criticise adrdoc, it's a big improvement.






Re: Post: Why no one is using your D library

2020-07-02 Thread 0xEAB via Digitalmars-d-announce

On Thursday, 2 July 2020 at 14:56:09 UTC, aberba wrote:

Why no one is using your D library

So I decided to write a little something special. Its my love 
letter to D folks.


https://aberba.vercel.app/2020/why-no-one-is-using-your-d-library/


Nice article. Thumbs up!


Re: Post: Why no one is using your D library

2020-07-02 Thread Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d-announce

On Thursday, 2 July 2020 at 17:19:31 UTC, claptrap wrote:

and adrdoc? i think and they put everything onto its own page.


Yeah, I find it is generally easier to read, search, and link 
this way. It does have an overview page for anything though you 
can skim through.


Even a good tutorial on how to coax something useful from DMD 
would help.


Not even worth trying imo, that's why i wrote a replacement from 
scratch.


adrdox could prolly be modified to do all one page, or just load 
the pages and embed after the fact. just im not sure if it has 
value tbh


Re: Post: Why no one is using your D library

2020-07-02 Thread claptrap via Digitalmars-d-announce

On Thursday, 2 July 2020 at 14:56:09 UTC, aberba wrote:

Why no one is using your D library

So I decided to write a little something special. Its my love 
letter to D folks.


https://aberba.vercel.app/2020/why-no-one-is-using-your-d-library/


i think one problem is a default docs generated by DMD are 
goddamn awful. They actually look better if you delete the CSS at 
the top and have no styling.


So i looked ddox? and adrdoc? i think and they put everything 
onto its own page. Better styling but tons of pages to click 
through, and some weird formatting in places.


There should a flexible simple solution in the box. What we seem 
to get is a shitty default, and two bespoke options.


Even a good tutorial on how to coax something useful from DMD 
would help.


So i've kind of given up of documentation atm.





Re: Post: Why no one is using your D library

2020-07-02 Thread Paul Backus via Digitalmars-d-announce

On Thursday, 2 July 2020 at 14:56:09 UTC, aberba wrote:

Why no one is using your D library

So I decided to write a little something special. Its my love 
letter to D folks.


https://aberba.vercel.app/2020/why-no-one-is-using-your-d-library/


Excellent article. As the author of a moderately-popular dub 
package, I'm convinced that one of the reasons it's succeeded 
where other similar packages haven't is that I've made 
high-quality documentation a priority.


For anyone interested in learning more about how to write good 
documentation, I've found the guide at writethedocs.org to be a 
good resource:


https://www.writethedocs.org/guide/


Re: Post: Why no one is using your D library

2020-07-02 Thread jmh530 via Digitalmars-d-announce

On Thursday, 2 July 2020 at 16:04:20 UTC, Patrick Schluter wrote:

[snip]

Thank you. Really good and I hope devs here will follow your 
advices. It's needed.


Agreed.


Re: Post: Why no one is using your D library

2020-07-02 Thread Patrick Schluter via Digitalmars-d-announce

On Thursday, 2 July 2020 at 14:56:09 UTC, aberba wrote:

Why no one is using your D library

So I decided to write a little something special. Its my love 
letter to D folks.


https://aberba.vercel.app/2020/why-no-one-is-using-your-d-library/


Thank you. Really good and I hope devs here will follow your 
advices. It's needed.


Post: Why no one is using your D library

2020-07-02 Thread aberba via Digitalmars-d-announce

Why no one is using your D library

So I decided to write a little something special. Its my love 
letter to D folks.


https://aberba.vercel.app/2020/why-no-one-is-using-your-d-library/