My only fear was - am I doing something that people might want or is
really useless ?
it's useful :-)
So bottom line: will go ahead with the 6-7 screencasts (Isak is
doing it) and we take it from there.
...tutorials for specific things such as: adding cookies, sessions,
using different view/template systems, integrating multiple apps, etc.
I really like the idea of focussing on a specific topic for each one.
If one of these covers deployment and hosting setups, that would fill
a gap, especially if it covers the best solutions for various common
scenarios (mine is an old Ubuntu VPS with 15+ live sites and Perl and
PHP already running). There's some info Jenna provided on the wiki:
https://github.com/camping/camping/wiki/Book:-Publishing-an-App
As for links to Camping stuff 'out there' I started compiling things
here but haven't edited for some time:
https://github.com/camping/camping/wiki/Miscellaneous-Camping-links
somewhere clearly on the camping book we should have something like
"Database: by default and in this example... camping creates an
sqlite database called camping.db located by default in your home
folder under .camping.db .... This is done for simplicity but you
can easily define your own db engine ......"
Yes, this would be good. Could be added to the existing docs.
I am giving you the view of someone with some programming experience
in php, perl, bash but not a lot in ruby or rails.
I found Camping when learning Ruby, big fan of _why (especially the
education initiatives), added my bit to the Camping community after
_why vanished. I admire but do not like RoR. Love Camping but not done
anything public with it. Instead have a Camping folder full of small
explorations (e.g. create/destroy database test) and another full of
'camping resources' collected a few years ago. Tend to chip in at
times like these. Currently wondering what MVC means now after making
a single-page app for iOS in HTML/CSS/js using PhoneGap. Started the
bare bones of a new Camping app for an online art project, but that's
going way too slowly.
I'd like to see the screencasts on YouTube or Vimeo where everyone can
view them.
Static v dynamic pages: +1 Jenna on dynamic *only* where needed -
reason static site generators like nanoc are becoming popular. But a
Camping-based forum would be good :-)
What I like about this community (and that's a big factor in choosing
any software) is the lack of noise, the diversity and the 'small but
effective' approach. And the small thrill when someone discovers
Camping and enthuses about it :-)
DaveE
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