Re: Buildr's example build scripts

2009-10-01 Thread Alex Boisvert
I'm all for it. Anyone wants to volunteer a good-looking, newbie-friendly, illustrative buildfile to put on the front page? Or suggestions for specific snippets to showcase? alex On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Paul Hammant wrote: > I think its especially important to a technology that compe

Re: Buildr's example build scripts

2009-10-01 Thread Paul Hammant
I think its especially important to a technology that competes, compliments or purports to usurp incumbents (Ant, Maven). You need to hook folks on your idea within 5 seconds of glancing at the front page. To me that means one thing only :- colorized builder- esque ruby that's faintly remin

Re: Buildr's example build scripts

2009-10-01 Thread Daniel Spiewak
This is a very good point and something that I had forgotten. We need to get a "first taste" or similar on the front page, along with a *very*prominent link to the quick start. Right now, all of the information is there, but it's organized in "blaze your own trail" fashion. Still better than Mav

Buildr's example build scripts

2009-10-01 Thread Paul Hammant
Here's a question: How many clicks is it from the home page for Buildr until you can see an example of a buildr build script. A second question: How many clicks would a newbie do to find the same (they are straining to find the obscure corner that build script examples are on) I'm th