Re: dlang.org Getting Started page

2015-02-01 Thread Zach the Mystic via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 31 January 2015 at 21:05:27 UTC, Jonathan Marler wrote: Personally, when I get started with a new language the first things I want are: 1. Examples (Hello World, File IO, some examples that demonstrate what makes the language unique). Currently on the front page, dlang.org. 2.

dlang.org Getting Started page

2015-01-31 Thread Zach the Mystic via Digitalmars-d
I'm looking for feedback for: https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/878 https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14088 Investigation shows that the D Wiki is the best landing place for newcomers, so they are directed there first. I think the current page leaves newcomers a

Re: dlang.org Getting Started page

2015-01-31 Thread Jonathan Marler via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 31 January 2015 at 19:03:55 UTC, Zach the Mystic wrote: I'm looking for feedback for: https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/878 https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14088 Investigation shows that the D Wiki is the best landing place for newcomers, so they

Re: dlang.org Getting Started page

2015-01-31 Thread Zach the Mystic via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 31 January 2015 at 19:35:45 UTC, Zach the Mystic wrote: On Saturday, 31 January 2015 at 19:22:06 UTC, Jonathan Marler wrote: Seems like a good idea to me. One thought, when I'm looking at a new language and I see a Getting Started, I would expect to see links for tutorials such

Re: dlang.org Getting Started page

2015-01-31 Thread Zach the Mystic via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 31 January 2015 at 19:22:06 UTC, Jonathan Marler wrote: On Saturday, 31 January 2015 at 19:03:55 UTC, Zach the Mystic wrote: I'm looking for feedback for: https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/878 https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14088 Investigation

Re: dlang.org Getting Started page

2015-01-31 Thread Jonathan Marler via Digitalmars-d
On Saturday, 31 January 2015 at 19:35:45 UTC, Zach the Mystic wrote: On Saturday, 31 January 2015 at 19:22:06 UTC, Jonathan Marler wrote: On Saturday, 31 January 2015 at 19:03:55 UTC, Zach the Mystic wrote: I'm looking for feedback for: