RE: [docs] Poll for participation and input.

2007-11-02 Thread Jerome Louvel
@restlet.tigris.org Objet : Re: [docs] Poll for participation and input. On Tuesday 09 October 2007 21:52:17 Jerome Louvel wrote: Hi all, I agree that the reference manual shouldn't be a repeating of the Javadocs but go beyond and around them: - explain design choices - describe usage contexts

Re: [docs] Poll for participation and input.

2007-10-28 Thread Davide Angelocola
On Tuesday 09 October 2007 21:52:17 Jerome Louvel wrote: Hi all, I agree that the reference manual shouldn't be a repeating of the Javadocs but go beyond and around them: - explain design choices - describe usage contexts - show sample code to copy and paste also a maven section with

Re: [docs] Poll for participation and input.

2007-10-19 Thread Sean Landis
Sean Landis sean.landis at gmail.com writes: IMO, it is not intended to be read in one shot like a book but more feature by feature depending on the user needs (beside the first introductory chapters). I agree with this as long as the feature descriptions are very detailed. I think a

Re: [docs] Poll for participation and input.

2007-10-19 Thread Sean Landis
Jerome Louvel contact at noelios.com writes: Hi all, I agree that the reference manual shouldn't be a repeating of the Javadocs but go beyond and around them: - explain design choices - describe usage contexts - show sample code to copy and paste IMO, it is not intended to be

Re: [docs] Poll for participation and input.

2007-10-08 Thread Marc Portier
Some of my TOC additions embedded, feel free to comment... (incorporated the suggestions from issue 21 and those made in this thread already) I also added a big section on doing reslet based development as I think there is a big difference in listing 'what it is and does' versus 'how one

Re: [docs] Poll for participation and input.

2007-10-08 Thread Sean Landis
Marc Portier mpo at outerthought.org writes: Some of my TOC additions embedded, feel free to comment... (incorporated the suggestions from issue 21 and those made in this thread already) I also added a big section on doing reslet based development as I think there is a big difference

Re: [docs] Poll for participation and input.

2007-10-07 Thread Erik Vullings
Just two requests: - Also include the option for other developers to add (and change) stuff. For example, Tapestry has many great HowTo chapters written by other developers (see here: http://wiki.apache.org/tapestry/Tapestry5HowTos). And it would be beneficial when the examples in the

RE: [docs] Poll for participation and input.

2007-10-07 Thread Jerome Louvel
Hi Erik, * Also include the option for other developers to add (and change) stuff. The Wiki will facilitate external contributions. Only a simple online registration will be needed with a one-click JCA agreement page. In the end, we hope to have many more doc authors than developers

RE: [docs] Poll for participation and input.

2007-10-06 Thread Jerome Louvel
Hi Sean, I am a little confused. Are you proposing these two as alternatives, or are you proposing both a reference and a book? I was just pointing to two interesting documentation efforts that we could get inspiration from. The collaborative tool used for Django looks interesting. Or is

RE: [docs] Poll for participation and input.

2007-10-06 Thread Jerome Louvel
Hi Marc, looks like a great TOC to get started, if we can agree here on a derivative version for restlet, then I'll be glad to enter that into the system as a first draft... Here is a draft TOC to start with :) 1. Introduction 1.1. Overview 1.2. Usage scenarios 2. What's new in

Re: [docs] Poll for participation and input.

2007-10-05 Thread Sean Landis
Jerome Louvel contact at noelios.com writes: Hi Sean, Thanks for proposing to give a hand. Also, I'd like to share again the links in Marc's email as they didn't get recognized in my email client: [1] http://restlet.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=discussmsgNo=3063 [2]

RE: [docs] Poll for participation and input.

2007-10-04 Thread Jerome Louvel
Landis Envoyé : mardi 2 octobre 2007 16:54 À : discuss@restlet.tigris.org Objet : Re: [docs] Poll for participation and input. Marc Portier mpo at outerthought.org writes: Hi all, as an outcome of the recent thread on creating a 'developer guide' (see [1]) Rob, Jerome and me