If there's enough enough bloggers out there writing about web2py, I'll be happy to put a "planet web2py" in place. Just let me know if there's an interest for that.
Julie On 09/07/2013 06:01 PM, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > yes the number time distance between releases has increased, mostly > because the new features we are adding are more complex (or would have > done it before). > > I do not know about the number of users. > > I definitively think we need more people to blog about web2py. > > massimo > > On Saturday, 7 September 2013 05:07:53 UTC-5, LightDot wrote: > > I'm always sorry to see a good open source project with little or > no documentation and a myriad of them are in this sad state. > Luckily, web2py doesn't have this problem. > > The existence of the documentation is this fairly complete form is > one of the reasons I chose web2py over other python frameworks. I > don't think having 40 pages more or less would make me consider > web2py faster or slower. But a lack of a chapter in the book might > have made me choose another framework. > > I agree that new users need simple examples, but not at the > expense of an in depth manual. If there is a consensus that web2py > book can be intimidating for a complete begginer, perhaps someone > can write a short "My first web2py project" in a book form, or > something similar? I personally think this can be better served > with blog articles and publishing of slices. > > Perhaps the growh of web2py userbase has slowed a bit..? I'm not > sure that it did though. I don't have any insight into statistics > to think one way or another and I don't trust my perception with this. > > What did slow down is the pace of web2py releases, hasn't it? The > period between releases is longer than it used to be. > > > On Saturday, September 7, 2013 9:54:45 AM UTC+2, webpypy wrote: > > > As Massimo said, " the main advantage/objective of web2py > framework is to be the easiest and fastest to develop web > applications". > > I think the rate of growing popularity/interest was high for > versions < 2.0 , compared with versions >= 2.0 . > Maybe because of the big size of manual for versions >2.0 , > The big manual means it is not expected to be the easiest and > fastest anymore. > > I suggest explaining the features through well documented > examples/appliances, keeping the manual small... > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

