I agree. Although I would prefer if people where hosting their own appliances on code.google, launchpad, git, etc and I would be just link them.
Massimo On Aug 24, 5:55 am, Peterle <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe that the most important thing is to enhance the folder of > web2py appliances, a large set of useful things, in particulare the > ones ready "out of the box" for GAE: other frameworks have problems on > that, then could be a serious advantage here. > > No one cares about a framework without examples and things to quickly > get a try. > > ------------------------------ > On Aug 24, 11:58 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Moreover if you have a software consulting company, ask us to be > > listed as an affiliated company. The only requirement is that you are > > on this list and that you mention web2py on your company web site. > > > This is free publicity for you. > > > Massimo > > > On Aug 24, 4:55 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Today we have 1317 users. This is good and we have be growing steadily > > > for one year now. Next month web2py will be two years old. > > > Nevertheless we need to grow more and faster. Although I am committed > > > to make sure that web2py will stay around for long the more users the > > > easier will be for you to find collaborators/programmers to help you > > > grow and sell your projects. > > > > I am not asking you for a donation of money but for a small donation > > > in time. Here is what you can do to help us: > > > > 1) Tell you friends about web2py (in person, phone, twitter, facebook, > > > etc) > > > > 2) Blog about web2py (post an example, a screenshot about your app, a > > > link to web2py or to your app) > > > > 3) Answer to questions online related to web-development and mention > > > that you use web2py. > > > > 4) Post comparisons about web2py and other web frameworks about > > > specific features. > > > > 5) Let us know what you have done with web2py and allow us to post > > > links to your work. > > > > You can assume the Python community knows about web2py although a > > > small subset has seriously tried it. > > > > You should also assume that outside the Python community web2py (as > > > well as Python) are not well known. If we can conver 0.1% of Java > > > users and/or PHP users it would be a huge success. The points to > > > stress are scalability (GAE), backward compatibility, security, ease > > > of development. > > > > I also think there is a big potential for web2py usage in schools > > > (that is where it comes form in the end) in both intro programming > > > courses (instead of bare bone Python) and advanced web development > > > courses. > > > > Massimo --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
