Ok. cool. Will keep an eye on the mailing list and see what I can do about the docstrings.
Thanks, Tiago ----- (...) > > Personally, I could use help in fixing the docstrings and unittests so > that documentation would be automatically generated using Sphinx. This > is the only way to have docs that always up to date. You can use ANY > text from the book to improve docstrings. > > Massimo > > > On Feb 1, 6:07 pm, tiago almeida <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for replying. > > > > I bought the book and I agree, it's great. But what I'm asking is some > help > > from the community to start an official "wiki", because the one that > exists > > is not openly editable, or at least, make it openly editable > > > > What would be great for the web2py project (and its users) is if some > site > > existed where one could go and get access to things like: > > - Announcements/News > > - change log ( what was introduced in which version and respective > > implications, if any ) > > - usage examples > > - recipes (web2pyslices seems to fill this role quite well) > > - plugin list > > - Howto's > > - FAQs > > - up-to-date deployment guides > > - Forum to discuss future features (?) > > - etc.. > > > > I know many of these things are available either on the mailing list, the > > book or web2py.com but they are hard to find ( mailing list search is > > completely broken! ) > > > > Also, I believe it has to be community editable because it is just too > much > > work to be done by the authors of the code since they are busy working on > > the next features and bug fixes (as they should be!). > > > > What do you think? Is it a problem of getting hosts, domains or just > > inertia/lack of interest? > > > > See ya. > > -- > > Tiago > > > > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Christopher Steel <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > Hi Tiago, > > > > > Your right, things are a bit scattered around. That was one of my > > > first observations as well. That said a wealth of documentation can be > > > found, but it is "scattered". The following list of resources that > > > gets updated fairly regularly (a big Thank You Denesl!) should get you > > > started. > > > > > Go tohttp://groups.google.com/group/web2pythen choose "web2py help > > > & resources" > > > > > The Web2py manual (second edition) is an excellent and well organized > > > resource as well ($12.00 on Lulu) and well worth the 12 dollars... > > > > > Welcome > > > > > Chris > > > > > On Feb 1, 7:45 am, tiago almeida <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I really like web2py but allow me to say that the documentation in > > > general > > > > is a bit lacking. > > > > For instance, the wiki looks to be unmantained for a long time. Also, > I > > > > don't see a way to create pages there. > > > > > > As someone pointed out a few days ago, having only the pdf as a > > > > documentation source is not enough. > > > > > > My question is: *Why is the wiki > > > > @http://wiki.web2py.comdead?*I'd<http://wiki.web2py.comdead?*I%27d>be > > > > happy to contribute a few time writing documentation but I don't see > how > > > > (apart from starting another wiki which doesn't make much sense when > > > there > > > > is one already). > > > > > > To someone starting with web2py (like me), having the documentation > > > > scattered all over the web is a bit hard (only today found out about > > > > local_import, ironically with a mail from someone pointing to the > same > > > > problem; i have no idea what T3/t4 are (apart from seeing them > > > somewhere), > > > > etc). > > > > > > Is it possible to at least resuscitate the wiki so that it can be > used as > > > a > > > > de facto wiki with examples and change history etc? > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Tiago Almeida > > > > > -- > > > 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]<web2py%[email protected]> > <web2py%[email protected]<web2py%[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > 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]<web2py%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en. > > -- 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.
