On 26/5/14 12:52, kmo wrote:
> I think the new pharo website could be improved by the addition of two new
> pages.
>
> Firstly, the site badly needs a "Success Stories" page. The old web site had
> one of these so presumably that can be added easily. You have to show
> newcomers that pharo can be used for something real. Look at the/ meteor/
> website
https://www.meteor.com/main. Meteor isn't even at version 1.0 yet
> but already boasts a impressive gallery of applications.
100% agreed.
The first steps would be to harvest a list of success stories
One visual + one paragraph
>
> Secondly, a list of all the packages in the Configuration Browser with a
> proper description of what they do would be helpful. It would give newcomers
> the idea that pharo is a comprehensive solution to their development needs.
We started to build that
https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/job/PharoProjectCatalog/HTML_Report/?
Now we requested fundings for building it and we did not get it.
> it also would provide newcomers with some kind of guide to the pharo
> ecosystem - how is anybody supposed to know what Aconacqua or Chalten is
> meant to do? Pharo has quite an impressive list of add-ons in the
> configuration browser but what's the point if no one knows what they do?
Now ask yourself how you can help Pharo because we are really busy.
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