Stackoverflow - for raising mindshare?
Hello fellow Squeak/Pharo users, at work I find stack-overflow a quite valuable resource whenever I get stuck with something (Java, Ruby, Unix, etc.). What do you think about the idea of using it more, so that: - people starting with Smalltalk can find answers there apart from digging in the mailing-lists - raising the awareness/mind-share about open-source Smalltalk in the "outside world"? I for one will try to double-post my questions both in the corresponding mailing lists and stack-overflow, and whenever I find good information that might be helpful for newcomers, I'll try to post it there also. It might help attracting more people to open-source Smalltalk and gain more acceptance in the industry. Best regards, Sebastian
I really like stackoverflow . I visit it quite often to learn something new by browsing all questions. As suprising it may sound the questions interest me more than the answers because expose areas I am not familiar or aware of. It also good idea to show people that there is an active interest in pharo but I think thats up to the people asking the questions. I dont think stackoverflow can and should replace the mailing lists but its still is a welcomed addition. By the way i tried to answer your git question. :) ________________________________ From: Sebastian Nozzi <sebnozzi@gmail.com> To: A friendly place where any question about pharo is welcome <pharo-users@lists.gforge.inria.fr>; A friendly place to get answers to even the most basic questions about Squeak. <Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org> Sent: Monday, 3 December 2012, 14:14 Subject: [Pharo-users] Stackoverflow - for raising mindshare? Hello fellow Squeak/Pharo users, at work I find stack-overflow a quite valuable resource whenever I get stuck with something (Java, Ruby, Unix, etc.). What do you think about the idea of using it more, so that: - people starting with Smalltalk can find answers there apart from digging in the mailing-lists - raising the awareness/mind-share about open-source Smalltalk in the "outside world"? I for one will try to double-post my questions both in the corresponding mailing lists and stack-overflow, and whenever I find good information that might be helpful for newcomers, I'll try to post it there also. It might help attracting more people to open-source Smalltalk and gain more acceptance in the industry. Best regards, Sebastian
2012/12/3 dimitris chloupis <thekilon@yahoo.co.uk>:
I dont think stackoverflow can and should replace the mailing lists but its still is a welcomed addition.
Yes, of course. I was not arguing about replacing the mailing-lists! No way! :-) But I think it's a good addition, as you say, and: - helps sending a signal to the world/developer community - maybe prevents from questions arising again and again in the mailing-lists - creates dynamic, specific, de-centralized pool of knowledge
By the way i tried to answer your git question. :)
I saw that, voted and commented, thanks!
On 2012-12-03, at 09:43, Sebastian Nozzi <sebnozzi@gmail.com> wrote:
2012/12/3 dimitris chloupis <thekilon@yahoo.co.uk>:
I dont think stackoverflow can and should replace the mailing lists but its still is a welcomed addition.
Yes, of course. I was not arguing about replacing the mailing-lists! No way! :-)
But I think it's a good addition, as you say, and: - helps sending a signal to the world/developer community - maybe prevents from questions arising again and again in the mailing-lists - creates dynamic, specific, de-centralized pool of knowledge
yes!! very important! smalltalk has too little presence in the web! mailinglists won't help with that fact, as they act almost as closed communities. Also it happens way too often that questions are re-asked and reposted, whereas they could be answered on stackoverflow.
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