There's a fair amount of information on the Development page of the docs, have you looked at that? There could certainly be a lot more, and on that note, please don't do this via videos. Videos...
There could certainly be a lot more, and on that note, please don't do this via videos. Videos are awful for reference material for many reasons—they're not searchable, they're difficult to skim, they can't easily be updated when things change, etc. If you do this by writing text instead, it could be integrated into the official docs and/or the repo itself.
Thanks for sharing. I somehow missed the development docs when browsing on mobile. I'll look into those. Having done some online teaching, I completely agree with you that they're a pain in the...
Thanks for sharing. I somehow missed the development docs when browsing on mobile. I'll look into those.
Having done some online teaching, I completely agree with you that they're a pain in the ass to update, if not just outright impossible. There is something to be said though for birds eye overview of architecture, how things go together, etc, that some learn more effectively with. It would be fun to just record the explorations of the source code with interested parties and learn how things go together (not insinuating in any way the docs aren't good - just different mode of learning)
You can do that via text (maybe some diagrams if you must) which have the benefits of being visual for people who need that while still having none / few of the downsides of video.
You can do that via text (maybe some diagrams if you must) which have the benefits of being visual for people who need that while still having none / few of the downsides of video.
As a counter-point, videos are great for showing things off and work as marketing. Getting some developers to check out Tildes source code through YouTube or Vimeo or Facebook Video or whatever,...
Videos are awful for reference material for many reasons
As a counter-point, videos are great for showing things off and work as marketing. Getting some developers to check out Tildes source code through YouTube or Vimeo or Facebook Video or whatever, could lead to a larger dev community.
Aside from that, yeah agreed, videos are pretty bad for reference content and require lots of upkeep to keep them relevant for programming material.
If you do this by writing text instead, it could be integrated into the official docs and/or the repo itself.
On the plus side, the text can be adapted into a script for video production if @halfjew22 chooses to go that route.
Hi New to Tildes, but an old hand at both Python (Since 2000) and Technical Writing (written many technical articles, a couple of company operations manuals, more policies and procedures than I'd...
Hi
New to Tildes, but an old hand at both Python (Since 2000) and Technical Writing (written many technical articles, a couple of company operations manuals, more policies and procedures than I'd like to think about). Hit me up if you need some firepower and I'd be happy to assist.
That was a key reason it was chosen - Deimos said he wanted simple, reliable, proven, unsexy technology, something a lot of people know, something anyone can get into.
That was a key reason it was chosen - Deimos said he wanted simple, reliable, proven, unsexy technology, something a lot of people know, something anyone can get into.
IIRC, he definitely uses the word 'unsexy' in the docs. I truly appreciate that. I'm currently working on a Nextjs project and am fed up with how React and this explosion of frameworks are trying...
IIRC, he definitely uses the word 'unsexy' in the docs.
I truly appreciate that.
I'm currently working on a Nextjs project and am fed up with how React and this explosion of frameworks are trying to "shove their tits in my face" so to speak.
Are you a developer on the project? Interested in helping me explore and teach others how to dive in?
I'm a sysadmin by trade. I could contribute with docs that tell people how to set up a nice sexy version of Tildes of their own, and I can do that for a layman audience, I've written for that...
I'm a sysadmin by trade. I could contribute with docs that tell people how to set up a nice sexy version of Tildes of their own, and I can do that for a layman audience, I've written for that purpose before many times. For anything more than that I'd need to learn Python.
I think deimos beat us to it. https://docs.tildes.net/development-setup I’m generally a JS / Android developer but I’ve been wanting to get into Python for a while now and learning Pyramid gives...
Tildes actually has a few user created, unofficial chat client channels/servers (including discord) which are listed on the unofficial wiki: https://unofficial-tildes-wiki.gitlab.io/chats/ The...
Tildes actually has a few user created, unofficial chat client channels/servers (including discord) which are listed on the unofficial wiki: https://unofficial-tildes-wiki.gitlab.io/chats/
The admins on one of them may be kind enough to set you all up a semi-private space there in order to organize this and communicate with one another. I have only ever used the discord, so can't speak to the others, but the discord is quite active and the admins there are pretty swell so I would suggest joining it and shooting them a message if you're interested, @halfjew22.
I'm a ruby on rails developer and I just had a quick look through the source as was able to make sense of it. It looks to be a fairly standard MVC setup although controllers look like they are...
I'm a ruby on rails developer and I just had a quick look through the source as was able to make sense of it. It looks to be a fairly standard MVC setup although controllers look like they are called views for some reason. I can see how a beginner programmer would be lost but if you are familiar with web dev you should be able to work it out without too many issues. Its not a very big app, way less models than I was expecting.
There's a fair amount of information on the Development page of the docs, have you looked at that?
There could certainly be a lot more, and on that note, please don't do this via videos. Videos are awful for reference material for many reasons—they're not searchable, they're difficult to skim, they can't easily be updated when things change, etc. If you do this by writing text instead, it could be integrated into the official docs and/or the repo itself.
Thanks for sharing. I somehow missed the development docs when browsing on mobile. I'll look into those.
Having done some online teaching, I completely agree with you that they're a pain in the ass to update, if not just outright impossible. There is something to be said though for birds eye overview of architecture, how things go together, etc, that some learn more effectively with. It would be fun to just record the explorations of the source code with interested parties and learn how things go together (not insinuating in any way the docs aren't good - just different mode of learning)
You can do that via text (maybe some diagrams if you must) which have the benefits of being visual for people who need that while still having none / few of the downsides of video.
As a counter-point, videos are great for showing things off and work as marketing. Getting some developers to check out Tildes source code through YouTube or Vimeo or Facebook Video or whatever, could lead to a larger dev community.
Aside from that, yeah agreed, videos are pretty bad for reference content and require lots of upkeep to keep them relevant for programming material.
On the plus side, the text can be adapted into a script for video production if @halfjew22 chooses to go that route.
Hi
New to Tildes, but an old hand at both Python (Since 2000) and Technical Writing (written many technical articles, a couple of company operations manuals, more policies and procedures than I'd like to think about). Hit me up if you need some firepower and I'd be happy to assist.
Cheers!
That was a key reason it was chosen - Deimos said he wanted simple, reliable, proven, unsexy technology, something a lot of people know, something anyone can get into.
IIRC, he definitely uses the word 'unsexy' in the docs.
I truly appreciate that.
I'm currently working on a Nextjs project and am fed up with how React and this explosion of frameworks are trying to "shove their tits in my face" so to speak.
Are you a developer on the project? Interested in helping me explore and teach others how to dive in?
I'm a sysadmin by trade. I could contribute with docs that tell people how to set up a nice sexy version of Tildes of their own, and I can do that for a layman audience, I've written for that purpose before many times. For anything more than that I'd need to learn Python.
I think deimos beat us to it.
https://docs.tildes.net/development-setup
I’m generally a JS / Android developer but I’ve been wanting to get into Python for a while now and learning Pyramid gives me an excuse.
Interested in learning together?
Python is certainly great. Do you have any experience pythoning the web?
Gotcha. Well, if you’re interested in diving into pyramid together and Tildes, let me know!
Were you doing it through Vagrant, or trying to do more of a "production" setup on a server/VPS?
Well there's always opportunity to learn!
Tildes actually has a few user created, unofficial chat client channels/servers (including discord) which are listed on the unofficial wiki: https://unofficial-tildes-wiki.gitlab.io/chats/
The admins on one of them may be kind enough to set you all up a semi-private space there in order to organize this and communicate with one another. I have only ever used the discord, so can't speak to the others, but the discord is quite active and the admins there are pretty swell so I would suggest joining it and shooting them a message if you're interested, @halfjew22.
Done! Thanks for the tip.
I'm a ruby on rails developer and I just had a quick look through the source as was able to make sense of it. It looks to be a fairly standard MVC setup although controllers look like they are called views for some reason. I can see how a beginner programmer would be lost but if you are familiar with web dev you should be able to work it out without too many issues. Its not a very big app, way less models than I was expecting.