I'd really like to see some sort of indexed infrastructure for documenting and standardising common patterns and anti-patterns on various levels – think Stack Exchange, but preemptive. I think this would go a long way toward helping newcomers and spreading good practices.
On 30 April 2015 at 23:31, Daniel Solano Gómez <cloj...@sattvik.com> wrote: > On Wed Apr 29 11:10 2015, Hildeberto Mendonça wrote: > > This is a awesome idea! > > > > In my opinion, this organization would attract the maximum number of > people > > if its mission is centred on Knowledge Management: > > > > 1. Wiki-based Clojure documentation, such as clojuredocs.org, > containing > > the "official" documentation, but constantly improved by the > community with > > more examples and rephrasing complex sentences, etc; > > 2. Wiki-based libraries documentation, related to Clojars and > following > > the same model of the previous documentation; > > 3. Agregation of content produced by bloggers and websites out there, > > everything indexed by tags linked to Clojure versions and libraries in > > clojars for cross-navigation; > > 4. Agregation of videos and slides produced by conference speakers, > > instructors. > > 5. Everything gamefied so people can win points for their > contributions > > and increase their reputation like in stackoverflow.com. > > > > I would love to join as a member to have discounts in books, conferences, > > courses, tshirts, etc. > > > > I absolutely rate professional certifications, but I'm in favour of > > certified courses, so we can be sure the instructors are capable of > > teaching Clojure properly, with idiomatic code. > > > > What about promoting Clojure as a first language in universities? We > would > > need to help teachers to create equivalent syllabus to the ones they are > > already using to teach Python, for example. > > > > So, this is my brainstorming. > > Thank you for your input. You've brought up a few key things that are > important to help grow the Clojure community, especially better > documentation and learning materials. That's definitely something we > need to figure out how to promote. > > I appreciate any ideas on how to an org can help ake this happen. > > Sincerely, > > Daniel > > > > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 12:02 AM, Daniel Solano Gómez < > cloj...@sattvik.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hello, all, > > > > > > I've brought up the idea of some sort of Clojure community organisation > > > a few times on this mailing list. The ideas is to help grow the > Clojure > > > community by doing things like supporting GSoC students, run > > > infrastructure like Clojars, help run conferences, etc. I have decided > > > to start moving forward and apply for fiscal sponsorship from the > > > Software Freedom Conservancy and Software in the Public Interest. > Those > > > things take time to work themselves out. In the meantime, I appreciate > > > any input/feedback about what this org should do or what it should look > > > like. As such, I have posted a page on the community wiki to start > > > braainstorming and discussing ideas > > > < > http://dev.clojure.org/display/community/Clojure+Community+Organisation>. > > > > > > A big thank you to everyone. Participating in this community has been > a > > > very positive experience for me, and I would love to see it to continue > > > to flourish. I appreciate any help or advice on how to make this > > > initiative succeed in supporting the community. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Daniel > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Clojure" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > > > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > > > your first post. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > > > --- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Clojure" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Hildeberto Mendonça, Ph.D > > Blog: http://www.hildeberto.com > > Community: http://www.cejug.net > > Twitter: https://twitter.com/htmfilho > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Clojure" group. > > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. 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