On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Fred Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Can I ask a question? This new module > http://drupal.org/sandbox/robertcfi/1104066 says it's a sandbox, but > it also says "This module is currently in production" in the text. My > guess is that it will go nowhere (it is his first module also),
Yep. > but > does anyone else think the criteria for scores are *ludicrous*? Not entirely, but a little bit. > Since when is a site with more nodes and more modules and more users > any "better" than a site with less? > > Should be obvious but a specialty site may be optimized and beautiful > and in all ways built "perfectly" yet have a small user base and of > course a small number of modules and nodes, yet far "better" than a > big fat site slapped together with 1000 modules that serve only to > SLOW it down. Sure it's true that measuring a site (or the site developers) by these metrics is not a complete way to measure the site's' value. And it would be easy to mess with the score by creating a bunch of modules with a .info file and an empty .module file... But taken in aggregate across a bunch of sites it could be a reasonably useful metric. If we want to compare developer's skills or the quality of sites in a scalable automated way then we have to base it on some metrics that may not be perfect but are reasonably proxies for real measures of skill. > > And also, since when does one have to know SEO to be a good developer?!?? I've always considered that part of my job as a web developer, probably because the topic interested me and I learned Drupal and SEO at the same time. Increasingly I consider user experience to be part of my job. Naturally if I'm working with a team that has an SEO or UX expert on it I will defer to them but when I am working without that benefit or before they get a chance to review I consider it my job to follow at least some best practices from "other disciplines." > Perhaps this is offtopic. Sorry. :( Not at all! > PS: At least ranting made me feel better. That is good. If you want to rant more you should see the consulting list where that seems to be the main purpose. (and now *that* snark made *me* feel better). Cheers, Greg -- Greg Knaddison | 720-310-5623 | http://growingventuresolutions.com http://masteringdrupal.com - Videos and Tutorials
