Also, a big resource at D's disposal that's not properly exploited is videos. YouTube has quite a few that might make good advertising:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlVpPstLPEc (Google Tech talk) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZqWGfv7bxw (Andrei is a big name, anything with him in is good) Other recommendations? On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 11:05 PM, James Fisher <jameshfis...@gmail.com>wrote: > Incidentally, for the code sample, does anyone fancy coming up with the > most interesting code they can in about 5 lines at 30 chars per line? Hello > World is pretty dull, but the sample at d-p-l.org is much too long for a > 2-second glance. The main things I think it should get across are: > > - that D is like C and C++ > - that D is better -- e.g., package/module system. Not sure what else you > can get across. > > On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 11:00 PM, James Fisher <jameshfis...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 10:32 PM, Jimmy Cao <jcao...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> The mockup looks pretty good. >>> >>> I think the current D website should incorporate the idea of having those >>> big tab-like links up at the top. >>> >>> See: >>> http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/mockup.png >>> http://ironpython.net/ >>> http://cobra-language.com/ >>> >>> Right now there's just empty space. >>> >> >> Sure thing. Updated http://eegg.github.com/d-brand/mockup.png, now with: >> >> - jumbo tabs >> - code sample >> - download links >> >> WRT the code sample, I think I remember seeing somewhere a web-hosted D >> installation? This for Go <http://golang.org/doc/play/> is one of my >> favourite features of their site (shame about the language itself). Such a >> thing for D would be a big attraction. >> > >