Le 25/06/2016 20:59, Jesus Guardon a écrit : > Hi all > > Recently at the Spanish Forum gambas-es.org, we have had a vibrant > debate about the gambas Farm and its features. On behalf of our > Community, I'd like to forward some of the questions that deserve some > discussion, in our opinion. > > Questions like "What's the actual purpose of the farm?", "Should we > expect future changes on the farm?", "Are we making a proper use of the > farm?", etc. are arising out of different points of view. > > In addition to these questions, some of us think that the Farm interface > should be enhanced in terms of usability, such as implementing a score > system and a comments system. I know it already has a > download/installation counter, but it may or may not be relevant enough > for the author. Also, a short comment from the users or other > developers, may help to the main dev to debug his application.
I agree for the comment system. But I disagree for the notation system which I found actually useless and removed. > > One of the most strongly discussed aspects is the convenience of a > management or supervision of the published material, looking for a > minimum of quality. It should serve as an example of some feature, it > should be written using the recommended rules, variable names in > english, have relevant english comments and good style, not to mention > correct indentation. As this cannot be done automatically, maybe a special "quality" tag could be added? Or a quality score? Or quality flags? It will tell people that the program follows the quality rules. > > While some of us think that the Farm should be open to whatever type of > script, snippet or whole applications, others think that only a selected > set of them should be published after a proper quality filter. If bad > code is published massively, it will affect the gambas reputation in the > near future. I'm against filtering, except malwares. I think quality tag (or notes) + number of downloads should be enough for people to detect bad code. > We think about Gambas Farm as a showcase of good > programming practices and as a teaching tool, therefore it should be > enforced a minimum quality level. > > What do you guys think about all these questions? We would like to open > a friendly debate about it. > The farm server and farm clients need enhancements for sure. It's a matter of time, mainly for the farm client. If somebody can help for enhancing it, he is welcome : the source code is in the IDE! Regards, -- Benoît Minisini ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Attend Shape: An AT&T Tech Expo July 15-16. Meet us at AT&T Park in San Francisco, CA to explore cutting-edge tech and listen to tech luminaries present their vision of the future. This family event has something for everyone, including kids. Get more information and register today. http://sdm.link/attshape _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user