>From the discussion, it looks like that homepages for programming languages (and realed projects) serve two purposes:
A. provide resources for the existing users (links to mailing lists, package directories, documentation, etc) B. provide information for potential new users (showcasing features of the language, links to tutorials). Given that space on the very front page is constrained (in the soft sense: no one wants pages that go on and on any more), I think that deciding on a balance between A and B would be a good way to focus the discussion. Once we have decided that, we can shamelessly copy good practices. For example, 1. the R website emphasizes content for existing users (in a non-flashy way that I am OK with), with very little material for new users, 2. about 1/3 of the middle bar on https://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Haskell is for new users (explanations/tutorials/etc), the 1/3 is for existing users (specs, libraries), and the final 1/3 is for both (forums, wiki, etc), 3. http://new-www.haskell.org/ is mostly caters to potential new users ("see how great this language is"), 4. the content of clojure.org is similarly for potential new users, while the sidebar has links for existing users. Best, Tamas On Wed, Dec 10 2014, Hans W Borchers <hwborch...@gmail.com> wrote: > Look at the R home page. R is one of the most popular languages, and esp. so > for statistical and computational applications. A programming language does > not need bloated home pages. > > I like the old Haskell home page much more than the new one. The new one > has > large, uninformative background pictures and not much information in a > small > and readable view. The HaskellWiki front page was much better in that. It > may > not even be decided which version will win. > > [Clojure])http://clojure.org/) has a nice, simple and informative home > page, > while [Scala](http://www.scala-lang.org/) has overdone it like the new > Haskell. For other approaches see the [Nim](http://nimrod-lang.org/) - > formerly 'Nimrod' - and [Nemerle](http://nemerle.org/) home pages. > > In the end I feel the condensed form of the Python home page will attract > more interest, for example with 'latest news' and 'upcoming events' on the > first page.This gives the impression of a lively and engaged community. > > > On Wednesday, December 10, 2014 11:23:37 AM UTC+1, Tim Holy wrote: >> >> I like the Haskell one better than the Rust one. >> >> --Tim >> >>
