I agree that the wiki needs a clear remit. I have found it very useful for learning (especially the cheat sheet). But the first thing I ever did with lift (which was only last week) was firstly to read the 'getting started' document but secondly to RTFS (only some of it!), in particular Mapper. The API documentation is also invaluable for ultra- beginner learning. I felt reading the source code gave me the best feeling for the inside of Lift's head.
I do think the wiki should be solidified and contain a page on every getting-started subject. But I think reading the source is an important step in learning and understanding Lift and the wiki should not duplicate the kind of information you can get that way. Things like the comments missing from the source (and therefore from the API) are perhaps better targets of Wiki material. Although perhaps that could be solved by adding more comments to source... I think the abstractions in Lift are fantastic but it doesn't do learners any favours to protect them from the abstractions that lie below... (by the way, how do I get an account? There's some typos I could fix) Joe On Jun 1, 10:07 pm, Xavi Ramirez <xavi....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a bit confused about the future of the lift wiki. What's the end > goal? In an ideal world is it supposed to be the main repository of > lift knowledge, or just another documentation source? > > I personally feel that having one repository of knowledge is much more > noob friendly. Currently new members have to navigate through started > guides, books, e-mail threads, scala docs, and personal blogs to find > relative information. Though the get started guided and book provide > a good introduction, it's hard to progress from novice to intermediate > with these fragmented resources. > > Thanks, > Xavi --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
