hi, i have always liked the apidock site. http://apidock.com/rails/ActiveResource/Base
the template and search feature is nice, also the user-generated comments by a user can be a lifesaver. regards, deepak On Apr 16, 2:39 am, pete <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 14, 11:30 am, Jeremy Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Apr 13, 3:39 pm, Shawn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Jeremy, > > > > You've done a great job maintaining and expanding this library. At > > > this point, I think it needs adoption and community more than new > > > features. With Rails 3 now supporting ORM choice, Sequel has an > > > opportunity and a challenge: Rails now allows ORM choice, and > > > ActiveRecord AREL is claiming Sequel's long-time features as its own. > > > It's an excellent time to make the case for Sequel by improving its > > > web presence and online promotion, including: > > > > * A new web site to organize all the docs and examples in one place > > >http://sequel.rubyforge.org/documentation.htmlprettymuch does this. > > I'm certainly willing to consider design changes to make it more user > > friendly, though I'm not sure what they'd be. > > > > * More documentation: entry-level and advanced, from intro to > > > comprehensive > > > Introductory documentation is Sequel's weakest area, IMO. The RDoc > > documentation is fairly comprehensive, but admittedly terse in a lot > > of areas. > > > Unfortunately, people are not specific when they ask for introductory > > documentation, and not being a beginner, I'm not sure what the basic > > stumbling blocks for new users are. If you could give a rough outline > > of the documentation you'd like to see, I could probably work on it. > > > > * An updated/more attractive logo (these things do influence > > > perception) > > > Not being a graphic designer myself, this isn't something I'm > > qualified to do. However, if someone were to provide a better logo, I > > would not have a problem changing. > > > > I'd be happy to help with this, but I may not be able to contribute a > > > lot until next month. > > > I would definitely appreciate the help. > > > Thanks, > > Jeremy > > Jeremy, > > RailsGuides has a few articles on using ActiveRecord that you could > potentially use as inspiration for Sequel. Something like this one for > querying,http://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_record_querying.html, > and this one for > associations,http://guides.rubyonrails.org/association_basics.html, > probably would have helped me understand Sequel sooner. > > Speaking of AR, it seems like a lot of people migrate to Sequel after > using AR, so a comparison page between AR and Sequel might get people > up to speed faster. I don't really mean "why you should use Sequel > instead", but some documentation of how they differ, equivalent Sequel/ > AR idioms, etc. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sequel-talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sequel-talk?hl=en.
