I prefer to "eat own dogfood",  using own wiki -- however imperfect --
is important.

efe

On Feb 27, 6:38 am, Miguel <mig.e.lo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Joe Barnhart wrote:
> > I have no doubt that web2py can create a world-class wiki platform.  I
> > just wonder if that is where you want to focus your energies right
> > now.  It's going to take a long time and a lot of effort to duplicate
> > the features of a wiki engine.  If you grow more developers who
> > understand the nuances of web2py, you can get more shoulders to push
> > that wheel of progress instead of you having to do everything
> > yourself.
>
> Three very good points!
>
> > I visited the Ruby wiki which is done on Rails.  It also feels more
> > like a blog.  I hit three errors in five minutes of browsing,
> > including an application error for the "history" page and dead links
> > on the front page.  It gave me more of a feeling of, "I'm glad I don't
> > use rails" instead of "gee this is cool."
>
> Absolutely!
> > P.S.  Not to blow my horn, but I code for a living and have been
> > developing in Smalltalk for 20 years.  I also know Python pretty
> > well.  I'm a web site newbie, tho, and I still find web2py daunting to
> > use.  When I'm programming in web2py I keep open four windows -- the
> > application I'm working on, the web2py manual PDF, a browser to this
> > newsgroup, and a Komodo window open on the source.  We need docs.
> > Lots of docs!
>
> Same as me + the administrative interface. Strike the 20 years
> experience :-(
> I just gravitate towards Aptana on the Mac and the fantastic Ulipad on
> Windows.
> And I keep hiting walls and taking a lot of time to do relatively simple
> things.
>
> My point is a wiki is probably not the best investment for web2py.
> Though I must agree that this depends fundamentally on Massimos goals.
>
> Miguel
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