Some valid and interesting questions can get unanswered, slip below the radar, that's bound to happen everywhere. I have a feeling that web2py community is very active when compared to some others, taking the number of members into account. It would be interesting to put some numbers behind this and prove one way or another, but alas, I don't really have the time... :/
My personal observations are that unanswered questions are often either a) accompanied by complex, long examples of code, which many readers don't have time to decipher; b) answered many times before or so general, that they aren't web2py specific at all (ie. general css or html questions); c) very specific, with sparse information about the problem itself (such as individual web server configurations, etc.). I might be wrong though, as I naturally don't read everything... Regards, Ales On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 3:25 PM, Jim S <j...@qlf.com> wrote: > +1 to what Peter said. > > > On Thursday, November 29, 2012 4:06:30 AM UTC-6, peter wrote: >> >> In my experience, and what I have seen from following the threads, the >> norm is for questions to be answered very well and very quickly. One of the >> many pleasures of using Web2py is the responsiveness of the users group. >> There might be the odd exception to this, but this is unusual I believe. So >> sorry if you had a bad exprience Daniele, but I do not think most users find >> this. >> Peter >> >> >> On Thursday, 29 November 2012 01:14:52 UTC, Daniele wrote: >>> >>> I really believe web2py will indeed become the "rails for python" as >>> someone mentioned. Actually, I believe it's much better, easier to use and >>> comprehend, and more pleasant to develop in. >>> >>> That said, I agree web2py needs to reach a critical mass of users because >>> as of now, it's too hard to get the support to even simple answers, which >>> sometime require days to be answered on google groups. A much wider user >>> base would rapidly solve this problem quite naturally. I think the solution >>> to this would be word of mouth: more users need to use web2py and spread the >>> word of how good it is by mere word of mouth. It's possible, I believe the >>> project can really outshine all the other python web frameworks. >>> >>> On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 4:39:06 AM UTC, User wrote: >>>> >>>> I noticed a thread over in web2py-developers web3py - important! which >>>> was exciting to read. I've flirted with web2py and there's a lot that I >>>> like about it. For some reason I find web2py exciting whereas django >>>> doesn't provide that. I've used Yii on the php side which is great >>>> framework as far as php goes and asp.net mvc which is great as well. I'd >>>> love to work with python but the main thing making me hesitate with web2py >>>> is critical mass. >>>> >>>> It seems like it wouldn't be hard for web2py to really dominate the >>>> python web framework space if some of the core criticisms were addressed. >>>> I'm not fully up to speed on what they are but I usually hear about unit >>>> testing and global variables. It feels like there is a roadblock >>>> preventing >>>> the project from skyrocketing. Python needs a rails. I understand that >>>> the >>>> design decisions are by choice with pros and cons. >>>> >>>> My questions are: >>>> 1. Will web3py likely address these often repeated core criticisms? (I >>>> saw point 5 from the thread linked to above: "5) No more global >>>> environment. >>>> Apps will do "from web3py import *" (see below)") >>>> 2. The developer thread is over in the developers section. Will you >>>> have a more open forum for users (as opposed to developers) to have input >>>> on >>>> web3py? >>>> >>>> > > -- > > > --
