I oppose and here is why. A few people have asked web2py related questions on stack overflow. Almost all of them have at least one generic answer by somebody who knows nothing about web2py. On Stack overflow there is no sense of community (other than the stack overflow community) and people try to answer even when they know nothing about the topic.
Massimo On Sep 17, 10:58 am, mwolfe02 <michael.joseph.wo...@gmail.com> wrote: > My vote: > - ask questions on StackOverflow using the existing web2py tag > - follow the questions using this RSS feed: > http://stackoverflow.com/feeds/tag/web2py > > I like StackOverflow a lot and I think it is a much better interface > than Google Groups. I asked my first few questions about web2py on SO > and was a bit reluctant to have to join Google Groups just to get > answers to my web2py questions. That said, the user community here is > second to none. I've been amazed how quickly my questions have not > only been answered, but in many cases answered by _core developers_! > > The problem, as I see it, is that like it or not, StackOverflow is > quickly becoming a tool not only for getting technical questions > answered, but also to gauge the popularity of various programming > languages, web frameworks, etc. When I was trying to decide what web > framework to use for my most recent project I looked at the most > popular questions for Django, ASP.NET, etc. as well as the number of > questions, by tag name, for each of those frameworks. > > The relatively low number of questions (compared to Django, for > example) and the apparent lack of knowledgeable users (web2py > questions are answered almost exclusively by Massimo) was nearly > enough to lead me away from web2py. It was not until I finally > relented to Massimo referring me to this Google Group that I was truly > pleased with my decision to use web2py. > > I think Google Groups remains the proper place to discuss the > direction of the web2py project. However, I think we should start > making an effort to ask and answer web2py technical questions on SO. > > On Sep 16, 10:40 am, cjrh <caleb.hatti...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sep 16, 1:31 pm, Narendran <gunanar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > What does the community > > > think of having a stackexchange page for web2py? > > > Good idea. The StackOverflow model is the future of technical Q&A > > forums. I joined and added some good and bad questions. We need > > 59 more users to join in support. > >
