[Catalyst] RFC: The paradox of choice in web development

[Kevin Monceaux]

Catalyst Fans,

On Fri, 13 Feb 2009, David Steiner wrote:

> i added my comments to the article, suggesting that we step up on the
> documentation and marketing! we need to give the layperson a easier ride in
> starting out with catalyst. and that requires more tutorials/screencasts,
> better official documentation, and more books being written. tell me what you
> people think of the article and how we can get catalyst more used and known.

As a newbie I can certainly agree that all of the above suggestions 
regarding documentation/books/tutorials/screencasts would be good things. 
I have a couple of sites I'm considering switching to Catalyst, one of 
which is currently Django based and still running running version 0.97. 
I haven't really been keeping up with Django lately and have hardly looked 
at the 1.x branch yet.  I keep trying to develop a fondness for Python, 
but it hasn't happened yet.  But, a recent Django documentation discovery 
has me considering trying harder to love Python.  A couple of days ago I 
discovered that with the documentation sources included in the Django 
source tarball one can generate documentation in a variety of formats, 
including pdf.  Projects with pdf documentation always score extra points 
with me.  It would be better if the pdf manual was available on the Django 
site, but being able to generate it from sources is still a plus in 
Django's favor.  Even if viewing on screen, I like documentation that at 
least looks like a book.  And, I frequently print out bits of 
documentation to read in bed.  I generated the available pdf Django docs 
and ended up with a 748 page manual!!!  And, from a quick search on Amazon 
it appears half a dozen up-to-date Django books have come out in the last 
few months.  I'm impressed with the available Django docs.



Kevin
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