New DUB documentation

[bachmeier]

On Wednesday, 22 November 2023 at 21:35:34 UTC, WebFreak001 wrote:
> the revamped DUB documentation I started a while ago is now 
> deployed on https://dub.pm

Limiting my comments to the "Getting Started" page, since that's 
obviously where new programmers will go first.

On the very first page, there are links to the DUB registry 
website and assorted man pages. You've just lost half the 
audience right there. The best possible outcome is that the user 
is confused but pushes on. It says "You can also skip ahead to 
First steps if you already have dub installed." How do they know 
if it's installed?

The first page has to be crystal clear. It can't have 
distractions or require knowledge of the installation status of 
this thing called "DUB".

The "First Steps" page is likely to be the last steps for many. 
It provides a CLI command and then shows a bunch of output from 
an interactive session with no explanation. That's followed by a 
brief discussion of directories and files. There's also mention 
of .gitignore, so I guess that means Git is required to use DUB. 
Then there's discussion of two formats, with no information on 
how to choose, or why it's important. That's followed by a 
presentation of configuration files with no explanation.

I wish I could be positive, but this doesn't move the needle. The 
two key ingredients for a getting started guide are examples and 
explanations, and both are missing.