Idea/request: If you have a DUB project, add a code.dlang.org badge to README

jklp via Digitalmars-d-learn digitalmars-d-learn at puremagic.com
Tue Dec 30 13:19:51 PST 2014


On Tuesday, 30 December 2014 at 21:12:38 UTC, Kiith-Sa wrote:
> A few weeks/months ago someone here mentioned that it'd be good 
> if DUB projects linked to code.dlang.org to help anyone who 
> runs into such a project quickly discover other D projects.
>
> MAny GitHub projects have "badges"/"shields" on top of their 
> READMEs - little image strips showing things like continuous 
> integration status, code coverage, etc.
>
> There's also a service generating these: shields.io
>
> I generated a simple "listed at| code.dlang.org" shield, and 
> added it to my project READMEs as a link pointing to 
> code.dlang.org for example, see D:YAML README:
>
>   https://github.com/kiith-sa/D-YAML
>
> You can do the same by either linking to or downloading the 
> shield:
>
>   
> https://img.shields.io/badge/listed%20at-code.dlang.org-red.png
>
> (used red... because mars)
>
> and putting the image (whether as a link to shields.io or your 
> own copy) into your README.
>
>
>
> It's not likely to be a huge improvement, but I expect it *can* 
> help people notice more D projects and it's trivial to do.

red is connoted negative/agressive, I think blue would be better.
Or maybe yellow-mustard for those who have doubtful tastes...



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