Call to action: updating the D Wiki Cookbook

[tastyminerals]

On Thursday, 16 July 2020 at 13:28:43 UTC, WebFreak001 wrote:
> Currently there is a lot of outdated code which no longer 
> works, links to the now-dead dpaste website and code which can 
> be improved a lot on https://wiki.dlang.org/Cookbook
>
> Just now I rewrote and upgraded
>
> https://wiki.dlang.org/Using_string_mixins_for_logging
>
> to
>
> https://wiki.dlang.org/Logging_mechanisms
>
>
> Let's update the cookbook section to the newest standards and 
> fill the current WIP pages with content. If you work on 
> something I think it might be best if you also post it here so 
> people know what is being worked on and can pick different 
> things.
>
> For best results use as many language idioms as make sense and 
> are useful, use the standard library instead of writing boiler 
> plate code and write easy to understand / documented code.
>
> Things that need work:
>
> - new content
> - upgrade dpaste links to run.dlang.io
> - add/update Wiki metadata (mark unfinished pages as Draft)
> - proofreading
> - finally promoting pages from Draft to Established
>
> This section of the Wiki is directly linked on the front page 
> of the Wiki and could become a central spot to share code 
> idioms and example code. It is currently in quite a bad shape 
> and needs some polishing, however it has a good starting 
> foundation.

I recently saw some cool D one-liner mentions for console in 
https://forum.dlang.org/post/zneiemciembtbfhkhvbk@forum.dlang.org

echo 'import std; void main() { 
File("emu.sift","r").byLine.map!(a => a.splitter(" 
").front.to!double).maxElement.writeln; }' | dmd -run -

Original author "Jordan Wilson".

This can be also added.