dlang.org redesign -- the state of documentation and learning resources [part 2]

[Zach the Mystic via Digitalmars-d]

On Saturday, 24 January 2015 at 18:59:52 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 06:51:08PM +0000, Zach the Mystic via 
> Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> On Friday, 23 January 2015 at 21:56:59 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
>> >On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 09:20:10PM +0000, Zach the Mystic via
>> >Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> >[...]
>> >>I have a basic suggestion on how to get started. Create a 
>> >>"Learning
>> >>D" button and put it on the menu at left on the front page. 
>> >>On the
>> >>page it links to, start by researching and listing every 
>> >>existing
>> >>resource for learning D, in a "kitchen sink" kind of way. 
>> >>Now future
>> >>contributors can know what already exists, and what doesn't. 
>> >>The
>> >>importance of this list is that anyone wanting to help 
>> >>create new
>> >>teaching aids can quickly get up to speed on the current 
>> >>state of
>> >>affairs. They can feel assured that they're not duplicating 
>> >>anyone
>> >>else's work. As the official list and accessible from the 
>> >>front
>> >>page, it's more likely to be kept up to date. The point is 
>> >>that it
>> >>serves double duty both as a treasure trove of learning 
>> >>links, and
>> >>as a complete reference for future contributors. Destroy, 
>> >>please!
>> >
>> >Let's see the PR! ;-)
>> >
>> >
>> >T
>> 
>> Consider me destroyed! I mean to get started with it, but 
>> it'll take a
>> week or so.
>
> A week is a short time as far as D pull requests go. :-P
>
> Also, incremental is the key. Don't bite off more than you can 
> chew.
> Start with a barebones skeletal version of what you envision. 
> Make it
> work, then submit the PR. Let others build upon it.
>
>
> T

Here it is, T:

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/878

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14088

I think we should make the Wiki the first place beginners should 
go. It's quite a step ahead of the dlang.org website. We should 
transfer all the articles on dlang to the Wiki, IMO.

Just look at how clunky and old some of dlang is compared to the 
Wiki. There seems to be a huge rift between the advantages of 
using DDoc to keep code documentation up to date, and the 
advantages of the easily and instantly edited Wiki. Looking at 
the two sites, the Wiki is the clear winner for anything except 
the language and library reference... and it could eventually be 
the winner even on those, with enough people editing without the 
burden of code review or Ddoc's learning curve.