Dear all

In my view, one of the problems that new users have with symfony is that the askeet.com codebase, which would be a good way to introduce many of the symfony concepts, has not kept track of the new developments introduced in version 1.x.

Accordingly, I propose that we rewrite it, using the latest symfony mechanisms (like plugins), so that new users can have a more reliable and easier introduction into the world of symfony. I had the idea that each day could be done by one person, so that the workload is spread out and the responsibility is not carried by over-worked individual . I have emailed Fabien with this proposal, and he is in agreement.

I would imagine that we could start by asking people to put their names down, and optionally what day(s) they would like to rework. Then, as each day is completed, we would ask the community to take a look to see if things fit in with current "good practise", and modifications could be made accordingly. When the community is happy, the code can be committed to SVN ready for the next volunteer.

Could I trouble a few people to give some feedback on this idea? Who would like to join in? I will do a day as well

[Updated on: Wed, 23 January 2008 13:15]

Great, thanks.

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1. I guess we're keeping the current end-user features only, without extending them.

Yes, to keep things simple. Of course once it works, someone can maintain it if they wish, although that would be a separate project.

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2. What completion time frame are you thinking about for the whole project and for askeet-day?

In terms of how long it should take the user once it is finished, I thought that maintaining the 24 days would be a good idea, and I expect that the functionality added in each of the existing days should correspond to what we add in our replacement days.

In terms of how long it takes our assembled group of contributors to rewrite Askeet, it may not be necessary to specify an ETA. In fact, we could just have a list of programmers, each volunteering at short notice to do the next available day, so that we keep things moving. This might help avoid waiting a long time for one person - if people volunteer when they have a few hours clear in the following few days, we can try to avoid losing project momentum. So, so long as progress continues to be made, in my view it doesn't matter when it gets finished.

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3. We should open a separate forum [branch] for the project comments.

Good idea

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[Updated on: Thu, 30 August 2007 11:53]

[Updated on: Mon, 10 September 2007 11:19]

Hi guys,

Great idea - we discussed revamping askeet at Symfony Camp (hi Mike!).

I'm probably not the best person to rewrite day chapters since I'm still at the stage I need the askeet tutorial myself

However, I've done quite a bit of tech writing and am happy to do proof-reading/editing on a chapter or three.

Get in touch... rob [at] roblog [dot] com

Rob

[Updated on: Mon, 24 September 2007 18:58]