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I just want to say that I'm psyched to be a new member of the SproutCore community. It's a lot stronger than it looked from the outside, and two of the most exc

by wycats 16y ago

I just want to say that I'm psyched to be a new member of the SproutCore community. It's a lot stronger than it looked from the outside, and two of the most exciting features in the 1.4 announcement (GreenHouse and SCXIB) are community projects through and through. I also can't wait to start rolling out the documentation work we've been working on. If there's one thing we need, it's better documentation, and getting some full-time OSS love is really going to make the difference.

railsjedi 16y ago
Awesome. Sproutcore project has a lot of potential. I was dabbling with Sencha for some mobile client app work, but with the new touch functionality in SproutCore 1.4, it's taken back my interest. You're right on about the documentation. As of a few months ago, it seemed very daunting to start a new SproutCore project (especially with the update from 0.9 -> 1.0). A solid doc site (like Rails Guides) and maybe a few paid books / screencast series would go a long way. A good example is AppCelerator, which does a really good job with premium training classes and I think it's really helped them get developers onboard. The work Charles did a while back on SproutCasts was pretty awesome. Would be great to see more of those.
SkyMarshal 16y ago
High on my todo list has been to really learn one of SproutCore or Cappuccino and build something cool with it, but I've been torn between which one to start with. Initially I was leaning toward Cappuccino, but recent announcements (yours, and Motorola buying Cappuccino) have me leaning toward starting with SproutCore now. Did you consider Cappuccino at all when making you decision? What's your take on the relative strengths and weaknesses of the two platforms and their communities (if you've dabbled enough in Cap to have opinions on this)?
necubi 16y ago
As someone who learned sproutcore last fall, I found the documentation really lacking, and it hasn't gotten much better since then. Mostly I learned by reading the source code, which fortunately is very clear, but that's too much effort for most people to take. Regardless, I'm very excited for 1.4. There was so little public progress since 1.0.1042 was released that it seemed as if the project had lost momentum. I'm glad to see that's not the case and that Strobe is pushing ahead to improve things.

by wycats 16y ago

railsjedi 16y ago

Awesome. Sproutcore project has a lot of potential. I was dabbling with Sencha for some mobile client app work, but with the new touch functionality in SproutCore 1.4, it's taken back my interest. You're right on about the documentation. As of a few months ago, it seemed very daunting to start a new SproutCore project (especially with the update from 0.9 -> 1.0). A solid doc site (like Rails Guides) and maybe a few paid books / screencast series would go a long way. A good example is AppCelerator, which does a really good job with premium training classes and I think it's really helped them get developers onboard. The work Charles did a while back on SproutCasts was pretty awesome. Would be great to see more of those.

SkyMarshal 16y ago

High on my todo list has been to really learn one of SproutCore or Cappuccino and build something cool with it, but I've been torn between which one to start with. Initially I was leaning toward Cappuccino, but recent announcements (yours, and Motorola buying Cappuccino) have me leaning toward starting with SproutCore now. Did you consider Cappuccino at all when making you decision? What's your take on the relative strengths and weaknesses of the two platforms and their communities (if you've dabbled enough in Cap to have opinions on this)?

necubi 16y ago

As someone who learned sproutcore last fall, I found the documentation really lacking, and it hasn't gotten much better since then. Mostly I learned by reading the source code, which fortunately is very clear, but that's too much effort for most people to take. Regardless, I'm very excited for 1.4. There was so little public progress since 1.0.1042 was released that it seemed as if the project had lost momentum. I'm glad to see that's not the case and that Strobe is pushing ahead to improve things.