[ale] [OT] Is there a programmer's equivalent to the ALE mailing list?

[Scott M. Jones]

"what are some disciplines to digest a large code base"

- Top-down
- Bottom-up
- "Spiral": Pick one feature to focus on first, work your way out from
there.
- Open source: Clone a copy, change stuff, see what happens and where.
** Set up the complete tool chain for building as a starting point.
This is always the biggest PITA of ANY project.  Bonus points to any
project that has this process well documented.
- Ask, ask, ask in the appropriate venue
- Open source projects nearly always need help, as long as someone is
actively working on them.
- Know/learn the function of the product/service completely (all use
cases) before starting.

"how do you inspire other coders to join a project"

- All source completely open
- Working code, easy to demo
- "Cool" factor (hard to define)
- Remove all barriers to entry (i.e. document tool chain setup for
contributors)
- Code of Conduct once the project starts to attract contributors
- Web site (or README at a minimum) that completely and succinctly
describes the value proposition.  This is where marketing comes in.
You're not selling a product, you're building a team.

You always learn more from doing a project than reading a book.  Find an
itch and scratch it.


On 8/15/19 8:45 AM, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:
> Scott, thanks! Sadly, I think Slack is the MS of social networking.
> Google, now that a whistle-blower has called them out for planning to
> control the 2020 election (1), has become as evil as Oracle.
> 
> Says the guy still using a gmail address.  :(
> 
> I live in SC, so ATL is a commute. Even if I wanted to drive there. In
> general, I prefer e-mail.
> 
> My current crop of questions are pretty much language agnostic, like
> "what are some disciplines to digest a large code base" and "how do you
> inspire other coders to join a project".
> 
> Leam
> 
> 1.
> https://alabamaeagle.org/2019/06/24/whistleblower-at-google-exposes-major-conservative-suppression/
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/15/19 8:35 AM, Scott M. Jones wrote:
>> If you don't hate Slack completely and don't mind the Atlanta focus,
>> there is: https://tech404.github.io
>>
>> I see another one I haven't tried: http://slack.codeforatlanta.org
>>
>> Each language will likely have it's own resources if you search hard
>> enough, assuming you want something that is not geo-focused.
>>
>> Let's face it, Mailman is a bit, ummm, old school.
>>
>> Also, not sure where you are, but don't forget me[ea]tspace: meetup.com
>>
>> -Scott
>>
>>
>> On 8/15/19 7:42 AM, Leam Hall via Ale wrote:
>>> Like, one where I can ask general programming life questions, and that
>>> has a high signal to noise ratio?
>>
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