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Posted to dev@cordova.apache.org by Shazron <sh...@gmail.com> on 2016/04/19 03:29:11 UTC
Re: Does Cordova have a problem making developers happy?
Please see my comments on Robert's document, do chime in:
https://github.com/cordova/cordova-discuss/pull/36
On Tuesday, March 29, 2016, Robert Posener <rp...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I did, but as my reply said, it wasn't showing up.
>
> Regards
> *Rob Posener*
> 0419 012 627
>
> On 30 March 2016 at 05:01, Jesse <purplecabbage@gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > Good observations Julio, we should definitely talk to stack-overflow
> about
> > the merged tags.
> >
> > Robert, you didn't send the pull request back to cordova/cordova-discuss,
> > so no one could see it. I have done so here:
> > https://github.com/cordova/cordova-discuss/pull/35
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > @purplecabbage
> > risingj.com
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 4:29 AM, julio cesar sanchez <
> > jcesarmobile@gmail.com <javascript:;>
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > Joe said:
> > >
> > > "I also find it interesting that people are hating on Cordova, and not
> > > PhoneGap, Ionic, Taco or the other distributions."
> > >
> > > It's curious that Ionic has it's own tag, with about the same number of
> > > questions that Cordova tag, but it's not on any of the lists (and it's
> > not
> > > because all Ionic questios are tagged with Cordova tag too, in fact,
> most
> > > of them aren't)
> > >
> > > But when people is using Phonegap and add the Phonegap tag to the
> > question,
> > > stack overflow replaces it with a Cordova tag because they decided long
> > > time ago that they were synonyms, so you can't use Phonegap tag and we
> > > can't be sure if they are using Cordova or Phonegap unless they tell it
> > on
> > > the question.
> > >
> > > I think that's a mistake by stack overflow part, because people using
> > > phonegap doesn't follow same workflow that people using cordova as
> > Phonegap
> > > docs are different, they mostly use the developer app to test, and
> > phonegap
> > > users might have different problems.
> > >
> > > There are a lot of questions about "xxxx-xxxx 3rd party plugin isn't
> > > working on my app", and the problem is they are using the phonegap
> > > developer app. But they don't mention that they are using phonegap,
> they
> > > just add the phonegap tag, and stack overflow replaces it with a
> Cordova
> > > tag. They don't mention that they are using the Phonegap developer app
> > > neither because they think that's the way of running Phonegap apps. I
> see
> > > at least one of those everyday on stack overflow or some other forums.
> > >
> > > I've filed a few issues on the phonegap docs page so they can make
> > clearer
> > > to users that when using the phonegap developer app they are not really
> > > running their app, and they have some issues open to list the developer
> > app
> > > limitations. Once they are addressed, maybe the developers are a bit
> > > happier.
> > >
> > > But I'm not sure what to do about the stack overflow synonym, should we
> > > tell them to remove the synonym so people can use Phonegap and Cordova
> as
> > > different tags?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 2016-03-29 8:23 GMT+02:00 Robert Posener <rposener8@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>:
> > >
> > > > I think I have created a discussion, but it is not showing up... yet
> > > > another frustrations!
> > > >
> > > > Rob
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > *Rob Posener*
> > > > 0419 012 627
> > > >
> > > > On 29 March 2016 at 16:48, Parashuram N <panarasi@microsoft.com
> <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I am not sure if everyone got the attachment. Rob, can I request
> you
> > > to
> > > > > create an issue on https://github.com/cordova/cordova-discuss so
> > that
> > > we
> > > > > could start following up on specific issues there ?
> > > > >
> > > > > From: Robert Posener <rposener8@gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> > > > > Reply-To: "dev@cordova.apache.org <javascript:;>" <
> dev@cordova.apache.org <javascript:;>>
> > > > > Date: Monday, March 28, 2016 at 10:08 PM
> > > > > To: "dev@cordova.apache.org <javascript:;>" <
> dev@cordova.apache.org <javascript:;>>
> > > > > Subject: Re: Does Cordova have a problem making developers happy?
> > > > >
> > > > > Gerday all,
> > > > > Because of the serious nature of this thread, I have produced a
> > 6-page
> > > > > contribution of issues together with recommendations for fixing
> them
> > in
> > > > the
> > > > > attachment to this email.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards
> > > > >
> > > > > Rob Posener
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards
> > > > > Rob Posener
> > > > > 0419 012 627
> > > > >
> > > > > On 19 March 2016 at 08:31, Joe Bowser <bowserj@gmail.com
> <javascript:;><mailto:
> > > > > bowserj@gmail.com <javascript:;>>> wrote:
> > > > > I don't entirely agree with this, since usually we do respond. We
> > > don't
> > > > > just accept things that get thrown at us, which I think is the
> > > > expectation.
> > > > >
> > > > > I think we need to make sure we come to some resolution and
> actually
> > > > solve
> > > > > the problem in a timely manner. We've had both extremes of
> > discussing
> > > a
> > > > > problem to death and cowboy coding, and neither extreme works well.
> > > > >
> > > > > As for getting there, I have no idea. Any thoughts?
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, Mar 18, 2016, 2:23 PM Raghav Katyal <
> rakatyal@microsoft.com <javascript:;>
> > > > > <mailto:rakatyal@microsoft.com <javascript:;>>> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I guess responding to JIRA quickly and acting on contributors'
> PRs
> > > > could
> > > > > > be candidates for improvement.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: Nikhil Khandelwal [mailto:nikhilkh@microsoft.com
> <javascript:;><mailto:
> > > > > nikhilkh@microsoft.com <javascript:;>>]
> > > > > > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 11:18 AM
> > > > > > To: dev@cordova.apache.org <javascript:;><mailto:
> dev@cordova.apache.org <javascript:;>>
> > > > > > Subject: Re: Does Cordova have a problem making developers happy?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have been guilty of not spending too much time on stackoverflow
> > > > > > answering questions. It’s on my TODO list. For those who have,
> what
> > > are
> > > > > > there general themes of improvement here that will make a huge
> > > impact?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I remember Julio summarized this last year [1] and I believe we
> > have
> > > > made
> > > > > > progress on a lot of these – docs, PATH setup. Though the impact
> of
> > > our
> > > > > > docs work is yet to be seen – we just did a big update in terms
> of
> > > > > > organization [2]. There’s probably more to be done in terms of
> > docs –
> > > > > > tutorials, examples for plugin API usage, integration with other
> > > tools
> > > > > like
> > > > > > gulp, browserify etc. What are other good candidates for
> > improvement?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I found it interesting that our own survey [3] in October had
> > > somewhat
> > > > > > high Net promoter score (NPS).
> > > > > >
> > > > > > [1]
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 3/17/16, 5:55 PM, "Carlos Santana" <csantana23@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>
> > <mailto:
> > > > > csantana23@gmail.com <javascript:;>>> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >I agree Joe
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >It's easy to create a stackoverflow subscription that emails you
> > > once
> > > > a
> > > > > > >day.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >I have one that covers "cordova" "worklight" "mobilefirst"
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >I tried to answer what I can, but reading it daily which is not
> > > every
> > > > > > >day that I get something probably most every other day with a
> few.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >At least reading all the new questions gives me a sense on what
> > > people
> > > > > > >are having problems on.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 8:46 PM Joe Bowser <bowserj@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>
> > > <mailto:
> > > > > bowserj@gmail.com <javascript:;>>> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >> BTW: The last one was a joke. But in all honesty, we should
> all
> > > > > > >> spend a bit more time on Stack seeing what's going on there
> with
> > > our
> > > > > > >> respective products/distributions.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 5:43 PM, Joe Bowser <
> bowserj@gmail.com <javascript:;>
> > > > > <mailto:bowserj@gmail.com <javascript:;>>> wrote:
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> > On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Ryan J. Salva
> > > > > > >> > <rsalva@microsoft.com <javascript:;><mailto:
> rsalva@microsoft.com <javascript:;>>>
> > > > > > >> > wrote:
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> >> Keep in mind that the answers are limited to the
> technologies
> > > > that
> > > > > > >> >> Stack Overflow chooses to offer in their list of options.
> > They
> > > > have
> > > > > > an "other"
> > > > > > >> >> option with a text box, but people's answers are largely
> > driven
> > > > by
> > > > > > >> >> the checkbox options.
> > > > > > >> >>
> > > > > > >> >>
> > > > > > >> > So, we somehow pissed off the Stack Overflow guys???
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> >
> > > > > > >> >>
> > > > > > >> >>
> > > > > > >> >> Ryan J. Salva | Principal PM Manager Visual Studio Tools
> > for
> > > > > > >> >> Apache Cordova rsalva@microsoft.com <javascript:;><mailto:
> > > rsalva@microsoft.com <javascript:;>>
> > > > > > >> >> 425 706 5270<tel:425%20706%205270> office
> > > > > > >> >> 206 612 5079<tel:206%20612%205079> mobile
> > > > > > >> >>
> > > > > > >> >> -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > >> >> From: Joe Bowser [mailto:bowserj@gmail.com <javascript:;>
> <mailto:
> > > > > bowserj@gmail.com <javascript:;>>]
> > > > > > >> >> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 5:21 PM
> > > > > > >> >> To: dev <dev@cordova.apache.org <javascript:;><mailto:
> > dev@cordova.apache.org <javascript:;>
> > > >>
> > > > > > >> >> Subject: Re: Does Cordova have a problem making developers
> > > happy?
> > > > > > >> >>
> > > > > > >> >> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 5:12 PM, Ryan J. Salva
> > > > > > >> >> <rsalva@microsoft.com <javascript:;><mailto:
> rsalva@microsoft.com <javascript:;>>>
> > > > > > >> >> wrote:
> > > > > > >> >>
> > > > > > >> >> > As I told some of my co-workers today:
> > > > > > >> >> >
> > > > > > >> >> > If you read the fine print, the actual statistic is “% of
> > > > > > >> >> > developers who are developing with the language or tech
> but
> > > > have
> > > > > > >> >> > not expressed interest in continuing to do so.” Clearly,
> > it’s
> > > > > > >> >> > not a good list to be on, but developer behavior also
> > doesn’t
> > > > > > reflect their stated intent.
> > > > > > >> >> > NPM Stats show the number of Cordova downloads has
> actually
> > > > > > >> >> > doubled since the same time last year.
> > > > > > >> >> >
> > > > > > >> >> > Again, I don’t think this is a good list to appear on…
> I’m
> > > just
> > > > > > >> >> > not sure what to make of it given developer behavior.
> > > > > > >> >> >
> > > > > > >> >>
> > > > > > >> >> I'd rather be on that list instead of not be on any list.
> > I'd
> > > be
> > > > > > >> >> more concerned with the fact that we're on the "Losers"
> > section
> > > > of
> > > > > > >> >> the
> > > > > > >> trending
> > > > > > >> >> tech with a 7% decrease in the number of questions, which
> > > > indicate
> > > > > > >> >> that people either have no problems (not very likely) or
> are
> > > just
> > > > > > >> >> giving
> > > > > > >> up. I
> > > > > > >> >> haven't been answering questions on Stack for a while,
> mostly
> > > > > > >> >> because they're using some third party framework like ionic
> > or
> > > > > > something else.
> > > > > > >> >>
> > > > > > >> >> I also find it interesting that people are hating on
> Cordova,
> > > and
> > > > > > >> >> not PhoneGap, Ionic, Taco or the other distributions.
> > > > > > >> >>
> > > > > > >> >>
> > > > > > >> >> >
> > > > > > >> >> >
> > > > > > >> >> > Ryan J. Salva | Principal PM Manager Visual Studio
> Tools
> > > for
> > > > > > >> >> > Apache Cordova rsalva@microsoft.com <javascript:;>
> <mailto:
> > > > rsalva@microsoft.com <javascript:;>>
> > > > > > >> >> > 425 706 5270<tel:425%20706%205270> office
> > > > > > >> >> > 206 612 5079<tel:206%20612%205079> mobile
> > > > > > >> >> >
> > > > > > >> >> > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > >> >> > From: Joe Bowser [mailto:bowserj@gmail.com
> <javascript:;><mailto:
> > > > > bowserj@gmail.com <javascript:;>>]
> > > > > > >> >> > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 5:08 PM
> > > > > > >> >> > To: dev <dev@cordova.apache.org <javascript:;><mailto:
> > > dev@cordova.apache.org <javascript:;>
> > > > >>
> > > > > > >> >> > Subject: Re: Does Cordova have a problem making
> developers
> > > > happy?
> > > > > > >> >> >
> > > > > > >> >> > On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 5:03 PM, Jesse <
> > > > purplecabbage@gmail.com <javascript:;>
> > > > > <mailto:purplecabbage@gmail.com <javascript:;>>>
> > > > > > >> wrote:
> > > > > > >> >> >
> > > > > > >> >> > > Never trust people's answers when you ask them what
> they
> > > > like!
> > > > > > >> >> > > They are almost always wrong, and will tell you what
> they
> > > > > > >> >> > > think they like, or think they will seem cooler if they
> > > > liked.
> > > > > > >> >> > >
> > > > > > >> >> > >
> > > > > > >> >> > +1
> > > > > > >> >> >
> > > > > > >> >> > It's interesting that CoffeeScript is on this list and
> that
> > > it
> > > > > > >> >> > passed Cordova in most dreaded. I also wonder what would
> > > > happen
> > > > > > >> >> > if we went on the WordPress mailing list and talked about
> > how
> > > > > > >> >> > people were so unhappy with WordPress.
> > > > > > >> >> >
> > > > > > >> >> >
> > > > > > >> >> > >
> > > > > > >> >> > > > On Mar 17, 2016, at 5:04 AM, julio cesar sanchez
> > > > > > >> >> > > > <jcesarmobile@gmail.com <javascript:;><mailto:
> jcesarmobile@gmail.com <javascript:;>
> > >>
> > > > > > >> >> > > wrote:
> > > > > > >> >> > > >
> > > > > > >> >> > > > 2016 survey is out
> > > > > > >> >> > > >
> > > > > > >> >> > > > Most Dreaded technologies:
> > > > > > >> >> > > >
> > > > > > >> >> > > > Visual Basic 79.5%
> > > > > > >> >> > > > WordPress 74.3%
> > > > > > >> >> > > > Matlab 72.8%
> > > > > > >> >> > > > Sharepoint 72.1%
> > > > > > >> >> > > > CoffeeScript 71.0%
> > > > > > >> >> > > > LAMP 68.7%
> > > > > > >> >> > > > Cordova 66.9%
> > > > > > >> >> > > > Salesforce 65.4%
> > > > > > >> >> > > > Other 61.5%
> > > > > > >> >> > > > Perl 61.3%
> > > > > > >> >> > > > SQL Server & SQL 60.3%
> > > > > > >> >> > > > Objective-C 60.2%
> > > > > > >> >> > > >
> > > > > > >> >> > > >
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