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[Steve Holden]

Shalabh Chaturvedi wrote:
> Steve Holden wrote:
> 
>>How does
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>>   http://beta.python.org/about/beginners/
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>>look?
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> 
> 
> 
> Steve,
> 
> This is a great writeup. Here are my comments:
> 
> 1. "Fortunately Python is something that an experienced programmer of 
> another language (be it ..."
> 
> Add C# and/or Java to this list. The current list might scare away a lot 
> of people ;).
> 
I just went with "whatever it may be" as even less exclusive :-)

> 2. "also available as the python-list mailing list"
> 
> Add "or a google group (link)".
> 
Gimme the link!

> 3. "You may want to find out which text editors* are tailored to make 
> Python editing* easy"
> 
> Change at two places:
> You may want to find out which text editors or IDEs 
> (http://wiki.python.org/moin/IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironments) are 
> tailored to make Python programming easy.
> 
I added IDE's as a separate category - great idea!

> 4. Typo: look for 'welcomne'
> 
Fixed, thanks.

> 5. There seems to be a great overlap between this and what could go in 
> the 'For Developers' section. Maybe we need only one section ('For 
> Developers'?) In general many pages with overlapping content confuse me 
> (and probably others)
> 
Don't agree. Repetition is actually better that presenting each piece of 
information precisely once for many purposes.

Anyway, I am also working on the developer section in parallel to 
improve the focus of that content.

> 6. The 'About' page should have an additional section:
> 
> Python is Popular
> 
> Thousands of developers use Python to make themselves more productive in 
> application domains across the board - enterprise computing, web 
> development, game development, scientific and numerical computing, 
> embedded and mobile development and more. See `Success Stories` and 
> `Quotes` to discover more.
> 
> Thanks,
> Shalabh
> 
Excellent, thanks!

regards
  Steve
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