Dojo
Learning and science
coding tutorials
SHOW HN2011
119points
29comments
#80of 1,097 in 2011
Top 8%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
4 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 7 critical, out of 17 comments about the project. Thread score -0.03.
Idea: 1 for, 4 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Intro tutorial is great and convincing
From 2 comments
The intro tutorial is great! Just the right mix of brevity/content, and totally convinced me to sign up. Only suggestion - find a way to speed up the deployment process. It might…
2arrs2ells on HNIt was exciting. Yup, I sound like a complete dork, but for someone who just doesn't have the ability to pick up coding like he used to, this was great. A few explanations in the…
jamesbressi on HN
Deploying apps quickly and easily
From 1 comment
I enjoyed going through those tutorials, and I think I know more about Ruby now! What's the time scale on further tutorials? The platform (including the ability to deploy apps…
leoedin on HN
Objections
Name is confused with the Dojo Toolkit JavaScript framework
From 3 comments
The headline talked about using Dojo but the tutorial is 100% Sinatra and ROR. Is Dojo used in other tutorials or is the word Dojo just used because it is in the URL. The layout…
kls on HNWhile I understand that this isn't about the Dojo toolkit nor the fellow who submitted the post to it here (Thanks!), I can't help but feel that the folks who created this…
moonlighter on HNDojo has already lost the battle. I used it for awhile and it is a cool framework. However, Jquery has it beat in terms of documentation (code and usage) and community support (I…
rick888 on HN
Deployment takes too long, spinner wait
From 1 comment
The intro tutorial is great! Just the right mix of brevity/content, and totally convinced me to sign up. Only suggestion - find a way to speed up the deployment process. It might…
2arrs2ells on HN
Requests
Python tutorials
From 1 comment
I really like this. It'd be great to see some Python tutorials though.
dlf on HN
Node.js tutorials
From 1 comment
I enjoyed going through those tutorials, and I think I know more about Ruby now! What's the time scale on further tutorials? The platform (including the ability to deploy apps…
leoedin on HN
Objective C and iPhone tutorials
From 1 comment
It was exciting. Yup, I sound like a complete dork, but for someone who just doesn't have the ability to pick up coding like he used to, this was great. A few explanations in the…
jamesbressi on HN
Questions
What is the time scale for further tutorials?
From 1 comment
I enjoyed going through those tutorials, and I think I know more about Ruby now! What's the time scale on further tutorials? The platform (including the ability to deploy apps…
leoedin on HN
Alternatives named
Dojo Toolkit
From 2 comments
I had the same confusion - I thought it was talking about http://dojotoolkit.org/
simonw on HNDojo has already lost the battle. I used it for awhile and it is a cool framework. However, Jquery has it beat in terms of documentation (code and usage) and community support (I…
rick888 on HN