I haven't written anything here for some time now. With a reason! As I already mentioned a few times, I am currently working on a small plattform and because I invested a lot of energy and time in getting it done, the moment is almost there! I think on monday (tomorrow), it'll be online. I will not reveal the name yet, but describe its functions.
It is all about MooTools, in my opinion THE JavaScript framework. What I don't like about it is, that you can only find plugins, that some people write for it, in the MooTools forum, because a simple internet search is not that satisfying. The forum again, is quite big and, as the users mostly talk about the linked plugins, also a bit unclear. So it may take some time until you have downloaded the piece of javascript you came for.
The website I developed, is designed to do better. Everyone can, after signing up, upload his own plugins, categorize and tag them. Additionally, you can define dependencies to other packages (also the core).
The users then can (without login) put plugins in the download basket (no shopping cart) and download them later. The website will care for the dependencies, and add them to the download automatically. You can also exclude the core packages if you already have a mootools script.
Of course, users can also rate the plugins and leave a comment. These ratings, the categories and the tags are intended to assist the user to find and download the plugin the want and to make these actions as easy and comfortable as possible.
I hope, this website will help the mootools framework to become even more successful than it is right now. I appreciate any comments, even if the website is not yet online. Of course I will write a new post when the website is finally online and then I will see whether the effort of the last days weeks was worth it. One more thing: it'll be completely free for everyone, of course!
Bin echt mal gespannt, und hoffe, dass sich die Arbeit langfristig gelohnt hat. Die Einblicke, die ich hatte, waren auf jeden Fall schon vielversprechend. Nun aber kommt es auf die Nutzer an, ob sie es so akzeptieren. Wünsche viel Erfolg.
Da kann ich mich Martin nur anschließen. Ich denke die Seite wird die Akzeptanz der Nutzer finden und sich mit der Zeit auch sicher verbreiten, da bin ich mir sicher