PEAR Documentation
[email protected] (Sean Coates)
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Regarding PHP Evangelism, I think there's a LOT of work to be done with PEAR, especially concerning documentation. (yes, I know there are PEAR lists, but this directly relates to evangelism). There was a recent thread on a message-board I frequent, discussing PEAR, and coding standards. (link: http://www.sitepointforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50331). Here's an excerpt that really got my attention: -- (1 -Skunk) PEAR is developing into a superb resource and it's a great shame more PHP coders aren't aware of it - this is mainly thanks to the PEAR site being pretty rubbish (there's lots of information on PEAR but very little of it is available to the public via pear.php.net) (2 -Skunk (again)) PEAR's greatest weakness in my opinion is pear.php.net - the documentation there is fine but it is very limited and gives a bad representation of what PEAR is. The fact that Renegade is hung up on the coding standard is a direct result of the PEAR website not being clear enough - instead of the coding standard being hidden away in an apendix somewhere where only PEAR developers will read it it is sat on the main website giving off the impression that it is the most important thing about PEAR. -- That pretty much sums it up, but to throw in my $0.02, I agree with Skunk. The PEAR site is great for developers who want to actually WORK on PEAR, but not so much for people who want to USE PEAR. Does anyone know of a more extensive PEAR documentation project? I know the site is "Beta" (hence the background), but, IMHO, it doesn't do the library justice. Opinions? S