Best ways to contribute?

[bzg]

What would be most helpful for the maintainers?

• Tests
• New ideas
• Documentation
• Donations

... maybe just a few lines in a Contributing section of the README would do. Even if the project isn't at a stage where it's necessary/expected to handle contributions.

[whamtet]

@bzg thanks for your suggestions. I've been polishing up the documentation and tests and I think they are fairly up to date. What we need is more of a 'killer app'.

I've written about it here, I am a long time (10+ years) Clojurian and I am disappointed with Clojure's growth. A pain point that new users encounter is trying to run / compile Clojurescript. They often try and give up, concluding Clojure is not that good. In reality is is the Clojurescript build process only which is not that good.

Because we have Clojure macros we can try nonconventional approaches to building web UIs and SimpleUI is one such approach. If a library like SimpleUI can catch on, the Clojure community will start adopting it and then that can be a growth path for Clojure in general. I have already started on one such app Launchpoint. Launchpoint is focused on software consulting work so it might not be ideal. Perhaps something like the software underlying Clojureverse. If you want to discuss further it may be easier to discuss directly, you can email me (Github username) at gmail.com.

[bzg]

Thanks for your reply.

Perhaps I didn't express myself clearly: my suggestion was to add instructions in the README to let potential contributors know how they can improve SimpleUI (e.g. by addressing outstanding issues).

I was just trying to express my gratitude for SimpleUI in a constructive way for everyone 😀

PS: I will definitely check launchpoint, thanks for the pointer!

[whamtet]

Thanks @bzg , I've updated the Readme! Feel free to open a PR as well if you wish.

Matt