Re: developers manual and users manual

From: Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 23:20:03 +0000
Subject: Re: developers manual and users manual
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Hi all, Monday, August 12, 2002, 12:24:52 AM, you wrote: > Not sure if people using PHP for development will be > confused, in particular if we have a: > "PHP Users Manual" and a "PHP Developers Manual" > Other software projects use different approaches, e.g. > Python (http://www.python.org/doc/) where the > different bits are separated, whereas the PostgreSQL > has 2 top level sections "User's Lounge" and > "Developer's Corner", perhaps a separation like that > can clarify who are the target audience for the docs. +1 @goba for his suggestion of splitting +1 @jesus for "PHP Users Manual" and a "PHP Developers Manual" -1 @goba and @jome for "PHP Inner Workings Manual" sounds horrible in my ears ;-) > --- Jome <jome@emoj.net> wrote: >> > Well, I know about this "PHP Developer" problem... >> While this is not >> > a problem for eg. MySQL, where it's clear who is a >> user and a developer, >> > it's not that simple for PHP... Maybe we can leave >> the PHP Manual as >> > it is know and just name that new manual with a >> good title, such as >> > "PHP Inner Workings Manual" or something like that >> just to avoid >> > confusion... >> >> Sounds like a good idea. >> >> Regards, >> >> Jome Friedhelm

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