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Re: New Py articles website. Do I suck at this?

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Post by bcambel » Mon, Jul 22, 2013, 9:52 AM UTC

Zecc wrote: post #10

majke wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Bit more work on layout Serif font for headers and sans-serif for body looks wrong - usually it's the other way around. OTOH many people prefer sans-serif for digital media and serif for paper media. For example Wikipedia is sans-serif only.

I'm not a designer either, but I don't think there was anything wrong with the choice of fonts. I'm on a HTPC and I've found the body to be quite readable. The header's font seems kind of Comic Sans-y, but I for one have absolutely no problem with it. My beef is with the space between paragraphs, which I think is too short. And I'd probably move the separating lines to before the subheaders rather than below them.

thanks for the suggestions Zecc. I've updated the site to include more spacing. Hope this looks better.

Re: New Py articles website. Do I suck at this?

#12

Post by lhnz » Mon, Jul 22, 2013, 10:24 AM UTC

Your headline needs some work: "Do I suck at this?"

Reduce the negativity; other than that the resources are good.

Re: New Py articles website. Do I suck at this?

#13

Post by bcambel » Mon, Jul 22, 2013, 10:32 AM UTC

lhnz wrote: post #12

Your headline needs some work: "Do I suck at this?" Reduce the negativity; other than that the resources are good.

well, I can't change the title anymore.. you're right.

Re: New Py articles website. Do I suck at this?

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Post by bcambel » Mon, Jul 22, 2013, 11:02 AM UTC

tunato wrote: post #3

Good web site, will be better if you add more content and I believe it will be useful for pythoners T.T

thanks man! I will definitely write more..

Re: New Py articles website. Do I suck at this?

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Post by bcambel » Mon, Jul 22, 2013, 11:02 AM UTC

spilcm wrote: post #4

Very nice. Keep up the good work!

cheers!

Re: New Py articles website. Do I suck at this?

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Post by bcambel » Mon, Jul 22, 2013, 11:03 AM UTC

ozuolmez wrote: post #2

Good initiative, I hope you'll keep posting more content.

I will!

Re: New Py articles website. Do I suck at this?

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Post by inaudible » Mon, Jul 22, 2013, 11:04 AM UTC

It's a good resource, so some simple advice..

Give each section some space.. as with code, indentation will make your content more readable.

Reduce the unnecessary typography.. the titles, body text and code blocks all compete and are inconsistent. There are some great mono-spaced fonts that are part of wider family of type, pick a good font-family and stick to it.

The contrast between the dark-themed code blocks and the body text is just too jarring, you might want to try using a lighter code block or experiment with a darker themed body. A well designed color-scheme like solarized can handle the change of contrast while maintaining harmony. Have a good look at a range of color-schemes and see how you might be able to use one of those colors consitently throughout the site.

Where's the index? I might want to jump to a certain section, or just see what's below without having to skim the whole page.. it's a basic usability feature, but pretty important.

Keep at it, sucking is all part of getting good.

Re: New Py articles website. Do I suck at this?

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Post by autoreverse » Mon, Jul 22, 2013, 11:34 AM UTC

@bcambel decorators_part1.html refers to time_me "As you see time_me is a function which..." . Should probably be "intercept_me". So yeah, there's a bit of suck in there ;-)

Re: New Py articles website. Do I suck at this?

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Post by bcambel » Mon, Jul 22, 2013, 1:39 PM UTC

autoreverse wrote: post #18

@bcambel decorators_part1.html refers to time_me "As you see time_me is a function which..." . Should probably be "intercept_me". So yeah, there's a bit of suck in there ;-)

thanks for the heads up. Fixed!

Re: New Py articles website. Do I suck at this?

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Post by bcambel » Mon, Jul 22, 2013, 1:47 PM UTC

inaudible wrote: post #17

It's a good resource, so some simple advice.. Give each section some space.. as with code, indentation will make your content more readable. Reduce the unnecessary typography.. the titles, body text and code blocks all compete and are inconsistent. There are some great mono-spaced fonts that are part of wider family of type, pick a good font-family and stick to it. The contrast between the dark-themed code blocks and…

I am also not happy with the contrast of the text vs code. Rather than waiting more and more, I just released. MVP :)))

Index is a really good idea, I'm thinking to implement something like a floating left menu.. what do you think ?

Thanks for the advice, I appreciate a lot!