Is the open source culture hurting new developers?
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Re: Is the open source culture hurting new developers?
#2open source isn't about using third party code.
It's about the ability to read and learn from third party code.
So, no. :-)
Re: Is the open source culture hurting new developers?
#3How is "here, install this module" different from "here, copy and paste this code"? (And where exactly does licensing come into that?)
Re: Is the open source culture hurting new developers?
#4open source isn't about using third party code. It's about the ability to read and learn from third party code. So, no. :-)
Tell that to them. That's my point!
Why I didn't mention StackOverflow, for instance?
Re: Is the open source culture hurting new developers?
#5How is "here, install this module" different from "here, copy and paste this code"? (And where exactly does licensing come into that?)
That's the point. With "here, copy and paste this code" at least you (can) read what you're pasting into your project.
Most of people learning just "install this module" without actually caring about what's inside or any implementation details.
Licencing is a whole other beast worth of another post.
Re: Is the open source culture hurting new developers?
#6How is "here, install this module" different from "here, copy and paste this code"? (And where exactly does licensing come into that?)
That's the point. With "here, copy and paste this code" at least you (can) read what you're pasting into your project. Most of people learning just "install this module" without actually caring about what's inside or any implementation details. Licencing is a whole other beast worth of another post.
Oh, I can. So can you. But I assure you, the people you are referring to, those would come right back, requesting letter-by-letter guidance of integrating the code/package into "their" product. Been on SO, seen that, got the t-shirt.