Hi,

dlang.org isn't the only site being re-implemented using vibe.d - GDC's homepage is now getting a UI update.

https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gdcproject/pull/6
https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gdcproject/pull/9


Staging area for the new look is found here:

http://staging.dgnu.org

Regards
Iain.

Iain Buclaw:

> Staging area for the new look is found here:
>
> http://staging.dgnu.org

I suggest to reduce the section about bugs, to add links in the text to the other D compilers (and especially to the main D site), to explain the differences and advantages/disadvantages between dmd and gdc, to add well visible links at how to download it and its sources, at a page that lists the differences between gdc and dmd in usability, to a page that lists gdc command line arguments, and in this home page you can also add few graphs that show the higher/lower performance of gdc compared to dmd, and a list of the targets currently supported.

Bye,
bearophile

On 28 July 2014 11:39, bearophile via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> Iain Buclaw:
>
>
>> Staging area for the new look is found here:
>>
>> http://staging.dgnu.org
>
>
> I suggest to reduce the section about bugs, to add links in the text to the other D compilers (and especially to the main D site), to explain the differences and advantages/disadvantages between dmd and gdc, to add well visible links at how to download it and its sources, at a page that lists the differences between gdc and dmd in usability, to a page that lists gdc command line arguments, and in this home page you can also add few graphs that show the higher/lower performance of gdc compared to dmd, and a list of the targets currently supported.
>
> Bye,
> bearophile


I think that would require more navigation tabs than there is space for on the screen. ;)

Iain.

On Monday, 28 July 2014 at 10:27:02 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> Hi,
>
> dlang.org isn't the only site being re-implemented using vibe.d - GDC's homepage is now getting a UI update.
>
> https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gdcproject/pull/6
> https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gdcproject/pull/9
>
>
> Staging area for the new look is found here:
>
> http://staging.dgnu.org
>
> Regards
> Iain.

I like it. There's very little you can say that's wrong with it, and that's a decent measure of success. The download page won't display decently on very small screen sizes, but I doubt you'd have much reason to look at GDC downloads unless you're on a machine which can run GDC. I like that you have links to AUR for Arch Linux, packages.debian.org for Debian, etc. That's something which should go into the dlang.org downloads page too.

I'll have to look at whatever filesystem monitors you have written, etc. I'll need to add filesystem monitors for Markdown files eventually.

On 7/28/14, 3:27 AM, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> Hi,
>
> dlang.org isn't the only site being re-implemented using vibe.d - GDC's
> homepage is now getting a UI update.
>
> https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gdcproject/pull/6
> https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gdcproject/pull/9
>
>
> Staging area for the new look is found here:
>
> http://staging.dgnu.org
>
> Regards
> Iain.

Awesome! When will dlang.org be also vibed I wonder... -- Andrei

Am 28.07.2014 18:04, schrieb w0rp:
> On Monday, 28 July 2014 at 10:27:02 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> dlang.org isn't the only site being re-implemented using vibe.d -
>> GDC's homepage is now getting a UI update.
>>
>> https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gdcproject/pull/6
>> https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gdcproject/pull/9
>>
>>
>> Staging area for the new look is found here:
>>
>> http://staging.dgnu.org
>>
>> Regards
>> Iain.
>
> I like it. There's very little you can say that's wrong with it, and
> that's a decent measure of success. The download page won't display
> decently on very small screen sizes, but I doubt you'd have much reason
> to look at GDC downloads unless you're on a machine which can run GDC. I
> like that you have links to AUR for Arch Linux, packages.debian.org for
> Debian, etc. That's something which should go into the dlang.org
> downloads page too.
>
> I'll have to look at whatever filesystem monitors you have written, etc.
> I'll need to add filesystem monitors for Markdown files eventually.

DirectoryWatcher for Linux has just been implemented by Martin Nowak (Win32 has been available already):
https://github.com/rejectedsoftware/vibe.d/pull/743

The corresponding API is vibe.core.file.watchDirectory().

On Monday, 28 July 2014 at 17:31:49 UTC, Sönke Ludwig wrote:
> Am 28.07.2014 18:04, schrieb w0rp:
>> On Monday, 28 July 2014 at 10:27:02 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> dlang.org isn't the only site being re-implemented using vibe.d -
>>> GDC's homepage is now getting a UI update.
>>>
>>> https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gdcproject/pull/6
>>> https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gdcproject/pull/9
>>>
>>>
>>> Staging area for the new look is found here:
>>>
>>> http://staging.dgnu.org
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Iain.
>>
>> I like it. There's very little you can say that's wrong with it, and
>> that's a decent measure of success. The download page won't display
>> decently on very small screen sizes, but I doubt you'd have much reason
>> to look at GDC downloads unless you're on a machine which can run GDC. I
>> like that you have links to AUR for Arch Linux, packages.debian.org for
>> Debian, etc. That's something which should go into the dlang.org
>> downloads page too.
>>
>> I'll have to look at whatever filesystem monitors you have written, etc.
>> I'll need to add filesystem monitors for Markdown files eventually.
>
> DirectoryWatcher for Linux has just been implemented by Martin Nowak (Win32 has been available already):
> https://github.com/rejectedsoftware/vibe.d/pull/743
>
> The corresponding API is vibe.core.file.watchDirectory().

Awesome, I'll use that at some point, then. There's been a pretty good history of things appearing in vibe.d just slightly after I want them.

On 28 Jul 2014 17:05, "w0rp via Digitalmars-d" <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
>
> On Monday, 28 July 2014 at 10:27:02 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> dlang.org isn't the only site being re-implemented using vibe.d - GDC's
homepage is now getting a UI update.
>>
>> https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gdcproject/pull/6 https://github.com/D-Programming-GDC/gdcproject/pull/9
>>
>>
>> Staging area for the new look is found here:
>>
>> http://staging.dgnu.org
>>
>> Regards
>> Iain.
>
>
> I like it. There's very little you can say that's wrong with it, and
that's a decent measure of success. The download page won't display decently on very small screen sizes, but I doubt you'd have much reason to look at GDC downloads unless you're on a machine which can run GDC.

I left the downloads page as 'this is as good as it's going to get'.

I had by chance stumbled upon firefox's responsive screen viewer and was able to fine tune lower resolutions.

> I like that you have links to AUR for Arch Linux, packages.debian.org for
Debian, etc. That's something which should go into the dlang.org downloads page too.
>

Walter goes on about that constantly.

> I'll have to look at whatever filesystem monitors you have written, etc.
I'll need to add filesystem monitors for Markdown files eventually.

I did not get a chance to clean it up enough to push it in.

Regards
Iain

On Monday, 28 July 2014 at 19:09:51 UTC, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d wrote:
...
> I left the downloads page as 'this is as good as it's going to get'.

If you decide to trim down the tables, you could probably make the tables a little simpler by adding a note above the tables that explains that "Runtime = Yes" for every one of the downloads lists, and then removing that column from the tables.

It's just an idea.

-- Justin

On 29 July 2014 03:53, Justin C Calvarese via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> On Monday, 28 July 2014 at 19:09:51 UTC, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d
> wrote:
> ...
>
>> I left the downloads page as 'this is as good as it's going to get'.
>
>
> If you decide to trim down the tables, you could probably make the tables a little simpler by adding a note above the tables that explains that "Runtime = Yes" for every one of the downloads lists, and then removing that column from the tables.
>
> It's just an idea.
>

I'm not a web designer so that just goes straight over my head. :)

Iain