[OpenLayers-Users] Poll: Common pitfalls when using OpenLayers / what annoys you the most?

[Marc Jansen]

Hi Noli,

thanks for the feedback. I'd put your point under the following headline:

"API-doc improvements (inline example code)"

OK?

Best regards,
Marc


On 05.08.2011 12:26, Noli Sicad wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Just to add on the issue about OL documentation, there is very few
> sample / example snippets source code on the documentation. If not,
> not all  on how to use the functions, methods and properties.
>
> Unlike the R package documentation, R has good sample code snippets
> for almost everything.
>
> Just have a look at it.
> http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.html#Getting-and-setting-attributes
>
> Note: the OL dev team acknowledge this deficiency.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Noli
>
>
>
> On 8/5/11, Marc Jansen <jansen at terrestris.de> wrote:
>> Hi Roald,
>>
>> thanks for the feedback. I'd put your point under the following headline:
>>
>> "API-doc improvements (ingherited methods and properties)"
>>
>> OK?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Marc
>>
>>
>>
>> On 05.08.2011 10:58, Roald de Wit wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> One thing that bugs me every now and then is the API docs: they don't
>>> show inherited properties/methods for a class. Finding out what
>>> methods a class implements can be a pain.
>>>
>>> Cheers, Roald
>>>
>>> On 05/08/11 17:26, Marc Jansen wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> for my talk "Common pitfalls for users of OpenLayers" [1] at this years
>>>> FOSS4G [2] I want to evaluate the parts of OpenLayers where users of the
>>>> library experience problems.
>>>>
>>>> You would help me -- and the project itself -- a lot if you could answer
>>>> in this thread and tell me what problems you had working with
>>>> OpenLayers.
>>>>
>>>> Please do not hesitate to tell us what has bugged you, what was unclear
>>>> or non-intuitive. Provide us with the sall and the big annoyances Of
>>>> course you are heavily encouraged to provide ways around the pitfalls
>>>> and possible enhancements.
>>>>
>>>> I want to identify areas which often cause problems... and eventually I
>>>> plan on making the library better where this is possible.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone is invited to share his/her thoughts -- so if you want the
>>>> library to improve, go on and tell us where we can make things better.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>> Marc
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [1] http://2011.foss4g.org/sessions/common-pitfalls-users-openlayers
>>>> [2] http://2011.foss4g.org/
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