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Bug 424937 - New forum for JavaScript language or Web platform
Summary: New forum for JavaScript language or Web platform
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Community
Classification: Eclipse Foundation
Component: Forums and Newsgroups (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 normal with 1 vote (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Forums and Newsgroups inbox CLA
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Reported: 2014-01-06 10:03 EST by Paul Verest CLA
Modified: 2014-06-13 16:06 EDT (History)
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Description Paul Verest CLA 2014-01-06 10:03:09 EST 
http://www.eclipse.org/forums/

Please consider creating new forum for JavaScript language with Eclipse
or for web related projects (JSDT, VJET)

Web & JavaScript should be regarded on equal with other major programming languages (like http://www.webplatform.org/ does)
Comment 1 Denis Roy CLA 2014-01-08 15:38:32 EST 
I like the idea.

However, in the Javascript arena, we already have the Ajax Tools Framework project homepage and its forum:
http://eclipse.org/atf/
http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/f/78/

(Forum activity seems to indicate the project is dead, though)

And the Javascript Dev Tools project...
http://eclipse.org/webtools/jsdt/

.. which is using the WebTools forum:
http://www.eclipse.org/forums/eclipse.webtools


Perhaps we can:

- ask the JSDT project if they'd like a separate newsgroup
- place that Javascript-specific newsgroup under the "Language IDEs" grouping on the forums' home page

What do you think?
Comment 2 Paul Verest CLA 2014-01-09 07:49:04 EST 
I know all related projects.

ATF was merged into JSDT

>　- ask the JSDT project if they'd like a separate newsgroup

would be great. Besides there is also VJET project.
Comment 3 Denis Roy CLA 2014-01-09 11:30:54 EST 
Adding members of JSDT, VJet and Orion.

Folks, please read comment 0.  We'd like to host a generic JavaScript forum for Eclipse JS users, and place this forum under the Language IDE grouping on the forums home.  We'd assume that some committers and users in your respective project communities would monitor and use this new forum. Thoughts?
Comment 4 Denis Roy CLA 2014-01-24 10:16:43 EST 
Doesn't look like there's much love for this.
Comment 5 Paul Verest CLA 2014-01-25 06:31:24 EST 
Yep, there are only 2 votes.
Comment 6 Victor Rubezhny CLA 2014-01-25 07:03:42 EST 
I'm +1 on having one JavaScript-dedicated forum (language + tools) and I'm +100 for having it under "Language IDEs" section.

Currently it's really not a trivial task to find a proper forum for a JavaScript-related question here at eclipse.org.
Comment 7 Denis Roy CLA 2014-06-11 13:22:26 EDT 
Unfortunately, lack of interest seems to be an impediment here.
Comment 8 Paul Verest CLA 2014-06-12 01:39:28 EDT 
yes, I hoped someone would say why not, but it was just ignored/skipped.

How many votes are needed for a new forum ?
Comment 9 Denis Roy CLA 2014-06-13 16:05:44 EDT 
There's no specific number, but since no one on any of the javascript-related projects has voiced an opinion, I'm thinking demand is very low for this.
Comment 10 Denis Roy CLA 2014-06-13 16:06:30 EDT 
FWIW, we don't really have a "Java" forum, a PHP forum, C/C++ forum either.