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Lessons Learned Building Open Source Software

by zmanji on 3/29/12, 6:10 PM with 4 comments

• by rdoherty on 3/29/12, 9:12 PM

  ++ for documentation. I'd say start with that first and think about how a brand new user will use your software. How do I install? What are the dependencies? Etc.

  Good documentation can easily trump bad code and architecture.

• by GertG on 3/30/12, 9:10 AM

  With no experience at all, I'd like to add a marketing lesson: if you write a blog post concerning your project, make sure it features an easy link to that project.

• by nodata on 3/29/12, 9:31 PM

  I couldn't find "support the major operating system platforms".

  That means my ten year supported version of Red Hat or Windows.