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Well, I agree with calcdude84se about the simplicity of things. People often make simple things and then provide huge websites with a lot of unnecessary stuff... sometimes the website is greater than the actual product... so, keeping it simple looks like the best thing. If you want to move it up a nudge,then big websites may be the best options.
Too late...
Yeah, Google Code is simpler / less powerful than SourceForge. And as SirCmpwn seemed to mention, SF is a better choice than Codeplex (whose TFS is a bad SCM with bad interoperability).
The main difference between SF and Google Code is one of power vs. simplicity.SF provides a powerful interface for developers, more so than Google Code.Google Code, on the other hand, just has you type a few things in and you have a project. It has much less of a learning curve than SF, but it is less powerful.So, if you have time, I recommend trying to get more used to SF before you just throw it off as "quite.. confusing" I personally am using Google Code because I feel that I don't need everything that SF can provide; I just want decent hosting with version control. Sir seems to think differently. As for similar ones, I don't know of any off the top of my head SF and Google Code are the two main ones.
Quote from: calcdude84se on November 27, 2010, 12:28:58 pmThe main difference between SF and Google Code is one of power vs. simplicity.SF provides a powerful interface for developers, more so than Google Code.Google Code, on the other hand, just has you type a few things in and you have a project. It has much less of a learning curve than SF, but it is less powerful.So, if you have time, I recommend trying to get more used to SF before you just throw it off as "quite.. confusing" I personally am using Google Code because I feel that I don't need everything that SF can provide; I just want decent hosting with version control. Sir seems to think differently. As for similar ones, I don't know of any off the top of my head SF and Google Code are the two main ones.Exactly what I said in my first reply, but I think your summary is easier to read
Quote from: calcdude84se on November 27, 2010, 01:46:11 pmThere are ways around that (such as editing the first post or having a separate release topic). And besides, for Google Code, SF, and others, it's not too hard to add downloads (in my case, I do plan to offer downloads that way )I mean, look at KnightOS or Axe, they have their own forum or subforum, so it's easy to have multiple threads, one for downloads and updates, other for general discussion. But not all programs have a subforum, even though, most of the ones which don't have a subforum, don't need a subforum and consequently don't need a website, so everything is OK.
There are ways around that (such as editing the first post or having a separate release topic). And besides, for Google Code, SF, and others, it's not too hard to add downloads (in my case, I do plan to offer downloads that way )
Just noticed that too, I didn't thought there were that many similar sites around. I guess it's good to use the ones that have been around for a while, though, in case newer ones would shut down or something due to lower popularity/ad revenues.
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