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Re:Introduction to the Pony programming language by sharpercoder on Thursday May 31, 2018 @10:19AM (#17196470)
The website does not show any code in the first or second page. Only a cheatsheet after 3 clicks - which is a pdf.
Re:Introduction to the Pony programming language by spooneybarger on Thursday May 31, 2018 @10:23AM (#17196503)
You'd be looking for the tutorial: https://tutorial.ponylang.org/
Re:Introduction to the Pony programming language by nalllar on Thursday May 31, 2018 @10:31AM (#17196571)
It would be good to show off the language more prominently, on the home page.

You could consider some runnable demos like python and rust's. [1], [2]

[1]: https://www.python.org/

[2]: https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/

Re:Introduction to the Pony programming language by qop on Thursday May 31, 2018 @10:39AM (#17196627)
Not every language presents itself as an object to be marketed.

Also, pony is still an early product. It's secure, but it still needs more work before extremely important work happens using pony.

In that regard, it's better to attract only those who propel themselves then to attract a bunch of users who wont/cant contribute and will impose their demands on the core team.

It's just not time to market yet.

Re:Introduction to the Pony programming language by cobythedog on Thursday May 31, 2018 @11:05AM (#17196834)
I'm on mobile and I don't see any code or links to code. Is it different on desktop?
Re:Introduction to the Pony programming language by spooneybarger on Thursday May 31, 2018 @11:12AM (#17196887)
interesting. do you see code on mobile when you visit:

https://tutorial.ponylang.org/getting-started/hello-world.ht...

Re:Introduction to the Pony programming language by cobythedog on Thursday May 31, 2018 @11:15AM (#17196914)
Yep! I suppose I didn't notice the hamburger navigation at the top left.
Re:Introduction to the Pony programming language by spooneybarger on Thursday May 31, 2018 @11:22AM (#17196968)
The tutorial is hosted on Gitbook. I'm finding that it updates very slowly on mobile for me. Even if it isn't broken, it feels broken. Hadn't noticed that as an issue previously.
Re:Introduction to the Pony programming language by anthonybullard on Thursday May 31, 2018 @12:11PM (#17197441)
This is an issue I've noticed with GitBook in general. I think I began to notice it in 5.0
Re:Introduction to the Pony programming language by spooneybarger on Thursday May 31, 2018 @12:43PM (#17197764)
that's good to know and somewhat depressing.