Developer – Social Skills = Jerk.
The last couple weeks I have been working on learning how to develop iPhone and Android apps via Appcelerator Titanium. The framework is fantastic and really lives up to what it says it can do: create native apps with html and javascript quickly. I really do want to stress the quickly part; its absolutely insane compared to coding the same app in Objective-C and Java.
That being said, you would expect people to be excited and incredibly positive on the forums and, for the most part, this is the case. However, after perusing the forums for discussion on mobile development I have come to the realization, again, that developers without social skills are jerks. It doesn't matter how much time and effort is being put into something that is being provided free and is saving them time, if it doesn't do exactly what they want or live up to their exact desires - its crap. And they are going to let you know.
I would personally like to apologize for jerks like this as they really do take the joy out of developing something for free. It also destroys community moral and can stere a thread away from being positively resolved to being put on the back burner because, quite frankly, who wants to help a jerk? Especially when there are other people who need attention and will appreciate assistance.
To the people at Appcelerator, my hat is off to you. Thank you for saving me time and providing me with the means to enter into two new markets without having to know Objective-C or Java.
February 3rd, 2010 - 09:35
Well put. Contributing time and effort into something that is free is a difficult task and should be rewarded with encouragement at a minimum.