Concept - Demo Library

DEMOS

Rough Notes:

A substantial effort should be made on demos.

• Demos serve multiple purposes:

• Look cool.

• Demonstrate what the feature / functionality is.

• Demonstrate that something can be done. (Good for evaluators / sales)

• Demonstrate how something can be done. (Acts as documentation)

• Simple examples

• Inspiration:

• Think of Jquery & Vaadin sampler.

• Demos could come with a bit of an explanation describing

• What the goal was - what the problem to solve was.

• The approach

• The technogies used

• How it was done.

• A video can show how it works and go over this meta information very convincingly.

• Some advanced tutorials

• Because demos are so important - there should be a solid pattern, and it should be easy to contribute them based on the pattern.

• Internal devs and community must be able to contribute. (Vaadin add-ons)

• Think of all the cool magnolia conference demos - there should be a way for folks to contribute sample code as well. (Probably based on specific bundles - so they can be run in the future.)

• Standardized demos make them easier to create - but also easier to consume for learners.