Open Source "Node.Cs" server. Should i drop it or continue development?

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EDR

Hi all!

Pleas note I am a newbie so apologies for any error/misuse/etc.
Actually I developed in spare time an HttpListener web server supporting MVC, razor and WebApi, but event and coroutine based: Node.Cs (http://www.kendar.org/?p=/dotnet/nodecs).
Actually it's six month that it's alive, but i had no feedback at all apart from some interest from colleagues that continues asking about it.
The question is: it's worth continuing working on it or it's a totally useless thing? Now i would like to rewrite most of it to ease the testability..but only if i have someone interested...
How can I get some feedback/insults/review/pat on the back?

Thank you to everybody for the help
Enrico
 
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Arne Vajhøj

Pleas note I am a newbie so apologies for any error/misuse/etc.
Actually I developed in spare time an HttpListener web server supporting MVC, razor and WebApi, but event and coroutine based: Node.Cs (http://www.kendar.org/?p=/dotnet/nodecs).
Actually it's six month that it's alive, but i had no feedback at all apart from some interest from colleagues that continues asking about it.
The question is: it's worth continuing working on it or it's a totally useless thing? Now i would like to rewrite most of it to ease the testability..but only if i have someone interested...
How can I get some feedback/insults/review/pat on the back?
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The vast majority of open source projects are not used by any or
only used by very few.

If you think the work is fun and/or you think the work improves
your programming skills, then you should continue.

If not and you are really looking for recognition that you are
not getting then drop it and join some popular project.

Arne

PS: I have started 6 small open source projects myself. None of
them has taken off in any way. But I am fine with that.
 
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EDR

The vast majority of open source projects are not used by any or

only used by very few.



If you think the work is fun and/or you think the work improves

your programming skills, then you should continue.



If not and you are really looking for recognition that you are

not getting then drop it and join some popular project.



Arne



PS: I have started 6 small open source projects myself. None of

them has taken off in any way. But I am fine with that.
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Hi Arne!

Thanks for the moral support :) In the past i thought about "Feedbackware" or things like these, just to try forcing the people that are downloading the software from nuget to give some feedback (even bad, I can accept that).
Unluckily i think i'll drop this project (or continue at a slooooooooooooooooow pace), it's too big for me alone to continue without receiving any feedback other than mine :O

Sigh reality is a hard thing :(

Enrico

Just to add some information about the matter:

http://www.drdobbs.com/open-source/building-and-maintaining-an-open-source/240168415

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/417079/how-do-i-spread-awareness-of-my-open-source-project
 
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bradbury9

El lunes, 23 de junio de 2014 11:21:40 UTC+2, EDR escribió:
Hi Arne!



Thanks for the moral support :) In the past i thought about "Feedbackware" or things like these, just to try forcing the people that are downloadingthe software from nuget to give some feedback (even bad, I can accept that).

Unluckily i think i'll drop this project (or continue at a slooooooooooooooooow pace), it's too big for me alone to continue without receiving any feedback other than mine :O



Sigh reality is a hard thing :(



Enrico



Just to add some information about the matter:



http://www.drdobbs.com/open-source/building-and-maintaining-an-open-source/240168415



http://stackoverflow.com/questions/417079/how-do-i-spread-awareness-of-my-open-source-project
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Happened the same to me.

Some years ago I published a c# proyect and:
- Just once received email with questions about improving it.
- No other email or feedback received. No tickets, no forum threads, nothing.
- I think people do give it a try, because since I moved it to codeplex (sept. 2012) I got 345 downloads (codeplex statistics).

Dont worry if you dont receive feedback.
 
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EDR

El lunes, 23 de junio de 2014 11:21:40 UTC+2, EDR escribió:




Happened the same to me.



Some years ago I published a c# proyect and:

- Just once received email with questions about improving it.

- No other email or feedback received. No tickets, no forum threads, nothing.

- I think people do give it a try, because since I moved it to codeplex (sept. 2012) I got 345 downloads (codeplex statistics).



Dont worry if you dont receive feedback.
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Hi Bradbury,
That's a good thing, maybe i'll move on codeplex, since i have not seen anyway to get the download stats from github!
Thanks a lot!!
 
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