Sourcebench - the web developer’s workplace

Overwhelmed by the feedback to Darren's post I decided to invest some more resources in this project.

The feedback we got so far was really very constructive and I am amazed about the quality of the entries. They will indeed help to make this page better. So far we got 75 comments which give me a pretty good picture of mistakes and flaws of the current version. We are already planning a relaunch of this page in the near future.

The new version will be completely targeted in one direction - providing web developers with useful information and platform for exchanging information. The design will be optimized with a strong focus on usability rather then design. Content will be king and easy to find. Some customized modules will give this page a unique set of features, that standard blogs are missing out. The posts will be additionally categorized in experience groups, so we can serve all levels of expertise. The community spirit will be improved with better socializing options and open comments without subscription. Subscribers in addition will gain access to subscriber only features such as svn (subversion) access to submit and retrieve snippets and whole scripts from the Sourcebench snippet library. In the future each subscriber can get a subversion repository and a customizable subpage on this site.

As I can hardly focus on writing articles and at the same time focus on redesigning the site and providing all this improvements, we are now searching for some additional contributors for the projects. If you are interested in contributing to this project please refer to this job post and send us your application.

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