I have merged the first version of the User Persona and Guiding Principles in OCaml.org, they are available in the Platform Tools section of the Learn area.
Their being merged doesn’t mean the feedback phase is over, however! They are living documents that will continue to evolve alongside the OCaml Platform. If you have any comments or suggestions, don’t hesitate to share them here or open a PR.
And now, I’m really excited to share the second part of the roadmap: the goals and development workflows we plan to build in the coming three years.
You can see the document here and on the accompanying OCaml.org’s PR.
The roadmap is the result of many discussions with the Platform projects maintainers, careful reviews of OCaml survey results, synthesis of various Discuss threads and blog posts, and user research with both industrial users and individual developers alike.
We expect it to represent the community’s needs relatively well, however, this is the first public draft. We expect to go through a few iterations before it is ready to be adopted.
So now is the time to share your feedback once again! Here are a couple of questions you can try to answer while reading the roadmap:
- Would you use these development workflows? If so, which ones? Is there any missing workflow you would expect the OCaml Platform to provide?
- Would you use (all or parts of) the OCaml Platform as specified in the roadmap yourself, in your organization? If not, what are the blockers? How would you measure success for Platform adoption in the community or in your organization?
Looking forward to taking everyone’s insight into account and iterating on the roadmap!