Showcase Thread

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I'm going to suggest an idea that I'm not even sure I like myself. Whilst I know the idea of these forums is to help people with any programming problems they might encounter, I would quite like to see a section allowing people to showcase their work. By this I mean a forum where people can post (or post links to avoid using up the forums bandwidth) applications/games they have made so other people can use them and post feedback.

I say I'm not sure I like the idea because I feel it could easily be abused for advertisement purposes, as opposed to the intention of allowing amateur developers to showcase their work. I thought this suggestion might have been posted before, but I didn't see it when search for postings in the last year.

I just wondered what other peoples thoughts were on the idea?

 

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There is a difference between sharing the fruits of your intellectual labor and advertising, and as long as this is clear, there shouldn't be a problem. Most of the users of this forum are very reasonable. But, for other reasons, I'm not too sure about the showcase thread.

If you want to share your work, you can always create a website. They range from free to cheap, and you can throw a link to it in your signature or profile. If you have something particularly useful, it can go in the Code Library, and if you have something to offer that is particularly educational, the Tutor's Corner is a good place for it.

Though I admit it is an attractive idea initially, the fact is that there are already lots of websites with tutorial, example and demo projects available, such as Code Project, which pretty much covers all the bases. Besides that, it is a bit outside the scope of these forums.