docs: Refresh documentation to provide a better new user experience

This does some cleanups and moves some things around for a better
experience. If you're an expert in this area, or are a new user who has
some feedback about their first impressions and experiences, please let
us know!
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@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Mgmt is a fairly new project.
We're working towards being minimally useful for production environments.
We aren't feature complete for what we'd consider a 1.x release yet.
With your help you'll be able to influence our design and get us there sooner!
Interested developers should read the [quick start guide](docs/quick-start-guide.md).
## Documentation:
Please read, enjoy and help improve our documentation!
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ Please read, enjoy and help improve our documentation!
|---|---|
| [general documentation](docs/documentation.md) | for everyone |
| [quick start guide](docs/quick-start-guide.md) | for mgmt developers |
| [frequently asked questions](docs/faq.md) | for everyone |
| [resource guide](docs/resource-guide.md) | for mgmt developers |
| [godoc API reference](https://godoc.org/github.com/purpleidea/mgmt) | for mgmt developers |
| [prometheus guide](docs/prometheus.md) | for everyone |
@@ -40,9 +42,9 @@ Please ask in the [community](#community)!
If you have a well phrased question that might benefit others, consider asking it by sending a patch to the documentation [FAQ](https://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/blob/master/docs/documentation.md#usage-and-frequently-asked-questions) section. I'll merge your question, and a patch with the answer!
## Roadmap:
Feel free to grab one of the straightforward [#mgmtlove](https://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/labels/mgmtlove) issues if you're a first time contributor to the project or if you're unsure about what to hack on!
Please see: [TODO.md](TODO.md) for a list of upcoming work and TODO items.
Please get involved by working on one of these items or by suggesting something else!
Feel free to grab one of the straightforward [#mgmtlove](https://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/labels/mgmtlove) issues if you're a first time contributor to the project or if you're unsure about what to hack on!
## Bugs:
Please set the `DEBUG` constant in [main.go](https://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/blob/master/main.go) to `true`, and post the logs when you report the [issue](https://github.com/purpleidea/mgmt/issues).
@@ -53,34 +55,7 @@ Feel free to read my article on [debugging golang programs](https://ttboj.wordpr
We'd love to have your patches! Please send them by email, or as a pull request.
## On the web:
| Author | Format | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| James Shubin | blog | [Next generation configuration mgmt](https://ttboj.wordpress.com/2016/01/18/next-generation-configuration-mgmt/) |
| James Shubin | video | [Introductory recording from DevConf.cz 2016](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVhpPF0j-iE&html5=1) |
| James Shubin | video | [Introductory recording from CfgMgmtCamp.eu 2016](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNeooSiIRnA&html5=1) |
| Julian Dunn | video | [On mgmt at CfgMgmtCamp.eu 2016](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfF9IATUask&t=1949&html5=1) |
| Walter Heck | slides | [On mgmt at CfgMgmtCamp.eu 2016](http://www.slideshare.net/olindata/configuration-management-time-for-a-4th-generation/3) |
| Marco Marongiu | blog | [On mgmt](http://syslog.me/2016/02/15/leap-or-die/) |
| Felix Frank | blog | [From Catalog To Mgmt (on puppet to mgmt "transpiling")](https://ffrank.github.io/features/2016/02/18/from-catalog-to-mgmt/) |
| James Shubin | blog | [Automatic edges in mgmt (...and the pkg resource)](https://ttboj.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/automatic-edges-in-mgmt/) |
| James Shubin | blog | [Automatic grouping in mgmt](https://ttboj.wordpress.com/2016/03/30/automatic-grouping-in-mgmt/) |
| John Arundel | tweet | [“Puppets days are numbered.”](https://twitter.com/bitfield/status/732157519142002688) |
| Felix Frank | blog | [Puppet, Meet Mgmt (on puppet to mgmt internals)](https://ffrank.github.io/features/2016/06/12/puppet,-meet-mgmt/) |
| Felix Frank | blog | [Puppet Powered Mgmt (puppet to mgmt tl;dr)](https://ffrank.github.io/features/2016/06/19/puppet-powered-mgmt/) |
| James Shubin | blog | [Automatic clustering in mgmt](https://ttboj.wordpress.com/2016/06/20/automatic-clustering-in-mgmt/) |
| James Shubin | video | [Recording from CoreOSFest 2016](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVmDCUA42wc&html5=1) |
| James Shubin | video | [Recording from DebConf16](http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2016/debconf16/Next_Generation_Config_Mgmt.webm) ([Slides](https://annex.debconf.org//debconf-share/debconf16/slides/15-next-generation-config-mgmt.pdf)) |
| Felix Frank | blog | [Edging It All In (puppet and mgmt edges)](https://ffrank.github.io/features/2016/07/12/edging-it-all-in/) |
| Felix Frank | blog | [Translating All The Things (puppet to mgmt translation warnings)](https://ffrank.github.io/features/2016/08/19/translating-all-the-things/) |
| James Shubin | video | [Recording from systemd.conf 2016](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB992Zb3nH0&html5=1) |
| James Shubin | blog | [Remote execution in mgmt](https://ttboj.wordpress.com/2016/10/07/remote-execution-in-mgmt/) |
| James Shubin | video | [Recording from High Load Strategy 2016](https://vimeo.com/191493409) |
| James Shubin | video | [Recording from NLUUG 2016](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmpwOQAb_SE&html5=1) |
| James Shubin | blog | [Send/Recv in mgmt](https://ttboj.wordpress.com/2016/12/07/sendrecv-in-mgmt/) |
| James Shubin | blog | [Metaparameters in mgmt](https://ttboj.wordpress.com/2017/03/01/metaparameters-in-mgmt/) |
| James Shubin | video | [Recording from Incontro DevOps 2017](https://vimeo.com/212241877) |
| Yves Brissaud | blog | [mgmt aux HumanTalks Grenoble (french)](http://log.winsos.net/2017/04/12/mgmt-aux-human-talks-grenoble.html) |
| James Shubin | video | [Recording from OSDC Berlin 2017](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkEtBVLfygE&html5=1) |
[Read what people are saying and publishing about mgmt!](docs/on-the-web.md)
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