The One With D

The One With D Turns 1

The first post to this blog, Introducing D, was made one year ago. I had a vague idea that I would use the blog to post my opinions of D, perhaps share some source examples, and to rehash news from the newsgroups, DSource forums, and anywhere else D popped up. This was one way I saw that I could contribute to the ever-growing D community that I had come to enjoy being a part of. As it turned out, the news posts became the primary focus — they’re a lot quicker to write!

Site and feed statistics show a steady growth in traffic. There are a lot more people visiting the blog than there were a year ago, that’s for sure. While I don’t foresee the format changing drastically, I do hope to expand this blog a bit over the next year. Now that DMD 1.0 is here, I expect we’ll see several new projects launching. I hope to include here regular interviews with people using D in projects, commercial or otherwise, so that others may use their feedback to help in evaluating the language for their own projects. I already have a couple of interviews in mind to get that kick-started, so look for that in the next couple of months.

If you made an announcement that didn’t get commented on here, it wasn’t intentional. Sometimes I miss things. And Wordpress has the weird bug that keeps cropping up every time I try to post something about Kirk McDonald’s project (I’m afraid that if I type the name here this post won’t go through). If you do notice that I’ve missed something, be sure to let me know. I know some readers use this blog to keep up on current D events because they don’t have time to pore through the NG or the different forums regularly. Plus, I get a lot of search engine hits for different D-related searches. Posting an announcement here can get a few extra eyes on it that otherwise wouldn’t have seen it.

I’m looking forward to the next year of blogging D. I’m sure there will be many great things to write about. And thanks to you for reading and giving me a reason to keep posting. (insert catchy D battle cry here)

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