Eclipse Top Ten #5: Communication is just as important as code

Comic courtesy xkcd.

Communication.
Sometimes as software developers this isn't a natural skill.
But it’s essential.
Communication is just as important as code.
You can have an incredible eclipse project.
You understand it because you've spent months working on it.
But if no one else understands it. They won’t use it.
Or if they try to, they will blog about how hard it is to use.
Any publicity isn’t really good publicity.
Talk to your community. Get feedback. Get them involved.
Or else someone else will talk for your project.
And you may not like what they have to say.
Help manage your message or someone else will.

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