New jQuery plugin - What is the best way to get input and feedback?

Question

I had a need for a certain functionality on my web apps and I use jQuery a lot, so I thought I would write a jQuery plugin. Since this is my first attempt to write a jQuery plugin, I would really like to get feedback from people, or maybe even get collaboration so others could work with me to modify/enhance my code. I thought the first step would be to setup a project page (I used google code), but now I am at the point of getting input from other developers.

I won't post my project url here because I'm not sure if Stack Overflow is an appropriate place for that (if it is, I can update this post with the URL) - but is there a website I can post to invite people to give input and maybe help with my code? Can I use Stack Overflow, or is that considered spamming or advertising?

I hesitated to even post this question because I'm not even really asking a programming question, but it does deal with the development cycle. I've searched google and I'm just not sure where the proper place is to ask people to look at my code.

Thanks in advance!

Brian

Answer 1

try the google groups and come into the #jquery irc channel on freenode the guys there will happily look over what you have done.

Answer 2

How about www.codeplex.com. You could create new project and use the project's built-in discussion group for feedback.

I think people are much less bothered if you link to a codeplex project asking for help rather than your own site.

Just a thought.

Answer 3

Also, I don't think there's any problem with adding your plugin to the jQuery site. You'll get people using it, feedback, and then you update it as needed. All in one place. :-)

Answer 4

If you're unsure of your code's quality and you want some good guidelines for plugin writing, check out this plugin-authoring tutorial on learningjquery.com.

I'm still wrestling with some of the concepts, but the parts I understand are great.