Interesting (though unscientific) Language Metrics

groovy shows up as a bundled plugin, so i would guess no one would need to install it explicitly

On 2 Jan 2012, at 22:59, Ken McDonald wrote:

> Was just checking on some IDEA plugins today. When browsing repositories, IDEA shows number of times a plugin has been downloaded. Results:
>
> - Intellij-provided Scala plugin: About 140,000 downloads.
> - Intellij-provided Clojure plugin: About 27,000 downloads.
> - All Groovy plugins (none from Intellij): < 20,000 downloads.

Am 03.01.2012 06:12, schrieb Ken McDonald:
> Oops, my bad. Never even thought of that.
>
also you need to keep track how often plugins are updated. more updates
= more downloads

For sure! I download the latest build of the IDEA Scala plugin almost every day.

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 1:37 AM, HamsterofDeath wrote:
> Am 03.01.2012 06:12, schrieb Ken McDonald:
>> Oops, my bad. Never even thought of that.
>>
> also you need to keep track how often plugins are updated. more updates
> = more downloads

i configured my idea to notify/autodownload the newest nightlies :) but are these included, or do they count only the official releases?

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 01:56:04 -0500
> Von: Donald McLean
> An: scala-user@googlegroups.com
> Betreff: Re: [scala-user] Interesting (though unscientific) Language Metrics

> For sure! I download the latest build of the IDEA Scala plugin almost
> every day.
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 1:37 AM, HamsterofDeath wrote:
> > Am 03.01.2012 06:12, schrieb Ken McDonald:
> >> Oops, my bad. Never even thought of that.
> >>
> > also you need to keep track how often plugins are updated. more updates
> > = more downloads