Make a list of articles that document use of mysql

[gajus]

I have written an article that documents use of MySQL in Node.js, specifically using mysql package (http://gajus.com/blog/8/using-mysql-in-node-js).

It would be nice to have a section in the main documentation that lists articles such as this.

Thoughts?

[dougwilson]

Hi, nice article! We can probably get this added if there is some reason why we cannot just have the contents of the article contributed to the README directly. The main reason is that as this module changes, we can easily update the README, but getting external articles updated usually never happens and we just end up removing links to them.

[gajus]

Hi, nice article! We can probably get this added if there is some reason why we cannot just have the contents of the article contributed to the README directly. The main reason is that as this module changes, we can easily update the README, but getting external articles updated usually never happens and we just end up removing links to them.

Absolutely. I have no problem with that.

I think that some of my views about how code should be structured are biased, but I am happy for node-mysql to re-use the latter article in whole or in part as needed.

[dougwilson]

I read through most of it and, though some of it may just be worded as an opinion, I'm sure that even those sections can be added with like a neutral tone, if you think it would be valuable. For example, the section on explicitly calling .connect explicitly is somewhat of an opinion, but the reason (that you can have a good central place to catch connection-related issues) is certainly valid to have here :)

At the very least, if you wanted to make a pull request to add a section "Articles" or something and add this as one, I don't see any immediate reasons why it wouldn't be accepted :) I can always make that commit myself, but wanted to leave the door open if you wanted to make a PR you have yourself listed as a committer here :)