As a long-time author of computer books, fairly experienced MVC/OO thinker/coder, and recent Rails convert, it is probably not surprising that my midnight ruminations occasionally lead me to wonder if a Rails book might not be an interesting undertaking. But I know there are some great titles out there already and undoubtedly dozens more in the works. I''m interested in writing about the topic but I''d like to cover stuff that others may find lacking in current offerings. I would likely (though not necessarily) self-publish as eBooks, so I don''t need to appeal to a publisher''s vague notions of what is needed. Rather than clog up this list with a discussion that would potentially degenerate into a "That book does it well enough, no it doesn''t" shouting match, I took the liberty of starting a new page on the Rails wiki (http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/Ideas+For+Ruby +Book+Authors) where you can post your ideas and requests. I''ll monitor that page daily (unless and until people stop posting there). So head over there and share your requests. Who knows? Maybe a book will suddenly appear answering that burning need you feel for a specific bit of Rails learning. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- Dan Shafer Technology Visionary - Technology Assessment - Documentation "Looking at technology from every angle" http://www.eclecticity.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060111/46a90e74/attachment.html
For some reason, someone decided to remove the link to this page on the front page of the Wiki. But the page still exists, so feel free to use it. Some already have. The problem with Wikis.... On Jan 11, 2006, at 12:28 PM, Dan Shafer wrote:> As a long-time author of computer books, fairly experienced MVC/OO > thinker/coder, and recent Rails convert, it is probably not > surprising that my midnight ruminations occasionally lead me to > wonder if a Rails book might not be an interesting undertaking. But > I know there are some great titles out there already and > undoubtedly dozens more in the works. > > I''m interested in writing about the topic but I''d like to cover > stuff that others may find lacking in current offerings. I would > likely (though not necessarily) self-publish as eBooks, so I don''t > need to appeal to a publisher''s vague notions of what is needed. > > Rather than clog up this list with a discussion that would > potentially degenerate into a "That book does it well enough, no it > doesn''t" shouting match, I took the liberty of starting a new page > on the Rails wiki (http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/Ideas+For > +Ruby+Book+Authors) where you can post your ideas and requests. > I''ll monitor that page daily (unless and until people stop posting > there). > > So head over there and share your requests. Who knows? Maybe a book > will suddenly appear answering that burning need you feel for a > specific bit of Rails learning. >-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- Dan Shafer Technology Visionary - Technology Assessment - Documentation "Looking at technology from every angle" http://www.eclecticity.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060112/b06d38c6/attachment-0001.html
Sorry ''bout that. I''d created the Wiki entry and linked page for "RUBY" book authors rather than RAILS book authors. I fixed it. The new URL is http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/Ideas+for+Rails+Book+Authors Dan On Jan 11, 2006, at 12:28 PM, Dan Shafer wrote:> As a long-time author of computer books, fairly experienced MVC/OO > thinker/coder, and recent Rails convert, it is probably not > surprising that my midnight ruminations occasionally lead me to > wonder if a Rails book might not be an interesting undertaking. But > I know there are some great titles out there already and > undoubtedly dozens more in the works. > > I''m interested in writing about the topic but I''d like to cover > stuff that others may find lacking in current offerings. I would > likely (though not necessarily) self-publish as eBooks, so I don''t > need to appeal to a publisher''s vague notions of what is needed. > > Rather than clog up this list with a discussion that would > potentially degenerate into a "That book does it well enough, no it > doesn''t" shouting match, I took the liberty of starting a new page > on the Rails wiki (http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/Ideas+for > +Rails+Book+Authors) where you can post your ideas and requests. > I''ll monitor that page daily (unless and until people stop posting > there). > > So head over there and share your requests. Who knows? Maybe a book > will suddenly appear answering that burning need you feel for a > specific bit of Rails learning. > > -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. > -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- > Dan Shafer > Technology Visionary - Technology Assessment - Documentation > "Looking at technology from every angle" > http://www.eclecticity.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wrath.rubyonrails.org/pipermail/rails/attachments/20060112/1dceadb7/attachment.html