On Tuesday, May 28, 2002, at 11:08 AM, Chris Bailey wrote:
> Too many books [print reference material], and should realize in this > day and age, unless the book itself is a desktop reference (and only > that), that it's pointless (and even then it's pretty debateable, > unless it's like say the Java reference books that are more than just > JavaDoc, but give nice examples). The other good time to print such information is when the book re-organizes the information, as the Java Almanac does. These are great books to peruse, as they organize the information in a very different, yet useful, manner. In the main, though, any book with printed out javadocs at the back does not get purchased. I am starting also to reject books with CDs in them, as I would rather pull the most recent from the source when I get the books, and they usually cost substantially more than their competition, often with less information. I do like the recent trend of putting the majority of the code examples at the publisher's site, with only important snippets in the actual text - this means the book is more meat and less condiment. Scott -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
