I agree that code samples should be small and straight to the point. What kills me is books that present not only large amounts of code to illustrate a small concept, but wrap it all in GUI code just so that the end user can push a button and read what happens in a text widget. I won't mention the book title, but one book did just this to illustrate the factory pattern...
Later, Frank > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Skeet [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 8:13 PM > To: Ant Users List > Subject: RE: Ant: The Definitive Guide (Orielly) > > > > 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. > > I find that too. I'm *hoping* to write a book on Java 1.5, > and I've decided that if I do, all the code snippets will be > kept to their bare minimum. None of this "here's 10 pages of > code, containing 5 lines which actually do interesting stuff" > rubbish :) > > Jon > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
