Speaking for myself, I thought the Mastering CF books were very well done. I know we worked hard on them and I thought they came out well. I may be a bit defensive since I was one of the contributing authors, but I'll won't stand by and let you call them worthless.
I also know that Rob's ORA CF book is _still_ very highly regarded as well. On 7/22/07, Dale Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Peter, > > > > Besides the CF8 ones, the others are worthless, you'd have trouble giving > them away, so I wouldn't bother with the insurance. > > > > Regards > > Dale Fraser > > > > http://dalefraser.blogspot.com > > > > > From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Peter Tilbrook > Sent: Sunday, 22 July 2007 2:51 AM > To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Coldfusion Books > > > > > > I actually bought a copy of Forta's "Advanced CF 7" from McGills a few > > > > > months ago. maybe it was the last one. Actually I haven't used it > > much, its just not "Advanced" enough, it more of a beginner's or maybe > > intermediate book if you ask me. > > > > ColdFusion, as a platform and a language (CFML) is advancing and improving > at such a rate a fully comprehensive tome would be dang difficult to create. > > History has shown that the CFWACK series are, if not the best, right up > there (especially for comprehensiveness). Ben Forta et al must have sold > several hundred thousands of copies already - and the new CF8 version will > do better again. > > Just a quick tab through the User Group library I have, at a very > conservative $40.00 per book (about 78 titles), amounts to about $3,120.00. > I am running out of room for these great tomes. A more realistic > (Australian) dollar figure would be more like $80.00 per book - a massive > $6, 240.00 (we are charged a heck of a lot more). These books are the user > group library - I personally own some of them - but just realised I need to > update my contents insurance in case of a disaster. > > > > > > -- =========================================================================== Raymond Camden, Camden Media Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog : www.coldfusionjedi.com AOL IM : cfjedimaster --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
