Date: 2004-11-17T08:29:24 Editor: HenriYandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wiki: Jakarta Commons Wiki Page: JakartaCommonsResources URL: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-commons/JakartaCommonsResources
no comment Change Log: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ * I'm drooling at the thought of Tim's book. The Commons and Cookbook concepts suit each other very well and I think this is a possible classic. Very well suited to any fans of the Perl Cookbook or people with some experience of Commons already I am going to guess (I've not seen any form of the text for this yet). * I've never read a SourceBeat book, so have little clue on Jonathan's text. It's been coming-soon for almost a year now it seems though, which has been dissapointing. The blog is interesting, and suggests Jonathan will be focusing on a smaller set of components than I would expect. One advantage of the SourceBeat approach is that we're promised updates to the text on a subscription model. So when released, it should stay more up to date on versions of the components than other books. * Vikram's series of articles at onjava.com were probably the first piece of text on Commons as a whole to be published. His forthcoming book will join Harshad's as a standard style text on Commons. I've draft-reviewed this one too, so more salt. The diffentiating factor for me here is the author's style; Harshad's better suits inexperienced developers, while Vikram is more efficient. + * My school-German is too weak nowadays to understand Torsten's book. It's niche is quite clear, though whether a speaker of German and English would prefer it, I don't know. So in summary: @@ -32,5 +33,6 @@ * Tim's: Current users of Commons. * Jonathan's: Subscription model. * Vikram's: Experienced Java developers. + * Torsten's: German text. (/End of Opinion) ---- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
