Hey Phil, No date as yet ... As soon as we have something we can share with the list, we'll do exactly that !
Best wishes, Steven -- Steven Webster Practice Director (Rich Internet Applications) Adobe Consulting Westpoint, 4 Redheughs Rigg, South Gyle, Edinburgh, EH12 9DQ, UK p: +44 (0) 131 338 6108 m: +44 (0) 7917 428 947 > -----Original Message----- > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Marston > Sent: 27 February 2006 11:39 > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book > > Hi Steven, > > Any hints at a time-line for the 2nd edition? > > ;-) > > Phil > > > At 03:16 27/02/2006 -0800, you wrote: > >All, > > > >Definitely not a touchy subject - it's a fair question ! > > > >The book will be rewritten completely for Flex 2.0, and > we'll be using > >the opportunity to "refactor" how we've approached the subject. > >However, I'd echo a number of comments that the aim of the > book is to > >lift the covers on how one might approach the architecture and > >best-practices around Flex application development. > Furthermore, for > >each feature of the Flex product, the aim of the book was to impart > >where and how you might apply there features, rather than an > attribute > >by attribute, method by method coverage of the various components, > >containers, etc. > > > >We share your frustration that the code no longer compiles; > however I > >do trust that the value you'll extract from the book is > significantly > >more than some source code samples. > > > >Best wishes, > > > >Steven > > > >-- > >Steven Webster > >Practice Director (Rich Internet Applications) Adobe Consulting > >Westpoint, 4 Redheughs Rigg, South Gyle, Edinburgh, EH12 9DQ, UK > >p: +44 (0) 131 338 6108 > >m: +44 (0) 7917 428 947 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Barnes > > > Sent: 27 February 2006 05:08 > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book > > > > > > Agreed. I considered myself a flex developer early on in > the piece > > > that "knew" flex, but i'm happy to put hand on heart and declare > > > that I still have it on my bookshelf and at times refer to it for > > > min-refresh-my-memory style queries. > > > > > > Semantics of the book hold, just syntax is a lot different. > > > Plus it wouldn't hurt to know where flex has come from in > order to > > > guage where its going. > > > > > > If however you have to pay and not your work and the > budgets a bit > > > tight then i'd say "no" :) > > > > > > > > > On 2/27/06, Matt Chotin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think it depends on your goal for reading the book. If > > > you want to > > > > just copy sample code and run it then the book now > serves less of > > > > a purpose. But I think the approaches that are talked about > > > in the book > > > > still hold in Flex 2 so for general background it's still > > > worthwhile. > > > > > > > > Matt > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > On Behalf Of pixelgeek > > > > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 9:54 PM > > > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > > > > Subject: [flexcoders] Developing Rich Clients book > > > > > > > > Maybe a potentially touchy subject considering the group > > > mods but is > > > > the "Developing Rich Clients with Macromedia Flex" book a > > > worthwhile > > > > purchase now? > > > > > > > > I ask primarily because I am not able to get the sample > app from > > > > Chapter 2 to run (or compile) and if the rest of the book > > > has similar > > > > issues due to the changes to Flex and MXML (note: I don't > > > see this as > > > > an issue with the authors or the book just a fact of life) I am > > > > not sure the point behind continuing to work through it. > > > > > > > > So are the rest of the samples in the book salvagable > or has the > > > > language changed that much that I will run into similar > > > issues through > > > > the rest of the book? > > > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > > > FAQ: > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > > > Search Archives: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > > > > Yahoo! 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