ohhhh .... wait wait wait - the book I was speaking of is the German one - http://couchdb-buch.de/ - please don't mix this ;-)
On 13 November 2013 22:16, Mark Deibert <[email protected]> wrote: > @Andy: Thank you, thank you, thank you very much for that book! It > _really_ helped get me going in CouchDB. I particularly like the code > illustrations with the hand written notes overlaid. Very cool :-) > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Andy Wenk <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 13 November 2013 18:14, Filippo Fadda <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> >> > Of course, it's an useful resource, like almost all the other books on >> the >> > subject are. And it's free, that's a great thing. But I agree with Jens, >> > there is not an awesome book out there, and I think the main reason is >> that >> > writing a book nowadays doesn't repay the author for the effort needed. >> > Today you can't live writing technical books, in the past many authors >> did, >> > so the general books quality is getting lower and you can find a lot of >> 30 >> > pages books that are not books at all, they just cover badly a subject. >> > >> >> The only reason me an Till wrote the book was because we love CouchDB and >> wanted to help people getting starting with it ;-) I totally agree with >> you >> on the fact why the quality of textbooks decreased. >> >> >> > >> > On Nov 13, 2013, at 5:39 PM, Andy Wenk wrote: >> > >> > > I don't want to start a discussion here. Just wanna drop a side note: >> > > >> > > Please don't forget when this book was written and where CouchDB was >> at >> > > this time. At least the original version was one of the first written >> > > documentation available. To understand the basics about CouchDB, I >> think >> > it >> > > is definitely a good choice. >> > > >> > > Writing a good book is extremely hard and very time consuming (I >> > > experienced it twice). So even when it sound harsh what Jens said, I >> can >> > > imagine, that a lot of people think like that. But also don't forget >> for >> > > whom these books are written. Newbies or intermediate users - not >> > "expert" >> > > users or core developers ;-) >> > > >> > > To come back to the original post, yeah the question was not about a >> book >> > > ;-) >> > > >> > > Cheers >> > > >> > > >> > > On 13 November 2013 16:54, Filippo Fadda < >> > [email protected]>wrote: >> > > >> > >> +1 >> > >> >> > >> On Nov 13, 2013, at 4:41 PM, Jens Alfke wrote: >> > >>> (Also, I have to say I’m unsatisfied with that book. It skips >> around a >> > >> lot, is often unclear, and spends a lot of time on examples as >> opposed >> > to >> > >> principles. That said, I haven’t seen any really good books about >> > CouchDB.) >> > >>> >> > >>> —Jens >> > >> >> > >> >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Andy Wenk >> > > Hamburg - Germany >> > > RockIt! >> > > >> > > http://www.couchdb-buch.de >> > > http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de >> > > >> > > GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588 >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Andy Wenk >> Hamburg - Germany >> RockIt! >> >> http://www.couchdb-buch.de >> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de >> >> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588 >> > > -- Andy Wenk Hamburg - Germany RockIt! http://www.couchdb-buch.de http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588
