There have been significant changes since this book was written. However, it covers topics where very little would need to be added to make it current. It does not cover the code in the applications tree where a great deal has changed. It focuses on the framework which is what you really want when you are making new applications for hot-deploy. I think with this book, you are well prepared to write new applications assuming previous Java experience.
-----Original Message----- From: Todd Thorner [mailto:tthor...@infotinuum.com] Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 1:00 PM To: user@ofbiz.apache.org Subject: Re: Ofbiz Cookbook Thank you for the recommendation. I read Ms. Hoffman's "OFBiz Ecommerce Out-Of-The-Box" as a primer of sorts, and based on that positive experience will consider saving my pennies so I can purchase her OFBiz cookbook. Is there any reason to anticipate a need for an updated edition? Have there been many significant changes to OFBiz (or its complementary considerations like data modeling strategies) since 2010? On 16-08-05 10:55 AM, Skip wrote: > I just got finished reading Apache OFBiz Cookbook (Open Source: Community > Experience Distilled) by Ruth Hoffman. > > I have been writing Ofbiz code since before it was an Apache project. This > book would have saved me six months of digging through Ofbiz code and > inspite of my nearly a decade of experience, I still learned several new > things in it. > > I highly recommend this book to everyone, beginner and expert alike and > strongly recommend this book for anyone just getting started. It is well > written and worth every penny. When you get the Data Resource book, get > this one too and read it first. > > Amazon has it here > https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1847199186/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?i > e=UTF8&psc=1 > > > I have never met or spoken to Ruth even though she posts on this forum from > time to time. > > Thanks Ruth. > > Skip >