Guess I could definitely jump in to help with the Maven + Flexmojos part :-) Think this has never actually been covered by any printed book.
Chris ________________________________________ Von: John Gardiner <jwegardi...@gmail.com> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2014 15:13 An: users@flex.apache.org Betreff: Re: O'Reilly Apache Flex book help An Apache Flex book will be a great statement of intent for the future of the technology. I hope this can be realised. My own experience is that Apache Flex is being re-adopted in a number of significant domains, especially when used in conjunction with Adobe Air. However, as I am sure others here have experienced, the quantity of stale information on the web (broken links to blogs, wikis, examples, libraries, etc.) is incredibly frustrating and can be a massive time thief. Therefore, assuming an Apache Flex Cookbook in future, my personal suggestion would be to use the initial book to rationalise this and other information on the wiki. Walkthrough examples of how to Mavenise an SDK and configure builds using the latest versions of Flexmojos and Flexunit (the other projects donated to Apache) would also be really powerful. I offer my services towards this project in any capacity and will certainly pre-order if this is helpful to the cause. Keep up the great work everyone. On 23 January 2014 08:38, Arne Broedel <arne.broe...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Great I love to read this thread and feel the engagement. I would want a > copy just because this community drives it. > Am 23.01.2014 09:07 schrieb "Patel Amit" <amitpowerpe...@gmail.com>: > > > Here what I want to into the wishlist as following :: > > > > - Apache Flex new sdks and improvement on Adobe flex 4.6 > > - New Apache Flex components related to 4.10 sdks if any > > - Connect with different technologies [Java , Dot net ,PHP] > > - There should be some Mobile and Tablets demo > > - Also we can cover the Falcon > > - There should be also the demo to build the application using Mustella > > framework > > - FlexUnit > > - some reference link related to Apache flex showcase > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Joseph Balderson <n...@joeflash.ca> > > wrote: > > > > > Thanks for your contributions Thiago. Let's table wish list items to a > > > separate > > > thread. > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > Joseph Balderson, Flex & Flash Platform Developer :: > http://joeflash.ca > > > Author, Professional Flex 3 :: http://tinyurl.com/proflex3book > > > > > > a...@a00s.com wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > Wish list, that I think it is important to those who want to > start. > > > > Just my opinion, things that took me long time to understand, that > > could > > > > be very simple and quickly if I could found in one place. > > > > > > > > 1) How to download Flex. Looks stupid but once you download and > install > > > > you start to wondering. OK now what I do? It was my first reaction > when > > > > moved to apache. It was my first time downloading separately from > Adobe > > > > builder. > > > > 2) How to setup Flex with adobe builder > > > > 3) How to setup Flex with Intelij > > > > 4) Probably the most important in my view: How to connect a flex > > > > application with a database (maybe how to setup tomcat, blazeds) > > > > 5) How to use external resourses with Flex like javascript. To show > > that > > > > Flex its not a competitor of other languages but a language to build > > the > > > > entire application, doesnt matter if will need to put together > > > > javascript, applet... > > > > 6) Show how to make 3d objects, not sure if the 3rd solution will > allow > > > > this one. > > > > 7) How to print. Any business application will need that at some > point, > > > > and many times we need a clear text to print, not a postscript image, > > > > maybe how to convert in PDF. > > > > 8) How to check why your application is crashing the browser and how > to > > > > debug. > > > > > > > > thanks for starting this book > > > > > > > > Thiago Maia > > > > > > > > > > > > On 1/22/2014 7:59 PM, Joseph Balderson wrote: > > > >> Thanks Justin. > > > >> > > > >> One rule of thumb for time involved is 1-2 hours per page for > authors > > > >> -- that's > > > >> me -- and 5-10 minutes per page for tech editing -- that's you > Justin. > > > >> Which is > > > >> why, if a book goes past 400 pages, you need more than one author, > > > >> unless you're > > > >> David Gassner who can crack off a 1000-page Flex Bible book all by > > > >> himself (god > > > >> only knows how the hell he does it). Given the scope of the book, > I'm > > > >> probably > > > >> looking at 6 months to write, with tech editing as it's written, so > > > >> there's > > > >> time. Professional Adobe Flex 3 only had two tech editors, and that > > was > > > a > > > >> 1400-page book (in retrospect we probably should have had three, but > > > >> whaddyagonnado?) If you find you need help with the tech editing > > > >> Justin, we'll > > > >> cross that bridge when we get to it, but for now consider that post > to > > > >> be filled > > > >> by you. > > > >> > > > >> There are three possible classic "animal" books I could do with > > > >> O'Reilly for > > > >> Apache Flex -- one is the "Programming Foo" series, the other is the > > > "Foo > > > >> Cookbook" series, and the third are "Developing Fum Applications for > > > Foo" > > > >> micro-books. The last book on Flex in the "Programming" series was > > > >> "Programming > > > >> Flex 3" by Chafic Kazoun & Joey Lott, so we're due for an update. > > > >> There is a > > > >> "Flex 4 Cookbook" and some Flex 4.5 micro-books by Rich Tretola back > > > >> in 2011, > > > >> but nothing recent. > > > >> > > > >> I think we'll go with a "Programming Apache Flex" book this time, > with > > > an > > > >> emphasis on the Spark portion of the framework, and what's been > > > >> updated since > > > >> Adobe Flex 4.6, rather than going over everything, considering the > > > >> wealth of > > > >> information already published on Flex 3 and 4. And also because I > > > >> don't want to > > > >> embark on another monster book project; we'll keep it at around 400 > > > >> pages, which > > > >> would be easier to sell to O'Reilly. > > > >> > > > >> Doing an "Apache Flex Cookbook" would be a nice second book, but as > a > > > >> collaborative effort, because it would be a bit of a monster to do, > > > >> considering > > > >> that the "Flex 4 Cookbook" weighed in at 740 pages. If O'Reilly > gets a > > > >> good ROI > > > >> (i.e. it breaks even ;) on this first book, they might consider > doing > > > the > > > >> cookbook. But we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. > > > >> > > > >> What I will need people's input on, when the book proposal is > > > >> approved, are > > > >> general ideas, or rather a wish list of "what you'd like to see in > the > > > >> book", > > > >> keeping in mind what kind of book this will be. > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> I'll keep everyone updated as I hear from them. > > > >> > > > >> > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > > >> > > > >> Joseph Balderson, Flex & Flash Platform Developer :: > > http://joeflash.ca > > > >> Author, Professional Flex 3 :: http://tinyurl.com/proflex3book > > > >> > > > >> Justin Mclean wrote: > > > >>> Hi, > > > >>> > > > >>>> You'll do fine, Justin. As long as you're willing to put in the > time > > > >>>> to read and > > > >>>> double-read the entire book (usually as it's written chapter by > > > >>>> chapter) > > > >>> OK I'm in - but that shouldn't stop other people from wanting to > help > > > >>> out as well. > > > >>> > > > >>> Thanks, > > > >>> Justin > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
