I was going to write a message, but most of what I wanted to say was already said. I am not sure that there is enough of an audience for two books. Perhaps you can cooperate with Igor to get your content into his book? There would be a lot of marketing synergy there at least.
On Aug 5, 2013, at 4:13 PM, Thiago H de Paula Figueiredo wrote: > Hi! > > I've said a handful of times in this mailing list that I'd love to write a > book on Tapestry. With crowdsourcing sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, I > can check whether there's demand enough for the book before writing. In > addition, it seems I'll have the free time needed to start working seriously > on it. (By the way, if you need Tapestry consulting or development, e-mail > me!). > > Igor already wrote a very nice book about Tapestry, more targeted at people > trying to learn the framework, so I won't replicate his effort. Instead, I'm > thinking at complementing it. I'm thinking of the following question that may > be asked by someone who finished Igor's book: now that I can write webapps in > Tapestry, what else could I learn to have a deep, even internal knowledge of > it, so I know what to look to implement more advanced, specific stuff that > uses the framework flexibility to suit my needs? > > I've written a proposal of the table of contents at > http://www.arsmachina.com.br/masteringApacheTapestry.html. Feel free to > suggest anything about it. > > Some notes: > > * It may look wrong in the beggining, but the book starts with a deep look at > Tapestry-IoC. Everything else in the book will need T-IoC. And, if you really > want to dive deep into Tapestry-core, you'll need to know T-IoC very well. > > * There will be lots of code examples. Ideally, one for anything which could > be better exemplified with code. They'll be freely downloadable, probably > with their sources in GitHub. > > * I thought about a cookbook section, but I'm not sure what people would find > interesting. > > * You may suggest by asking questions about Tapestry or how to implement > something with it, even if it sounds preposterous. > > * At least for now, an A4-formatted (for better viewing of code examples), > DRM-free PDF file will be only option available. > > * I haven't defined the price yet, but it'll be in the 20 to 30 dollars > range, probably in the middle. > > * I'll just create the Indiegogo campaign if there's enough buzz in the > mailing list. Kickstarter isn't an option because, as you may already know, > I'm a Brazilian living in Brazil and Kickstarter only accepts campaigns from > USA citizens. > > What do you guys think? All feedback is welcome. :) > > Cheers! > > -- > Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org
