Hmm. A book. I'm wondering if I should/could put my hands up on that one.
Being that I'm a journo by trade, I'm thinking I might be able to pull it off. Now that said, I'd need some serious ears when I had a question to bounce off. That said, I'm a reasonable enough programmer, or I'd like to think I am :) Perhaps the trick is I write a sample chapter and throw it at a few publishers (orielly etc) and see if theres any interest. If theres not, I doubt I could justify the expenditure of time, but if there is interest It'd be a damn great way to spend this currently-between-jobs period I'm in. Whats the vibes here? -- Shayne O'Neill http://perth.indymedia.org I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." ----George W. Bush On Sun, 28 Mar 2004, Chris Barker wrote: > > > Douglas Burchard wrote: > > > Would something other than a wrench fit better? For example: > > I like the wrench a lot, I think "tools" when I think of Webware. > > > <http://www.douglasburchard.com/demo-logo_01.jpg> > > the feather ties it to Apache too much. while most of us probably use it > with Apache, it is NOT an Apache extension. > > > I know, there are several problems with this specific example, but > > perhaps someone could offer a better metaphor... > > Maybe a way to use the wrench, and something that says: "web". A globe, > perhaps a wrench adjusting the globe? I'm NOT a designer, so I'm not > going ot even try to make an image out of that idea! > > More than a good website, more than a logo, what Webware needs to get > some real exposure and use is a Book. I had a colleague who had worked > with me on a Python based project, then set out to build a web app. > After looking through the books on developing for the web with Python, > and buying "Web Programming in Python", he was thoroughly confused about > what combinations of tools to use (CGI, mod_python, mod_snake, jonpy, > quiote, webware, etc.). If there was a book: "Building web applications > with Python and Webware", that told you what tools to use, and how to > use them, he probably would have used it. Instead, he was faced with > Zope, which he didn't really like. So, he bought a book that told him > how to use PHP and MySQL to do what he wanted. He didn't like PHP > better, what he liked was that there weren't so many options he had to > choose from for every part of the project. A self contained book about > Webware would really make the difference! > > That being said, I have neither the talent nor the time to write such a > book, but I think someone who did might even be able to earn a decent > profit from it. > > -Chris > > > > > > -- > Christopher Barker, Ph.D. > Oceanographer > > NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice > 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax > Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of > GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Webware-discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-discuss > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Webware-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-discuss
