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!
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Thiago H. de Paula Figueiredo
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