Hi Resler, "Resler, John M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03/22/2006 10:32:46 AM:
> My apologies if this is a stupid question (so much for the "There are no > stupid questions") remark. I'd like to use Batik and I've viewed the > site and building The JSVGCanvas code but I'd like something more indepth. > Has anyone of the experts On this list thought about getting rich and > writing a book on development with Batik? Yes, I've thought about it. Then I talked with a friend that wrote a technical book and promptly changed my mind ;) Seriously a good treatment of Batik would be a serious undertaking to really describe the project you would have to cover at least a little of XML, DOM, CSS, SVG, 2D vector graphics, Java2D, Image processing (filters). Then you could start really talking about the internals of Batik (SVGGraphics2D, JSVGCanvas, GVT, Bridge, SVGDOM, Transcoders, Fonts, Text, Text Layout, Text Flow). Not that it helps you to point out how much material Batik covers, fortunately most users are really only need to deal directly with relatively small pieces of the whole. Perhaps the biggest problem I would have if I tried to write such a book is that I would feel compelled to fix the little 'quirks' of Batik instead of just documenting them which would make it almost impossible to finish the book as the target would keep moving ;) > If not, are there any books that I have been unable to find on > developing With Batik? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Unfortunately I can't remember the name of it, but one of the SVG books had a chapter on Batik (I don't think it went into any serious depth but it might be a better read than our Web site ;). Seriously though the Batik-users mail list archives (which BTW is a better place for this discussion) contains TONS of useful information and lots of helpful people. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
