Ya know, it's a good thing I am not the overly sensitive type, or constantly seeing this thread in my inbox would really upset me. :-)
FWIW, lost of folks are indeed buying CFWACK and CFADV, and for that I am grateful (and quite honored too). I agree that it is a shame that O'Reilly dropped their book, I think it was a dumb mistake on their part (and spoke to them repeatedly trying to get them to change their mind). As for whether or not existing experienced CF developers should buy this new edition, I'm not going to suggest they do, but rather suggest that they skim the TOC to see if there is enough new content for them. While lots of the book changed, very experienced developers may find that not enough changed to justify the price (and the CFADV changes may be more useful than the CFWACK changes). I'm not going to push one way or the other. Oh, and yes, the MM docs are orders of magnitude better than they were way back when, thank goodness for that. --- Ben -----Original Message----- From: Calvin Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 10:18 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: I truly hate Ben Forta Those bound, printed copies cost $150 for the set. I'm thinking sub $40 per book for the WACK and Advanced WACK is a better deal! -----Original Message----- From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 9:58 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: I truly hate Ben Forta For what it's worth I use the docs as my primary resource as well. You can buy bound, printed copies directly from Macromedia and that's always the first thing I do when a new version hits. The online version of the docs also includes many useful comments from anal retentive readers. ;^) Not that I don't love Ben but I honestly don't buy the WACK any longer either. I still highly recommend it to anybody that wants a book... but personally I just find that I rarely get my money's worth from any technical books, even uniformly excellent ones. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:206395 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
