Ben, The only problem with the new layout is vol. one is the only current (other than John Farrar's...very rarely) cf book at bookstores. I'd bet vol. 3 would sell well. When it was just two volumes, even the beginning level (the one most readily available) had significant information on the newest version. So you would benefit as a beginner and someone looking for info on the latest version.
But I understand you had to make decisions with the books getting too large and all. Mark -----Original Message----- From: Ben Forta [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 10:58 PM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: ColdFusion 9 WACK To add to what's been said, existing CF users will likely NOT want Volume 1, as the only significant change in it is coverage of ColdFusion Builder. Real coverage of all that's new in CF9 is in Volumes 2 and 3. This is intentional. I broke out Volume 1 last time into its own volume so that existing users would not have to buy a book that they'd not need most of. Volume 1 is definitely a beginners books, which is why we named it "Getting Started". --- Ben -----Original Message----- From: Eric . [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 10:32 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: ColdFusion 9 WACK Oh definitely. I didn't want to imply anything otherwise :) I have great respect for the way Ben writes. After all, halfway through the CF5 WACK, I was making good money as a developer with little to no experience. Far and few between are books that you can point someone to and with little else, have them ready for entry into the world of development. In other words.. I'm awaiting the tasty morsels that are soon to come regarding CF9's new tools :) BTW, to your reply to Maureen - b3 == Book 3? >Remember that the book is for beginners, so a 'rehash of the basics' >is a bit unfair. If you _know_ CF, then you probably want to wait till >the 3rd volume where more advanced topics are. If you _dont_ know CF, >then I think the 1st volume is excellent. Of course, I'm fairly >biased. > > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:332675 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
