Well, hey, as long as we're still recognizing the possible value of older CF books, I'll note that there was also the "CFMX Bible" (which I did with Adam and David Churvis, and Hal Helms).
Now, I'm sure it may seem self-serving for me to mention these (and Ray to mention his), but Steve made a very good point about how some subjects were covered more at that time as "new in 6 or 6.1", where later books may have scaled back such coverage to make room to focus on newer features of 7. Another good measure of an older book's value is the Amazon ratings (high for the CFMX Bible and others) and whether you can still find it on bookshelves. I see the CFMX Bible often--though I know this thread was about poor coverage of CF books down under. :-) Anyway, before someone says: "yeah, well if the books were so good why weren't they updated for 7, or 8?" That was just economics of the publishing industry in those few of years after the bust. Lots of books were shelved and not updated as tech took a hit in general. Fortunately, there will be the CF8 updates to the WACK books, and I'm fortunate to be contributing (as Ray's been for years). There will be 3 books, split between beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Look for them to be out in coming months (can't be any more specific than that: keep an eye on Ben's blog for any more info). /charlie -----Original Message----- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raymond Camden Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 10:16 AM To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Coldfusion Books Speaking for myself, I thought the Mastering CF books were very well done. I know we worked hard on them and I thought they came out well. I may be a bit defensive since I was one of the contributing authors, but I'll won't stand by and let you call them worthless. I also know that Rob's ORA CF book is _still_ very highly regarded as well. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
