Whether a book is done for profit or not has no bearing on the format. Quite simply many people prefer the printed word and I'd have to agree. I rather pay $10 for a self-published book then download the PDF for free.
-Matt > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Marlon Moyer > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 11:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [CFCDev] ColdFusion and design pattens > > Why not have a wiki or something of that nature if profit is not probable > on > a book? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Brian Kotek > > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 7:40 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [CFCDev] ColdFusion and design pattens > > > > I would be happy to help and write part of a book like this, without > > compensation if necessary. Compensation would be great, but it's > > definitely not the reason to do something like this. Further, the > > market for an advanced CF book is probably rather small, so making > > money > > on it is probably unlikely anyway. > > > > One thing that will be a challenge (in my mind at least), is making the > > examples of applying the patterns actually mean something. I'm far from > > an OO guru, but I think I've been using the concepts enough to > > recognize > > that how you apply the patterns depends in a huge way on the actual > > problem being solved. One could go around slapping a pattern onto > > almost > > any problem and be able to write code that actually worked, but would > > not be the most effective solution. > > > > Maybe one approach would be to come up with some standard > > problems, > > along with procedural or "unpatterned" code that solves the problem but > > does it in a way that makes maintenance difficult. Procedural code > > wrapped up in CFCs, tall inheritance hierarchies, non-encapsulated > > code, > > etc. Then approach the problem again and apply some appropriate > > patterns > > in the solution. Just an idea. Anyway Matt (or others), please keep the > > list informed as this develops. > > > > Regards, > > > > Brian > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On > > Behalf Of Matt Liotta > > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 5:48 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [CFCDev] ColdFusion and design pattens > > > > While I can't commit to writing a book and personally hate the computer > > book > > publishing industry; I concede the point that we need an advanced > > CFML > > book. > > I am decently fast enough of a writer that if I knew the subject and had > > an > > outline I could knock out something pretty easily. Therefore, I make the > > following suggestion. > > > > Get a group of people together that would come up with an outline for > > an > > advanced CFML book. If such an outline is created, I will commit to > > writing > > two chapters at least without compensation. > > > > As far as finding others; that may be trickier since they will probably > > want > > compensation. Personally, I'd rather not deal with the issue and avoid > > publishing companies altogether. The book itself can be self-published > > on > > demand for around $10 per copy. > > > > Additionally, I am pretty good with DocBook these days, so creating the > > PDF > > for the book printing would be straight forward enough. > > > > -Matt > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On > > Behalf > > > Of Bryan F. Hogan > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 5:09 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [CFCDev] ColdFusion and design pattens > > > > > > What's difficult to overcome on a project like this is the fact of > > time > > > and resources available. > > > > > > I would like to make a call to the CF authors we have. I would much > > > rather have a book on patterns and things in CF rather than a book > > about > > > Blackstone's new features. > > > > > > I'd be willing to pay 100+ dollars on a book like this. I think that > > the > > > books we have are too basic for a lot of people. At least one author > > > should consider writing such a book. > > > > > > Ben?, Ray?, Pete?, Matt?, Sean? Someone? > > > > > > I'm still anxiously waiting for the day that Matt and/or Sean would > > > write an advanced CF book. > > > > > > > I'm not sure how much I could contribute but I would love to have > > access > > > > to such a project to help me clean up my coldfusion programming > > > practices. > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > I am, and have started working on some examples lately. > > > > > > > > Thomas Chiverton wrote: > > > > > Would anyone be instrested in a community project to develop > > working > > > > examples > > > > > of common design pattens in CFML, using CFCs / Mach II / FB4 ? > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > You are subscribed to cfcdev. 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