> -----Original Message----- > From: Geoff Howard [mailto:cocoongeoff@;yahoo.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 11:37 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Sybex Cocoon book > > > > --- Alex McLintock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Happily I have received another Cocoon2 book for > > review on > > http://news.DiverseBooks.com > > > > Does anyone have any questions which they want me to > > discuss in my review? > > 1) which version of cocoon is the book relevant to? > 2.0.3 release? any 2.1 dev and if so how outdated is > it? > Of the major topics of the book, how many are now in > the process of being deprecated? > 2) where is the book focused? static xml files? > database? > 3) Are any topics covered from an advanced > perspective? > 4) Of the competing concepts in cocoon, which does it > advocate? esql vs. sql transformer for example > > Geoff >
As one of the authors of the Sybex book, let me say that due to the pure mechanics of book publishing we had to stick to the 2.0.2 - 2.0.3 versions. Trying to be up to date with 2.1 would have been futile and frustrating to our readers. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Author of Soap Programming with Java - Sybex; ISBN: 0782129285 Coauthor of Cocoon 2 Programming - Sybex; ISBN: 0782141315 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
