On 6/8/11 5:44 AM, Rick Hillegas wrote:
Hi Tiago,
I think it's great that you want to write a chapter on Derby for this
book. To maximize the value of community review, I'd recommend an
incremental approach something like this:
1) Circulate your proposed table of contents. I'm hoping you'll get a
lot of good feedback at this stage.
Since this is just a (long) chapter, make that an outline rather than a
TOC...
2) Circulate a sample chapter. It's best to get feedback on your style
and approach early on.
...and make this a sample section.
Thanks,
-Rick
3) Then dole out the remaining chapters one by one as you write them.
You may find that you want to put off writing the introduction until
after you're done with the real content--in my experience the
introduction almost writes itself if you have the content in front of
you already.
Thanks!
-Rick
On 6/8/11 3:55 AM, Tiago Espinha wrote:
Hi everyone,
We got this message on the ASF community mailing list and I was
wondering if any of the Derby veterans were planning on contributing
a chapter about Derby to this book.
I love writing :-) I guess that's part of the reason I embarked in a
doctoral degree. For this reason, I was thinking that if no one else
is planning on doing so, would the community be ok if I go ahead with
it? I'd bring the draft versions to the mailing list before a final
submission, to get feedback from a) English natives and b) people who
have far more experience with Derby than me.
I just thought it'd be a nice thing to bring Derby some publicity,
and the profits from the book (should people choose to buy it - since
it's actually open-source) go to Amnesty International, which I find
a noble cause.
What do you think?
Regards,
Tiago
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *Greg Wilson* <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
Date: Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 9:41 PM
Subject: contributing to "The Architecture of Open Source Applications"
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Hello,
We just released a book titled "The Architecture of Open Source
Applications", the content of which is also available online under a
Creative Commons license at http://aosabook.org. The project's
over-arching aim is to show people how complex applications are
designed, and why they are designed that way; as we say in the
introduction, we want people to explain what the major components of
their applications, how they work together (or don't), and most
importantly, why that design was chosen, and what has been learned along
the way.
We are now gearing up to do a second volume, and are looking for
contributions that reflect and encourage diverse participation in open
source software development. If you might be willing to write a
chapter-length description of a medium-to-large open source application
that you have worked on, or if you know someone who might want to do so,
please get in touch with us at [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>. Please note that all
royalties from sales will be donated directly to Amnesty International,
so you'll be helping a couple of good causes at once.
Thanks for your time --- we look forward to hearing from you.
Greg Wilson (http://third-bit.com)
