Laurent, in fact I think ALL 3 of the Fusebox books are good !:) However the one they are obviously referring to is the one from 2 years ago since none of the people posting in the thread you quote below would have had access to the 2 new Fusebox books.
I think that first book, penned in spring 2000 (?) and published in November 2000, did a pretty good job of explaining Fusebox, particularly for the "advanced beginner". If it wasn't a literary masterpiece, then so what? Very few books are nowadays. It certainly accomplished its main goals: to explain the basics of Fusebox1 and to outline some of the best practices which later become conglomerately known as Fusebox3. It expanded the range of people using Fusebox, it gave a marking stone for much of the very original work Hal did with XFB that later got molded into FB3, and it just plain helped people. All for the price of lunch for two. Also, I'm a little suspect when someone says : > The information available at www.fusebox.org <http://www.fusebox.org/> > covers everything that is in the book, but better organized. well since the current site came after the book, it's not surprising. But Fusebox.org is "better organized"??? Ooh, I got a chuckle outta that one! :) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 3:21 AM Subject: Cross Mailinglist: FW: CFTipsPlusFAQ: Fusebox book. > The new book isn't available yet is it? > > They weren't happen to talk about the new one? Cause than I possible > have to rethink buying the book is was waiting for so long :-( > > -----Original Message----- > From: Don Vaillancourt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: donderdag 06 juni 2002 17:30 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: CFTipsPlusFAQ: Fusebox book. > > ============================================= > See our sponsors at the bottom of this e-mail. > ============================================= > BTW, everyone. Please do not buy the Fusebox book. > > Although I do use fusebox and find fusebox very useful, the book is very > much crap. It is unorganized, badly written. Essentially it is written > the way I see some programmers code their applications (spaghetti code). > > The information available at www.fusebox.org <http://www.fusebox.org/> > covers everything that is in the book, but better organized. > > At 10:09 PM 06/05/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > > > ============================================= > See our sponsors at the bottom of this e-mail. > ============================================= > > I appreciate all the replies.. (keep em coming) > > > > I ve already read up on a lot of Fusebox... spent a lot of time reading > Hal Helm s past newsletters... I really like the concept. > > > > I guess I was mainly concerned about how much time I should spend > practicing if it wasn t used a lot. Looks like I ll try a few apps out > with fusebox and fusedocs. It s always exciting to screw with new > stuff.... > > > > Thanks again... > > > > Oh, Nathan, I d/led your zip files and I ll look through them tonight... > Thanks! > > > > Steve <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Veen..... > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn Oden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 2:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: CFTipsPlusFAQ: fusebox > > > ============================================= > > See our sponsors at the bottom of this e-mail. > > ============================================= > > I like a lot of the basic concepts of Fusebox, but I found that it was > very limited for some of the things I needed to do. I use my own flavor, > similar to Terry's - several small, reusable modules/plug-ins with their > own specific function. I have also found that the real secret to writing > good code that other people can work with is to comment everything. And > make your comments very descriptive so anybody can understand them, > especially yourself. I hate it when I review old code THAT I WROTE and > can't figure out what I was talking about. > > > > I haven't checked out FB3 yet. It sounds like they made significant > improvements. Ditching the custom tags was a definite plus, and with the > new Steering Committee, they should be able to make some real progress. > Eventually someone will create an acceptable "standard practice" for CF > programming, and Fusebox seems to be on a good track. For now, use > whatever you feel most comfortable with. > > > > Shawn > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Veen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 1:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: CFTipsPlusFAQ: fusebox > Would anyone mind giving me their impression of fusebox? 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