Hello, I'm not to replicate the former writers, so I'll keep it short :) I love the idea of a ZF book and also have considered writing itself, but even if i have some spare time on my hands ... well, not THAT much ;)
Remember, that for example Ruby wouldn't have done it like it did, without the Pragmatic Programmers. Beforehand it was just one of many not known languages, and only known to Japanese mostly In short: count me in ... at least as a tester ;) Regards Ronald Pádraic Brady-2 wrote: > > Hi Shekar, > > Likely echoing a lot of people - books take time, and they are highly > unreliable for at least the first few iterations of any software. Given > the rate of development in the Zend Framework, a version late 1.x/2.0 > would have to be seriously considered as a possible publication target > (otherwise the risk of outdated texts is likely quite high - at least if > one makes a few assumptions about publication dates, likely demand, and > time-to-write). 2.0 is probably out on the horizon - depends. > > That said, now would be a good time to get started on the bulk of the > standard unchanging elements (actually the release of 0.9 would have been > ;)). We have a stable API, and ongoing changes are unlikely to prove rapid > (or blatantly off the map). Also, one would lack a sponsoring publisher at > this time which will only get worse over the next few months as > publication houses grab up experienced writers and ZF users (or at least > writers who can gain familiarity in time) - something I gather is > happening already from comments elsewhere, in a few places, given the > publicity of the ZF and its growing mindshare. > > It probably wouldn't be all that hard to round up a few interested persons > however, if there was a little more certainty about the future of such a > proposed book, what one would seek in an author, and how the > copyright/licensed distribution would play out (assuming the immediate > lack of an interested publisher). I'm sure Cristain has more ideas here - > he's at least penetrated the Irish market judging from my bookshelf where > he's noted at least twice ;). > > Not to be a discouraging note - a book definitely would have an audience. > It would be interesting to hear more obviously. > > Regards, > Pádraic -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/ZF-Book-tf4193534s16154.html#a11961455 Sent from the Zend Framework mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
