Rob/Padraic/Richard/Kevin et al, Recap: "Writing books takes a considerable amount of time".
Yes, that's precisely what I was trying to implore on interested folks. The ZF has several *stabilized *components as of v1.0 that would not be revamped anytime soon - at least would not undergo a meta-morphosis. The framework itself is not likely to undergo a drastic shake-up. I understand, there are some important components such as Layout missing in 1.0. Stabilizing the API was one of the chief goals of 1.0. Symfony planned their book along with the launch of their 1.0. A framework without a tutorial-like book is like an equipment without a user manual. Given the high-quality code, ZF deserves a *knockout * book, indeed. If Symfony could do it, Zend could do it, too - hopefully better; and maybe on similar lines of the Symfony book's copyrights (electronic/online/printed/etc). Maybe not a great-paying project for the authors but would definitely earn recognition in the trade circles and would be great to have it on the resume - like a feather in the cap. I wonder if just one writer can ever cover the entire framework in a book but could be well worth collaborating with other writers. We can avoid producing too many books by collaboration, communication and cooperation. Everyone has their own level of expertise and exposure to the individual components of the framework and more often, a *limited *set of components. Quite often, great programmers are not necessarily great authors (and some don't have any writing skills at all) and this is when they need hand-holding/collaboration which also saves a lot of time and efforts. Now should be the ideal time to start writing books on ZF so they get published before 1.5 - 2.0 - while also incorporating/retro-fitting/covering the newer components by then. Offering an online version should resolve the stale/dated content situation. I heard from a Zend's employee last week some work in progress and looking for interested authors. Its worthwhile getting more folks involved and let everyone know what's cook'in in their backyards so there come fewer books than ridiculously too many - as good as the ZF itself. Sorry for the long message... Regards, Shekar On 8/5/07, Rob Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Shekar, > > > Nick Lo and myself are currently in the process of writing a Zend > Framework specific book to be published by Manning. With any luck the > early preview stuff should be appearing soon. > > Kevin is also writing a book for Apress which looks interesting too. > > Regards, > > Rob... > > > > > Shekar C Reddy wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > This has reference to: > > > > http://devzone.zend.com/article/1795-The-Definitive-Guide-to-symfony > > > http://devzone.zend.com/article/1795-The-Definitive-Guide-to-symfony---Sample-Chapter#comments-1820 > > < > http://devzone.zend.com/article/1795-The-Definitive-Guide-to-symfony---Sample-Chapter#comments-1820 > > > > > > ZF has matured into 1.0 but no books or discussions about bringing one > > out yet other than some *tidbits *found on the internet (no offense > > intended; most of those tidbits are indeed great pieces of code!) and > > the /alphabetical /API reference guide. Joining pieces together and > > cross-referring to the reference guide is no easy task - most times it > > results in half-baked knowledge, not to mention - code with > > bottle-necks! What we need is a complete tutorial book that does a > > project and utilizes all the components in *concert *and shows how they > > *integrate *with each other. I interacted with Cal earlier on this > > matter (email chain pasted below) about collaborating with an > > experienced author - Cristain Darie. > > > > I understand writing books takes a considerable amount of time. Any > > takers with some time to spare on producing a book on ZF? Cristain would > > be glad to help/guide you with getting started... > > > >
