Thanks, Tiago, we WILL need it. We also need help for a REAL title. Until we get a brainstorm from someone we are using the interim designation "The Hobo Primer."
-Owen On Dec 29, 10:41 am, Tiago Franco <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Excellent news and many thanks to the supporters. > > You may count with my feedback if needed. > > TF > > On Dec 29, 3:27 pm, Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks, James--we'll need you! > > > On Dec 29, 10:21 am, James Garlick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > That's great Owen, I'd be happy to provide feedback. > > > > On 29 Dec 2008, at 15:11, Owen wrote: > > > > > Tom, James & All Dedicated Hoboists, > > > > > I received the green light from Ramon Barquin to pursue writing this > > > > book ASAP. We are lucky to have Jeffrey Lapides leading this effort. > > > > Jeff has created a draft outline of goals and chapters that we aare > > > > reviewing today. > > > > > The "draft" intended audiences: > > > > > * The RoR and Hobo novice, especially someone who wants to avoid > > > > RoR coding > > > > * Technology leaders, architects, and evangelists > > > > * A Technically savvy manager/designer who wants to develop but > > > > not code > > > > * Advanced RoR developer who wants to go in a different direction > > > > > Our goal is to have the first 100 pages by February 1... > > > > > Stay tuned for more details. To make this successful we will need > > > > input and editorial feedback from all. How we will do this is yet > > > > TBD. > > > > > Looking forward to an exciting 2009! > > > > > Owen > > > > > On Dec 29, 5:31 am, Tom Locke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>> While it would be nice to be able to use Hobo without Rails > > > >>> experience, it really doesn't seem practical - Hobo *is* Rails, in > > > >>> many parts. Trying to educate brand-new users about *everything* > > > >>> seems doomed to repeat much of the Rails docs. > > > > >> Yes you would have to repeat a lot, but I'm not sure the word > > > >> "doomed" > > > >> is warranted : ) In the world of docs, DRY is not a virtue. > > > > >> Although there's a lot in Rails that Hobo people need a thorough > > > >> grasp > > > >> of, there's also lot that they don't need to know tons about. E.g. > > > >> routing. Or rather, it's not that you don't need to know about > > > >> routing, but it becomes an advanced topic rather than an essential > > > >> one. The order of learning changes. > > > > >> The only way to give a seamless learning experience is for a book/ > > > >> course/other on Rails and Hobo together. It is a lot of work though. > > > > >> I'm hoping someone else will write that book! > > > > >> Tom- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
