Hi everyone, I'm pleased to announce that The Definitive Guide to Pylons is now available in bookshops. If you order a copy from Amazon today you might even get it in time for Christmas!
http://www.amazon.com/Definitive-Guide-Pylons-James-Gardner/dp/1590599349/ The book represents 18 months work and is the most complete and up-to- date reference to Pylons available. As many of you will know this book was written in collaboration with the Pylons community and the alpha drafts of the chapters are still available online at http://pylonsbook.com. I'd like, once again, to thank everyone who contributed for all their efforts. I really appreciate them and I've acknowledged some of the key contributers in the book itself. Over the next few weeks I'll begin updating the Pylons Book website with the final version of the text but at the moment the only way to get the complete version is to either buy the hard copy or receive one of the ones I'm giving away. Read on for details... Apress often send complimentary copies of the book to important people who are well connected at the corporate level (or in academia) and since this represents a great opportunity to spread the word about Pylons too I thought I'd ask everyone on the list for their thoughts about who it would be most useful to send these books to. If you could email me (off-list) with their names and contact details I'll take the top 5 suggestions and make sure they each receive a book. I'll also send a copy to the first person who suggests each person I eventually decide to send the books to, so please get your thinking caps on! (I've already thought of sending one to Guido so that doesn't count!) Also if you'd be willing to write a review of the final release version of the book please get in touch with me too and I'll see if I can send you a complimentary copy for review as well. More generally if you've bought a copy of the book and are finding it a positive experience I'd really appreciate it if you'd consider sharing your thoughts either on your blog or by posting a review on Amazon - you can do so by clicking the "Create your own review" link in the "Customer Reviews" section on the Amazon page above and signing in. In the past the lack of documentation has been one of the major criticisms of Pylons so if we can make a good job of advertising the presence of the book (and the official documentation Ben has been working on) I hope we can spread the word about Pylons more effectively. I know some people have started talking about the book already and it is great to see the positive comments appearing. Thanks a lot and I hope you enjoy the book, James P.S. Since the the book has made it onto the shelves before Pylons 0.9.7 is officially released I've written a guide at http://tinyurl.com/69ffjv which shows you how to use the Pylons release candidates for the time being. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" 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/pylons-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
