If this might end up being taken as a poll for the support for Approach #2, please count my vote too...
-----Original Message----- From: A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's Java Servlet API Technology. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sian Soon Yee Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 1:22 PM To: SERVLET-INTEREST@JAVA.SUN.COM Subject: Re: No Java Servlet Programming 3rd edition? fully support Approach #2 man.... --- James Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, me too. Approach #2. > > James > > > Jason Hunter wrote: > > > David Orriss Jr wrote: > > > >> Hey, > >> > >> Jason Hunter wrote the 2nd edition 4 years ago. > Since then we have > >> the 2.4 > >> spec and I'm sure a bunch of other goodies. > Anyone know why Jason hasn't > >> done a 3rd Ed yet? > > > > > > Hi David, > > > > Let me see if I can answer your question. (If I > can't, who can, eh?) > > > > It's something I've given thought to. As of yet I > haven't been > > convinced that it's a project I should undertake. > It's a ton of work. > > The 2nd Edition, for example, took nine months of > effort. > > > > The way I see a 3rd Edition, I'd have two > options... > > > > I could do a somewhat minor update to bring the > book up to the latest > > spec levels (what will be Servlets 2.5 shortly), > and not expand the > > focus very much, actually shrink the book > probably. That would > > definitely help people feel more comfortable > buying the book than an > > edition last published in 2001, and it wouldn't > require huge amounts of > > effort. > > > > Or I could do a major update that talked at some > length about the > > technologies built on servlets and where servlets > fit into the big > > picture these days. Show servlets as controllers, > etc. The focus of > > Sun and open source groups writing server-side > Java has moved higher up > > the stack than servlets. So should the book move > up the stack too? > > This approach would take a lot of time, and > honestly I'd rather be > > writing about Ruby on Rails than JSF. :) > > > > From a time management and enjoyment of life > perspective, Approach One > > looks much more appealing. But, David, are you > wanting that or an > > Approach Two kind of book? > > > > -jh- > > ________________________________________________________________________ ___ > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and include in the body > of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". > > Archives: > http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html > Resources: > http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html > LISTSERV Help: > http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ________________________________________________________________________ ___ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
