Hi Matt: Thanks much for the feedback!
I've already started on another book that is more "how to". Right now, it looks something like "how to build your own OFBiz web application" with the ultimate goal being a tutorial style book that documents the bulk mail application (sending email to contact lists) that I mentioned some time ago. I plan to include everything from screen shots to code. (But not too many screen shots since there aren't that many screens involved.) Also, plenty of discussion of the data model, Services and the pros/cons of different strategies used to make decisions about why I did what I did.
I was going to try and have a first pass at this by ApacheCon, but something has come up which may keep me very busy for the next few months.
Anyhow, thanks again. I really do appreciate you taking the time to tell me what you think. I don't plan to stop writing about OFBiz anytime soon!
Best Regards, Ruth On 9/4/10 1:58 AM, Matt Warnock wrote:
Ruth, I too have appreciated those books and am waiting on the accounting book. :-) Just a suggestion, the books are very heavy on graphics, which 1) increases the time to produce, 2) requires more bandwidth to download and store, and 3) makes them rather quickly fall out of date (like the current 4.0 series that came out after 9.04 was released, and the 9.04 update that perhaps barely preceeds the 10.04 release). Some of the walking us through the screens is invaluable, but some of it may be overkill too. That correct balance is probably different for everyone. I think a little bit heavier on "this is how to approach the problem" and "here are some of the variables in the business model you might want to consider", especially where OFBiz diverges from or modifies Silverston, and a little lighter on the actual screenshots might make the books even more useful, and give them a longer shelf life and easier revision cycle too. Just my 2 cents. Thanks again for some great intros to OFBiz. And I probably need to pick your brain again on some things. ;)
