Chris: that would be awesome!
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Christofer Dutz <christofer.d...@c-ware.de > wrote: > Guess I could definitely jump in to help with the Maven + Flexmojos part > :-) > Think this has never actually been covered by any printed book. > > Chris > ________________________________________ > Von: John Gardiner <jwegardi...@gmail.com> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2014 15:13 > An: users@flex.apache.org > Betreff: Re: O'Reilly Apache Flex book help > > An Apache Flex book will be a great statement of intent for the future of > the technology. I hope this can be realised. > > My own experience is that Apache Flex is being re-adopted in a number of > significant domains, especially when used in conjunction with Adobe Air. > However, as I am sure others here have experienced, the quantity of stale > information on the web (broken links to blogs, wikis, examples, libraries, > etc.) is incredibly frustrating and can be a massive time thief. > > Therefore, assuming an Apache Flex Cookbook in future, my personal > suggestion would be to use the initial book to rationalise this and other > information on the wiki. Walkthrough examples of how to Mavenise an SDK and > configure builds using the latest versions of Flexmojos and Flexunit (the > other projects donated to Apache) would also be really powerful. > > I offer my services towards this project in any capacity and will certainly > pre-order if this is helpful to the cause. > > Keep up the great work everyone. > > > On 23 January 2014 08:38, Arne Broedel <arne.broe...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > > Great I love to read this thread and feel the engagement. I would want a > > copy just because this community drives it. > > Am 23.01.2014 09:07 schrieb "Patel Amit" <amitpowerpe...@gmail.com>: > > > > > Here what I want to into the wishlist as following :: > > > > > > - Apache Flex new sdks and improvement on Adobe flex 4.6 > > > - New Apache Flex components related to 4.10 sdks if any > > > - Connect with different technologies [Java , Dot net ,PHP] > > > - There should be some Mobile and Tablets demo > > > - Also we can cover the Falcon > > > - There should be also the demo to build the application using Mustella > > > framework > > > - FlexUnit > > > - some reference link related to Apache flex showcase > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Joseph Balderson <n...@joeflash.ca> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks for your contributions Thiago. Let's table wish list items to > a > > > > separate > > > > thread. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > Joseph Balderson, Flex & Flash Platform Developer :: > > http://joeflash.ca > > > > Author, Professional Flex 3 :: http://tinyurl.com/proflex3book > > > > > > > > a...@a00s.com wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > > Wish list, that I think it is important to those who want to > > start. > > > > > Just my opinion, things that took me long time to understand, that > > > could > > > > > be very simple and quickly if I could found in one place. > > > > > > > > > > 1) How to download Flex. Looks stupid but once you download and > > install > > > > > you start to wondering. OK now what I do? It was my first reaction > > when > > > > > moved to apache. It was my first time downloading separately from > > Adobe > > > > > builder. > > > > > 2) How to setup Flex with adobe builder > > > > > 3) How to setup Flex with Intelij > > > > > 4) Probably the most important in my view: How to connect a flex > > > > > application with a database (maybe how to setup tomcat, blazeds) > > > > > 5) How to use external resourses with Flex like javascript. To show > > > that > > > > > Flex its not a competitor of other languages but a language to > build > > > the > > > > > entire application, doesnt matter if will need to put together > > > > > javascript, applet... > > > > > 6) Show how to make 3d objects, not sure if the 3rd solution will > > allow > > > > > this one. > > > > > 7) How to print. Any business application will need that at some > > point, > > > > > and many times we need a clear text to print, not a postscript > image, > > > > > maybe how to convert in PDF. > > > > > 8) How to check why your application is crashing the browser and > how > > to > > > > > debug. > > > > > > > > > > thanks for starting this book > > > > > > > > > > Thiago Maia > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 1/22/2014 7:59 PM, Joseph Balderson wrote: > > > > >> Thanks Justin. > > > > >> > > > > >> One rule of thumb for time involved is 1-2 hours per page for > > authors > > > > >> -- that's > > > > >> me -- and 5-10 minutes per page for tech editing -- that's you > > Justin. > > > > >> Which is > > > > >> why, if a book goes past 400 pages, you need more than one author, > > > > >> unless you're > > > > >> David Gassner who can crack off a 1000-page Flex Bible book all by > > > > >> himself (god > > > > >> only knows how the hell he does it). Given the scope of the book, > > I'm > > > > >> probably > > > > >> looking at 6 months to write, with tech editing as it's written, > so > > > > >> there's > > > > >> time. Professional Adobe Flex 3 only had two tech editors, and > that > > > was > > > > a > > > > >> 1400-page book (in retrospect we probably should have had three, > but > > > > >> whaddyagonnado?) If you find you need help with the tech editing > > > > >> Justin, we'll > > > > >> cross that bridge when we get to it, but for now consider that > post > > to > > > > >> be filled > > > > >> by you. > > > > >> > > > > >> There are three possible classic "animal" books I could do with > > > > >> O'Reilly for > > > > >> Apache Flex -- one is the "Programming Foo" series, the other is > the > > > > "Foo > > > > >> Cookbook" series, and the third are "Developing Fum Applications > for > > > > Foo" > > > > >> micro-books. The last book on Flex in the "Programming" series was > > > > >> "Programming > > > > >> Flex 3" by Chafic Kazoun & Joey Lott, so we're due for an update. > > > > >> There is a > > > > >> "Flex 4 Cookbook" and some Flex 4.5 micro-books by Rich Tretola > back > > > > >> in 2011, > > > > >> but nothing recent. > > > > >> > > > > >> I think we'll go with a "Programming Apache Flex" book this time, > > with > > > > an > > > > >> emphasis on the Spark portion of the framework, and what's been > > > > >> updated since > > > > >> Adobe Flex 4.6, rather than going over everything, considering the > > > > >> wealth of > > > > >> information already published on Flex 3 and 4. And also because I > > > > >> don't want to > > > > >> embark on another monster book project; we'll keep it at around > 400 > > > > >> pages, which > > > > >> would be easier to sell to O'Reilly. > > > > >> > > > > >> Doing an "Apache Flex Cookbook" would be a nice second book, but > as > > a > > > > >> collaborative effort, because it would be a bit of a monster to > do, > > > > >> considering > > > > >> that the "Flex 4 Cookbook" weighed in at 740 pages. If O'Reilly > > gets a > > > > >> good ROI > > > > >> (i.e. it breaks even ;) on this first book, they might consider > > doing > > > > the > > > > >> cookbook. But we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. > > > > >> > > > > >> What I will need people's input on, when the book proposal is > > > > >> approved, are > > > > >> general ideas, or rather a wish list of "what you'd like to see in > > the > > > > >> book", > > > > >> keeping in mind what kind of book this will be. > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> I'll keep everyone updated as I hear from them. > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > > > >> > > > > >> Joseph Balderson, Flex & Flash Platform Developer :: > > > http://joeflash.ca > > > > >> Author, Professional Flex 3 :: http://tinyurl.com/proflex3book > > > > >> > > > > >> Justin Mclean wrote: > > > > >>> Hi, > > > > >>> > > > > >>>> You'll do fine, Justin. As long as you're willing to put in the > > time > > > > >>>> to read and > > > > >>>> double-read the entire book (usually as it's written chapter by > > > > >>>> chapter) > > > > >>> OK I'm in - but that shouldn't stop other people from wanting to > > help > > > > >>> out as well. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Thanks, > > > > >>> Justin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
