I think that sounds like a wonderful idea. I've enjoyed WIA (as much as I've read so far) and would certainly purchase a follow-up book of Wicket tricks.
Dane -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Locke [mailto:jonathan.lo...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:56 AM To: users@wicket.apache.org Subject: Re: Twenty Six Wicket Tricks i like those too. and i hope people keep blogging about wicket like that. it's nice to get the gist of how to do something that way and boost WIA in the process. however, the quality bar of chapters in twenty-six tricks will be higher and my goals for each "trick" are (i hope) considerably more rigorous and educational than a blog entry. they are: (1) to present a fully reusable, high-quality component suitable for including in your application directly and with no changes (i'm generally designing these tricks for reuse and extension) (2) to cohesively demonstrate and detail through discussion a range of design choices and patterns in the process (probably the more valuable part, as you will (hopefully) understand not only what it is that i've done, but why it's been done that way and not some other way). (3) to reuse tricks in building new tricks if it's mainly cost you are worried about, i haven't chosen a price yet, but it will obviously be less than WIA. and if you want to give feedback, i will need some reviewers and you're welcome to be one, although be warned that i'm not looking for casual feedback since this is a book project and not a blog. i'd want thorough and detailed comments on the code and text for several (say 5) chapters (which will take you hours, not minutes). in return for their work, each reviewer gets a free copy of the book. jon martin-g wrote: > > Does it have to be a book ? > > I do really like Igor's series at wicketinaction.com. > > Pros: the community feedback as comments. > Cons: it is not profitable. > > > El mar, 30-12-2008 a las 00:32 -0800, Jonathan Locke escribió: >> Well, over the break here I've started something I swore I would never do >> again (well, two things, if you include the JavaOne talk I'm working on). >> I'm writing a (hopefully relatively short) book. It's called "Twenty-Six >> Wicket Tricks". Each trick in the book (lettered from A-Z) demonstrates >> something that people typically want to do and in the process builds a >> reusable and educational component. I've got 13 tricks coded up now and >> ideas for a handful more, but if there are any requests out there, please >> let me know. I'd also be interested in getting some idea how many people >> would be interested in this book (would provide some fuel for me to get >> it >> done). It does not cover any of the same ground as Wicket in Action >> (which >> you should buy if you have not already!), BTW. It's more of a companion >> to >> that book. >> >> Happy Holidays! >> >> Best, >> >> Jonathan >> >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Twenty-Six-Wicket-Tricks-tp21214357p21219849.html Sent from the Wicket - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org
