Jon, I would also offer to review for you, even understanding your rigorous requirements :)
That would be a privilege if you have the need. -- Jeremy Thomerson http://www.wickettraining.com On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Jonathan Locke <[email protected]>wrote: > > > 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: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > -- > 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: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
