I bought the book off of lulu and was reading it 5 min's later. Just buy it! ($12) Massimo does a really nice job of presenting the framework in a cohesive fashion. Oh, and yes its like ~250 pages long.
Thanks, Jeff On Mar 13, 4:39 pm, Yarko Tymciurak <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Mike Axelrod <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I noticed there is a book about web2py available ob Amazon (Web2Py > > Manual). The description on Amazon claims it is 256 pages long. But > > the one review up there says it is only 68 pages long. What gives? > > Looking at my copy, P.246 is the last page of the index; that doesn't > include the 14 pp of front-matter, contents, preface. The text goes through > p.237 > > A pdf will let you search where some topic might not have been keyed for the > index, so if you can afford you might want to consider both. My paper copy > is fairly well marked up at this piont ;-) > > > > > I'm also thinking members of this community who own the book might > > want to post reviews on Amazon so others can make a more educated > > decision on whether to buy it. Personally I feel like I need a good > > book to learn web2py. But the $50.00 price tag and the current > > feelings concerning the current state of web2py documentation has me > > nervous about plunking down the bucks for this. > > > So is the book worth $50? and is it more than 68 pages? > > > Mike --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py Web Framework" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
