Hi,
Can anyone offer information on any new book/new editions expected to be
published in the next few weeks or months?
TIA.
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Alec Ross
I don’t know when it will appear, but the book I am currently looking
forward to is Phlip’s forthcoming book on test-first user interfaces,
which will use Ruby.
Does anyone know when the book is due to be published?
Regards,
Mark
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On Monday, September 22, 2003, at 04:52 AM, Alec Ross wrote:
Hi,
Can anyone offer information on any new book/new editions expected to
be
published in the next few weeks or months?
Can anyone offer information on any new book/new editions expected to
be
published in the next few weeks or months?I don’t know when it will appear, but the book I am currently looking
forward to is Phlip’s forthcoming book on test-first user interfaces,
which will use Ruby.Does anyone know when the book is due to be published?
(Speak of the devil…
If I told, that would screw the deadline up. It will be next year.
But more important - what is the OP looking for?
Learning Ruby from my book would be like learning Java from /Refactoring/.
I hammer on TkCanvas quite a bit.
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Phlip
I’m glad it will be out within the next several months.
Next year means 3 and 1/2 months, right? ;-).
As far as the OP’s question goes, I think the existing books,
supplemented by some updating for Ruby 1.8 are fine for beginning to
learn Ruby and for going quite a bit farther than beginning.
Regards,
Mark
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On Monday, September 22, 2003, at 03:11 PM, Phlip wrote:
[snip]
(Speak of the devil…If I told, that would screw the deadline up. It will be next year.
But more important - what is the OP looking for?
Learning Ruby from my book would be like learning Java from
/Refactoring/.I hammer on TkCanvas quite a bit.
In article 63604d2.0309221105.313be268@posting.google.com,
Can anyone offer information on any new book/new editions expected to
be
published in the next few weeks or months?I don’t know when it will appear, but the book I am currently looking
forward to is Phlip’s forthcoming book on test-first user interfaces,
which will use Ruby.Does anyone know when the book is due to be published?
(Speak of the devil…
If I told, that would screw the deadline up. It will be next year.
But more important - what is the OP looking for?
Learning Ruby from my book would be like learning Java from /Refactoring/.
I hammer on TkCanvas quite a bit.
I’m looking forward to this book, phlip.
This is a good strategey for getting Ruby into books. At this point
publishers seem to be a bit skidish about doing Ruby titles. However, as
the new “Code Generation in Action” book shows, you can sneak Ruby in for
demonstrating other concepts (just as phlip is doing).
I’d like to see a good XML book that uses Ruby and REXML for examples.
Phil
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Phlip phlip_cpp@yahoo.com wrote:
Phil Tomson wrote:
This is a good strategey for getting Ruby into books. At this point
publishers seem to be a bit skidish about doing Ruby titles. However, as
the new “Code Generation in Action” book shows, you can sneak Ruby in for
demonstrating other concepts (just as phlip is doing).I’d like to see a good XML book that uses Ruby and REXML for examples.
Would illustrating how to write an entire sub-module in XSLT,
test-first, qualify?
(OOH I have to get off my butt and finish this f—er!!!)
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Phlip
Yup, same goes for articles, too, I think. As you said, if you can find
a general problem and solve it with Ruby, though, publishers will accept
it.
Yours,
Tom
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On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 16:51, Phil Tomson wrote:
This is a good strategey for getting Ruby into books. At this point
publishers seem to be a bit skidish about doing Ruby titles. However, as
the new “Code Generation in Action” book shows, you can sneak Ruby in for
demonstrating other concepts (just as phlip is doing).