Comments on: TurboGears book from Prentice Hall

By: Ruby, Rails, Web2.0 » Blog Archive » Fresh Meat - Fisrt Impressions of Agile Web Development with Rails (2nd ed) and Ruby for Rails

Thu, 04 May 2006 13:20:17 +0000

[...] The point is not (only) this, since you can do the same with a few Java books (although not 3, but something like 10), however you will have harder time with Python (There is a Django book on the way, and also the Turbogears guys are publishing one but neither are out yet - but no PickAxe, AFAIK) - however, the point is, based on the experiences i have had with C++/Java/Python books that neither of them are so well written/to the point/effectively explained/well built up than the Ruby ones. Simply put: The Ruby/Rails books are the best technical books i have ever read on programming and (web) development. [...]

By: tazzzzz

tazzzzz — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:58:46 +0000

I have an advantage in writing this book, since I know the major directions we’ll be taking. There will certainly be some smaller features that don’t make it in the book, but the book should cover all of the biggies at the time it comes out. We’re certainly going to try to make it as close as possible to the code at the time of the book’s release.

By: Vern

Vern — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 04:56:06 +0000

It can be a bit of a challenge to write a book on such a fast moving technology, just wondering about the projected publishing timeline versus the development timeline, ie. will the book cover the latest developments to version 1.0 (when it’s released) and what’s the time window from final draft to actual printing and sale?

In any case I’m looking forward to the book, all the best!

By: Sridhar Ratna

Sridhar Ratna — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 10:39:55 +0000

That would be awesome!

By: tazzzzz

tazzzzz — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:30:58 +0000

We haven’t worked out the specifics, but there will be in-progress drafts posted in some form. Stay tuned!

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 01:33:23 +0000

Any chance there might be a beta book like the Rails folks did? It seemed to be pretty successful, and it was really nice to have the pdf a few months before getting the print copy. In any case, congrats!

By: Ben Arwin

Ben Arwin — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:09:51 +0000

Congrats Kevin!

By: import this. » Blog Archive » TurboGears book on the way

import this. » Blog Archive » TurboGears book on the way — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 02:58:57 +0000

[...] Quoth Kevin: After a month of discussions with two different publishers (both of which sounded quite excited about the project), Mark Ramm and I have agreed to write a TurboGears book for Prentice Hall. Prentice Hall is the largest technical publisher in the world and will provide excellent marketing and distribution support for the book. The worldwide reach is important, as TurboGears has many users outside of the US. [...]

By: Blargh » Livro sobre TurboGears

Blargh » Livro sobre TurboGears — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 02:09:29 +0000

[...] OMG, vão lançar um livro sobre TurboGears! [...]

By: Ian Landsman's Weblog

Ian Landsman's Weblog — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 22:07:48 +0000

Book Deal for TurboGears

Congratulations to Kevin on getting a book deal from Prentice Hall for his open source behemoth, TurboGears. That’s fantastic news. Perhaps he’ll be able to make a career of TurboGears. I wonder if Zesty will ever hit the street?
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