I’m excited about this book and excited that it is also going to be CC.
I’m just happy that 9 months after the book is on the shelves, if you want to print a few copies of it to share among folks you work with, or if you want to translate the book and put it on the web so more people can read it, or if you want to quote a large section of it so that you can pick me apart on your blaag, you can. This will make the book better, and prevent it from losing value over time.
On Ruby: Ruby Best Practices: mini-Interview 1.
On Ruby’s nterview with Gregory Brown about his upcoming book, Ruby Best Practices, 1st Edition due out in August 2009 which seems an awfully long way away. There are currently 4 chapters available through OReilly’s Rough Cuts program.
Ruby Best Practices is the kind of programming book I look for. Not just a recipe book but an explanation book. How and, more importantly, why to do things a certain way.
UPDATE I got an email from the author:
Hi Stephen,
Thanks for writing about Ruby Best Practices. …
I wanted to let you know that the August 2009 publish date is a
conservative deadline. The book should be content complete before
February, and if that’s the case, you’ll see the book on the shelves
by June.
But those who have picked up Roughcuts will have a lot to look forward
to, as a new chapter will come out every 7-10 days between now and the
time I reach content completeness.-greg
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