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Re: Ask O'Reilly for a new edition to REALbasic: The Definitive Guide

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Subject: Re: Ask O'Reilly for a new edition to REALbasic: The Definitive Guide
From: William Squires <wsquires at satx dot rr dot com>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:06:23 -0500
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References: <2521B562-FACE-11D8-9E04-000A95C8F480 at san dot rr dot com> <6C8625AA-FAD4-11D8-BC69-000D934FFA66 at tolisgroup dot com> <38EE00B0-FAD8-11D8-826C-003065F2C108 at shaw dot ca>
And I humbly believe that if they published one current as of 5.2.4, that'd cover a good percentage of the new 5.0+ features until 6.0.?fc?? is released and relatively stable. Maybe they could publish one of those "pocket" guides? Or maybe a book on OOP programming specifically for RB users. :)


On Aug 30, 2004, at 5:59 PM, Terry Ford wrote:


On 30-Aug-04, at 3:32 PM, Tim Jones wrote:

This may be a good start, but the word I got at from the O'Reilly booth at WWDC was that the developer-oriented books were not doing too well and a future release was not even being considered at that time.

Maybe a better option for an update would be for Matt to get in touch with a different publisher after requesting that O'Reilly either support the update or relinquish the text to another publisher that is interested in producing it.

Even then, I doubt it is the best course of action at this time. REALbasic is changing at such a tremendous rate that writing a book would be out of date before it was published. Matt's earlier books are still good as 75% of its information is still applicable and provides a good middle point for new users.

RB Developer Magazine is a Bi-monthly publication that has most of the most recent information and is supported with articles from Matt and many others. It also has the advantage of being much more up to date than any book could possibly be. I'm offering this info on my own as I feel it is the best way to pass information and not because of anything other than my own enjoyment of the magazine.

Cheers,

Terry

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