Re: WebDNA Book?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Actually, I think you'd be wrong :(I have written part of a book, but the response to date has been underwhelming. I guess it's kind of like being a shareware author, everybody uses shareware. 2-5% of people pay for shareware.The time investment in writing in a clear and concise manner, along with the experience needed to write such a guide makes to limited to a few people in this group. I'm not saying that to be arrogant, but it is an accurate and true statement. On top of that, you have to figure out how many copies you can sell to recoup your investment of time. I estimate I could sell less then 100 copies. Some people think they know everything, some people wouldn't spend the money (I estimate it would have to be about $99 for a PDF to even get close to break even vs. selling the same time being a programmer), and some people will share, thus depriving yours truly of funds needed to eat lunch, and I've already done the starving artist part of my life...But for all of that pessimism, I am still plodding along on my book, adding and incrementing it. I'm up to about twice the content and am just beginning the e-commerce functionality info now. I just don't have the new content online anywhere at this time. If you'd like to see what is public, please visit: http:// webdna.burtons.com Brian B. Burton Burton Logistics 973-263-3036 973-296-6862 (cell)On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 01:28 PM, Dan Strong wrote:> Agreed. a 'WebDNA for Dummies' book, might make somebody rich... > Otherwise, Marc, yes, this list and it's archive are excellent > resources. > > > On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 10:06:25 -0800 > Sales
wrote: >> Are there any books out there for learning WebDNA? I'm sorry, but >> I've found the documentation sorely lacking for beginners, especially >> with the new XML styled syntax. I did a search on Amazon, but found >> nothing. >> >> If there aren't any books available, how have others learned this >> language? Trial and error? The documentation? This list? >> >> I realize this list is an excellent resource, but it would be nice >> to have a good tutorial in hand. ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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Actually, I think you'd be wrong :(I have written part of a book, but the response to date has been underwhelming. I guess it's kind of like being a shareware author, everybody uses shareware. 2-5% of people pay for shareware.The time investment in writing in a clear and concise manner, along with the experience needed to write such a guide makes to limited to a few people in this group. I'm not saying that to be arrogant, but it is an accurate and true statement. On top of that, you have to figure out how many copies you can sell to recoup your investment of time. I estimate I could sell less then 100 copies. Some people think they know everything, some people wouldn't spend the money (I estimate it would have to be about $99 for a PDF to even get close to break even vs. selling the same time being a programmer), and some people will share, thus depriving yours truly of funds needed to eat lunch, and I've already done the starving artist part of my life...But for all of that pessimism, I am still plodding along on my book, adding and incrementing it. I'm up to about twice the content and am just beginning the e-commerce functionality info now. I just don't have the new content online anywhere at this time. If you'd like to see what is public, please visit: http:// webdna.burtons.com Brian B. Burton Burton Logistics 973-263-3036 973-296-6862 (cell)On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 01:28 PM, Dan Strong wrote:> Agreed. a 'WebDNA for Dummies' book, might make somebody rich... > Otherwise, Marc, yes, this list and it's archive are excellent > resources. > > > On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 10:06:25 -0800 > Sales wrote: >> Are there any books out there for learning WebDNA? I'm sorry, but >> I've found the documentation sorely lacking for beginners, especially >> with the new XML styled syntax. I did a search on Amazon, but found >> nothing. >> >> If there aren't any books available, how have others learned this >> language? Trial and error? The documentation? This list? >> >> I realize this list is an excellent resource, but it would be nice >> to have a good tutorial in hand. ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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