[Gambas-user] Gambas Book

[John Rittinghouse]

Benoit,

My name is John Rittinghouse. I am an author (you can search my name on
Amazon.com to see the books I have in circulation) and I have been
talking (via email) with Fabien Bodard about my current work on a book
about programming Gambas, entitled "A Beginner's Guide to Gambas" and
wanted to see if you were interested in reviewing my work and possibly
contributing a foreword to the book.

I believe it will significantly help Gambas gain momentum and remedy the
major weakness I have found (lack of documentation). It is a great
product and a great step forward for Linux programming - kudos to you
and all who have helped, btw.

I don't know if this mail is going to be public as this is the only
email address I have for you, but would prefer that it remain private
for now until the book is ready. Once the book is published, I intend
to set up on online version for Gambas users also.

kind regards,

jr

[Alonzo Flinston]

Il giorno dom, 28-08-2005 alle 08:46 -0500, John Rittinghouse ha

Post by John Rittinghouse
Benoit,
My name is John Rittinghouse. I am an author (you can search my name on
Amazon.com to see the books I have in circulation) and I have been
talking (via email) with Fabien Bodard about my current work on a book
about programming Gambas, entitled "A Beginner's Guide to Gambas" and
wanted to see if you were interested in reviewing my work and possibly
contributing a foreword to the book.

I think this is a very great idea

Francesco

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[Steve Starr]

At what stage of compleation is the book at?
Any idea when it will be ready for publication on amazon?

Post by Alonzo Flinston
Il giorno dom, 28-08-2005 alle 08:46 -0500, John Rittinghouse ha

Post by John Rittinghouse
Benoit,
My name is John Rittinghouse. I am an author (you can search my name on
Amazon.com to see the books I have in circulation) and I have been
talking (via email) with Fabien Bodard about my current work on a book
about programming Gambas, entitled "A Beginner's Guide to Gambas" and
wanted to see if you were interested in reviewing my work and possibly
contributing a foreword to the book.

I think this is a very great idea
Francesco

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[Fabrice Mous]

On Sunday 28 August 2005 19:55, Steve Starr wrote:
| At what stage of compleation is the book at?
| Any idea when it will be ready for publication on amazon?

Hi,

I would love to know that as well. Any news here?


Fab

[Laurent Carlier]

Post by John Rittinghouse
Benoit,
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My name is John Rittinghouse. I am an author (you can search my name o=

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Post by John Rittinghouse
Amazon.com to see the books I have in circulation) and I have been
talking (via email) with Fabien Bodard about my current work on a book
about programming Gambas, entitled "A Beginner's Guide to Gambas" and
wanted to see if you were interested in reviewing my work and possibly
contributing a foreword to the book. =20
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I believe it will significantly help Gambas gain momentum and remedy th=

e

Post by John Rittinghouse
major weakness I have found (lack of documentation). It is a great
product and a great step forward for Linux programming - kudos to you
and all who have helped, btw. =20
=20
I don't know if this mail is going to be public as this is the only
email address I have for you, but would prefer that it remain private
for now until the book is ready. Once the book is published, I intend
to set up on online version for Gambas users also. =20
=20
kind regards,
=20
jr
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If you need some help, review and perhaps ... translation, just ask :)

Regards,

--=20

Laurent Carlier
jabber : ***@jabber.fr

[Benoit Minisini]

Post by John Rittinghouse
Benoit,
My name is John Rittinghouse. I am an author (you can search my name on
Amazon.com to see the books I have in circulation) and I have been
talking (via email) with Fabien Bodard about my current work on a book
about programming Gambas, entitled "A Beginner's Guide to Gambas" and
wanted to see if you were interested in reviewing my work and possibly
contributing a foreword to the book.

Of course. I wouldn't like too many errors in a Gambas book :-) But the lack
of complete documentation make being reliable difficult!

Post by John Rittinghouse
I believe it will significantly help Gambas gain momentum and remedy the
major weakness I have found (lack of documentation). It is a great
product and a great step forward for Linux programming - kudos to you
and all who have helped, btw.
I don't know if this mail is going to be public
as this is the only
email address I have for you, but would prefer that it remain private
for now until the book is ready.

Do you know what a mailing-list is ? :-) Now more than 450 people know that
you want to make a book...

Post by John Rittinghouse
Once the book is published, I intend
to set up on online version for Gambas users also.
kind regards,
jr

Good. But you must be clear about what you are doing:
- Will it be a real book or just a electronic one ?
- Will the content be free (as in 'free speech') or not ?
- Do you want to write the book alone, or do you want collaboration ?

Best regards,

[Rob]

Post by John Rittinghouse
My name is John Rittinghouse. I am an author (you can search my
name on Amazon.com to see the books I have in circulation) and I
have been talking (via email) with Fabien Bodard about my current
work on a book about programming Gambas, entitled "A Beginner's
Guide to Gambas" and wanted to see if you were interested in

While I haven't given up on my own book (just got frustrated trying to
keep track of all the changes in the language on the road to 2.0, but
I expect mine to be Lulu material anyway rather than Amazon material)
I am very, very gratified to hear that the first Gambas book
published will be from someone outside the core Gambas community.
Best of luck.

Rob

[John W. Rittinghouse]

Benoit,

Great. Yes, it is a real book, and I have about 200 pages completed of
the 300+ or so planned. It is intended to be published in late
September. Once published, I will, as stated earlier, make an on-line
version available "libre" for gambas users. I do understand mailing
lists and the public nature of their forum. Now that everyone knows
about the book, it should be no surprise when it comes out. As to the
public nature of this list, I am all for it but my publisher will not
allow distribution of draft copy in this manner. If you do not have a
private email address where I can forward the draft to you, I am happy
to create an email account for your use on my servers. Please let me
know which method you prefer and then we can move on this. At some
point, I will need a mailing address if you wish to receive a signed
copy of the finished book also. I will send you the first six chapters
to review once we get to that point and you can start on the foreword
and comment on the draft as appropriate. Once again, many thanks and I
am excited to get you involved in this project.

For all the other Gambas users that have sent messages of support and
offers of help, my thanks. I will likely take you up on the offers as
the need arises.


cheers,
jr

[Fabien Bodard]

Post by John Rittinghouse
Benoit,
Great. Yes, it is a real book, and I have about 200 pages completed of
the 300+ or so planned. It is intended to be published in late
September. Once published, I will, as stated earlier, make an on-line
version available "libre" for gambas users. I do understand mailing
lists and the public nature of their forum. Now that everyone knows
about the book, it should be no surprise when it comes out. As to the
public nature of this list, I am all for it but my publisher will not
allow distribution of draft copy in this manner. If you do not have a
private email address where I can forward the draft to you, I am happy
to create an email account for your use on my servers. Please let me
know which method you prefer and then we can move on this. At some
point, I will need a mailing address if you wish to receive a signed
copy of the finished book also. I will send you the first six chapters
to review once we get to that point and you can start on the foreword
and comment on the draft as appropriate. Once again, many thanks and I
am excited to get you involved in this project.
For all the other Gambas users that have sent messages of support and
offers of help, my thanks. I will likely take you up on the offers as
the need arises.
cheers,
jr

John,
I've many difficulties to send you any mails directly on your email address !
The adresse of Benoit is : Benoit Minisini <***@users.sourceforge.net>

Fabien