From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2003-09-23T05:51:29+09:00
Subject: Re: New Books on Ruby, in English. An enquiry.

In article <63604d2.0309221105.313be268@posting.google.com>,
Phlip <phlip_cpp@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> > Can anyone offer information on any new book/new editions expected to 
>> > be
>> > published in the next few weeks or months?
>> >
>> 
>> I don't know when it will appear, but the book I am currently looking 
>> forward to is Phlip's forthcoming book on test-first user interfaces, 
>> which will use Ruby.
>> 
>> Does anyone know when the book is due to be published?
>
>(Speak of the devil...;)
>
>If I told, that would screw the deadline up. It will be next year.
>
>But more important - what is the OP looking for?
>
>Learning Ruby from my book would be like learning Java from /Refactoring/.
>
>I hammer on TkCanvas quite a bit.
>


I'm looking forward to this book, phlip.

This is a good strategey for getting Ruby into books.  At this point 
publishers seem to be a bit skidish about doing Ruby titles.  However, as 
the new "Code Generation in Action" book shows, you can sneak Ruby in for 
demonstrating other concepts (just as phlip is doing).

I'd like to see a good XML book that uses Ruby and REXML for examples.

Phil