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Originally posted by Bert Bates:
So, what's a topic that you'd like to know more about, that has been, in your opinion, poorly covered so far?
The first one that leaps to mind for me is 'Patterns'. I've yet to find a Patterns book that is clearly written. Oh, I can slog through them, but it is ALWAYS a chore, and never any fun.
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Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
How about reflection. There has yet to be a book on reflection in Java. It's funny but Wrox did publish a book on that subject for C# but not on Java.
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Originally posted by Cindy Glass:
"Architecture for Dummies", or "What Applications Programmers need to know about NetWorking, Hardware and Architecture".
Somehow everyone is supposed to be born understanding the difference between a Web Server, App Server, Database Server, LDAP Server etc. When can / should they share Real Estate, and when not. Why do I need to understand clustering to create a Web App?
Originally posted by Michael Ernest:
I'd write that book...
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- Robert Bresson
Originally posted by Pauline McNamara:
Eww. I've just had a bad experience with a multi-authored book, and generally think that there isn't an editor alive who can really make these kinds of collections readable. They just don't flow. Just my 2 cents.
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Originally posted by Cindy Glass:
Don't forget to add:
Load Balancing
Multiple processes across multiple servers
Failover architectures - onsite vs remote / delayed vs realtime
Disaster Recovery Strategies from an Architecture point of view
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Originally posted by Bert Bates:
So, what's a topic that you'd like to know more about, that has been, in your opinion, poorly covered so far?
The first one that leaps to mind for me is 'Patterns'. I've yet to find a Patterns book that is clearly written. Oh, I can slog through them, but it is ALWAYS a chore, and never any fun.
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Originally posted by Kenneth Kousen:
OTOH, maybe we should write a _Head First Design Patterns_ book.
Originally posted by Kenneth Kousen:
OTOH, maybe we should write a _Head First Design Patterns_ book.
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Originally posted by Cindy Glass:
Well, I am sure that there ARE books out there that discuss that. However, since I can not tell from your question what exactly it is that you are talking about, I expect that no one else could either.
Perhaps you should go to the correct forum (Distributed Java?) and try a fuller explanation.
OTOH, maybe we should write a _Head First Design Patterns_ book.
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
I think Cindy's point was that your topic was a bit off topic for this thread. Your question No books tell why do we need a Handle when stubs are serializable really isn't a book topic, but rather a particular issue you have, and so is beyond the scope of a thread on whole book topics.
--Mark
Originally posted by Kathy Sierra:
Well, well, well, as it happens, a Head First Patterns book is very high on the list right now, but we get conflicting comments on exactly *what* should be in a Head First Patterns book, how much OO, UML, Java, etc. all of that... (so if you have any thoughts about that, please share them!)
We're still VERY interested in talking to *anyone* who might want to co-author this or any other book in the Head First format.
cheers,
Kathy
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