Re: No Java Servlet Programming 3rd edition?

Jason Hunter wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> Let me see if I can answer your question.  (If I can't, who can, eh?)
>
> It's something I've given thought to.  As of yet I haven't been
> convinced that it's a project I should undertake.  It's a ton of work.
> The 2nd Edition, for example, took nine months of effort.
>
> The way I see a 3rd Edition, I'd have two options...
>
> I could do a somewhat minor update to bring the book up to the latest
> spec levels (what will be Servlets 2.5 shortly), and not expand the
> focus very much, actually shrink the book probably.  That would
> definitely help people feel more comfortable buying the book than an
> edition last published in 2001, and it wouldn't require huge amounts of
> effort.
>
> Or I could do a major update that talked at some length about the
> technologies built on servlets and where servlets fit into the big
> picture these days.  Show servlets as controllers, etc.  The focus of
> Sun and open source groups writing server-side Java has moved higher up
> the stack than servlets.  So should the book move up the stack too?
> This approach would take a lot of time, and honestly I'd rather be
> writing about Ruby on Rails than JSF.  :)
>
>  From a time management and enjoyment of life perspective, Approach One
> looks much more appealing.  But, David, are you wanting that or an
> Approach Two kind of book?
>
>

Hi Jason!

I figured you still were on this list, hence my posting here.. ;)

Honestly I would like to see part of what you described in Approach 2.
I personally don't need another book on JSF (and I have little interest
in Ruby on Rails at this time) but I *do* still do a lot with servlets
and would like to see more on *that* subject.

And y'know..  I think it would be VERY educational for people to get a
better understanding that controllers are just fancy servlets... ;)

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