Re: Re: [Lift] [ANN] Beginning Scala by David Pollak (published by APress)

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Randall R Schulz <rschulz@sonic.net> wrote:

On Wednesday January 21 2009, David Pollak wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Randall R Schulz
<rschulz@sonic.net>wrote:
> > On Wednesday January 21 2009, David Pollak wrote:
> > > Folks,
> > >
> > > I'm writing *Beginning Scala* for APress.  It should be out by
> > > JavaOne.
> >
> > How would you compare "Beginning Scala" with "Programming in
> > Scala?"
>
> Beginning Scala will be about 1/3 the size and be more oriented
> toward the Java (and to a lesser degree Ruby) developer who is
> curious about Scala.
>
> My over-all goal with the book is to help people understand the value
> of transformative, state-minimize programming and how those concepts
> can be expressed in a concise manner.
>
> Or, as I told Bill Venners last night, I hope *Beginning Scala* is
> the gateway drug to *Programming in Scala*.


Sounds good.

Can we expect you to post a notice if APress decides to offer
pre-publication PDF releases and (another) when the final release is
made?

I've been told to "get the word out" by the APress marketing people.  I'll be glad to update folks in the Scala community when there are ways to give APress money. :-)
 

Randall Schulz

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