Arthur Fuller
artful at rogers.com
Fri Mar 21 10:11:01 CST 2003
The lightbulb goes on! Eureka! "Microsoft Developer's WankBook". A. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: March 21, 2003 10:26 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: Re: [AccessD] Tech books ... > There are two points I'd like to point out (neither of which has a > chance of > making it). 1. Have a few overly documented examples if you will - > but include a bunch of heavy duty > code for examples for the advanced programmers - with little or > no comments. The documented > examples in books are usually too simple to be very useful. Real code > will teach most > developers without the comments. ============I include just the code that does the task -- no error handling, no comments, just the code. I get fussed at a lot by other readers and some editors -- but I resist. Occasionally, if a particular error is inherent to the task, I will include handling for that, but only when it's specific to the task. There's a difference between the two. > 2. As there are millions of Excel and Access power users through developers > - and sometimes they > will be doing other apps - eg. Excel to Access, Excel to VB, > Access to > VB and/or VB to Access, > Access to Sql Server and Sql Server to Jet - consider writing a > From X > to Y Dictionary. Eg. > From Access to VB, From Jet to Sql Server, etc. ============You'll probably not find any publishers or authors willing to take on these projects. You need to be an expert in more than one thing, and that cuts a lot of authors out. Then, frankly... these titles have limited appeal. Generally, a book needs to attrack a large audience. That's why you don't see many "specialized" books -- they don't make any money. Neither publishers or authors can afford to work for free, and that's what would happen. The book Martin and I wrote is aimed at the Jet to T-SQL audience, and trust me... I'd be on the streets if that were the only work I had right now. It's a shame, cause it's a great book. Susan H. _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com