Stories from around the ranch

This week, we're delighted to have Ed Burns helping to answer questions about their new book Secrets of the Rockstar Programmers: Riding the IT Crest. They will hang out in the Jobs Discussion forum.

The promotion starts Tuesday, March 25th 2008 and will end on Friday, March 28th 2008.

We'll be selecting four random posters in this forum to win a free copy of the book provided by the publisher, McGraw-Hill Osborne.

Please see the book promotions page to ensure your best chances at winning!

David reviewed Tapestry 5: Building Web Applications by Alexander Kolesnikov and gave it 8 out of 10 horseshoes.

The book builds on the features of Tapestry in an easy and nonthreatening manner, so that each example feels accessible to the reader. ... Since the book does target Tapestry version 5 only, it won't be of direct help to anyone needing help upgrading from a previous version. The book is also geared more towards learning Tapestry than being a useful resource, so this should also be taken into account when purchasing.

You can read the full review and discuss it here.

This week, we're delighted to have Frank W. Zammetti helping to answer questions about their new book Practical DWR 2 Projects. They will hang out in the HTML and JavaScript forum.

The promotion starts Tuesday, March 11th 2008 and will end on Friday, March 14th 2008.

We'll be selecting four random posters in this forum to win a free copy of the book provided by the publisher, Apress.

Please see the book promotions page to ensure your best chances at winning!

The stance of the presidential candidates leads to a wider discussion on the future of IT jobs in the USA and other places that see outsourcing and offshoring. What kind of work and worker might be particularly vulnerable is also discussed in this thread in the Jobs Discussion forum.

Contemplating vinyl records and telephones with rotary dials, a rancher wonders what else our kids just won't understand when they see it. Lots of responses in this thread in the Meaningless Drivel forum indicate that we'll have a lot of explaining to do.

This week, we're delighted to have Alexander Kolesnikov helping to answer questions about their new book Tapestry 5: Building Web Applications. They will hang out in the Application Frameworks forum.

The promotion starts Tuesday, March 4th 2008 and will end on Friday, March 7th 2008.

We'll be selecting four random posters in this forum to win a free copy of the book provided by the publisher, Packt Publishing.

Please see the book promotions page to ensure your best chances at winning!