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Looks great! One question/suggestion I have is if you are planning to have some kind of forum on your site so people who are working with the book could help e

by BvS 16y ago

Looks great! One question/suggestion I have is if you are planning to have some kind of forum on your site so people who are working with the book could help each other. Might be especially interesting for people who only have "general computer knowledge" (like me). I know there are millions of other pages to look for help but have something dedicated especially to this book might still be useful. If you or other experienced programmers would answer some of the questions you could also charge for that (I would pay).

mhartl 16y ago
I've been considering a forum for a while, and I've looked as several possible alternatives. One problem is that a forum could easily be a no-win situation for me: if I participated regularly, then it would become a huge time sink; if I didn't, then people would likely complain that I wasn't answering their questions. I like your suggestion of having experienced programmers charge to answer questions, but I don't know of any successful pay-for-answers forum model. That doesn't rule it out, though, and maybe it's worth running an experiment at some point. It's worth noting that there is a feedback form, available here: http://railstutorial.org/feedback http://railstutorial.org/feedback. It's not as interactive as a forum, but it serves some of the same purposes.
- samratjp 16y ago
  Thanks for the updated edition! As about comments, I personally think the DjangoBook website has gotten it right somewhat - it has a comment facility wherever one would want to http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/chapter01/ http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/chapter01/
- BvS 16y ago
  Thanks for the answer. I get the risk of a forum beeing a time sink and the problem with charching for it. maybe you could sell it as some kind of bundle, so ony people who bought the pdf or the screencast have excess to it etc. This would encourage people to buy the book/screencasts and you would earn some extra money that could justify spending some time in the forum. Another way might be to state very explicit that it is a forum for reader to help each other and that no one should expect you to answer (actually not sure if that would work). The comments in the Django book also look nice.

by BvS 16y ago

mhartl 16y ago

I've been considering a forum for a while, and I've looked as several possible alternatives. One problem is that a forum could easily be a no-win situation for me: if I participated regularly, then it would become a huge time sink; if I didn't, then people would likely complain that I wasn't answering their questions. I like your suggestion of having experienced programmers charge to answer questions, but I don't know of any successful pay-for-answers forum model. That doesn't rule it out, though, and maybe it's worth running an experiment at some point. It's worth noting that there is a feedback form, available here: http://railstutorial.org/feedback http://railstutorial.org/feedback. It's not as interactive as a forum, but it serves some of the same purposes.

samratjp 16y ago
Thanks for the updated edition! As about comments, I personally think the DjangoBook website has gotten it right somewhat - it has a comment facility wherever one would want to http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/chapter01/ http://www.djangobook.com/en/2.0/chapter01/
BvS 16y ago
Thanks for the answer. I get the risk of a forum beeing a time sink and the problem with charching for it. maybe you could sell it as some kind of bundle, so ony people who bought the pdf or the screencast have excess to it etc. This would encourage people to buy the book/screencasts and you would earn some extra money that could justify spending some time in the forum. Another way might be to state very explicit that it is a forum for reader to help each other and that no one should expect you to answer (actually not sure if that would work). The comments in the Django book also look nice.