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Smashing Node.JS book is out.
- terinjokes 14y agoI've always been a bit weary of purchasing technical books for the Kindle: the few I've done that way are largely unreadable. What's the case here? As for the content itself, I'm pretty good with JavaScript, both for the web and for node. Does this add anything new?
- farslan 14y agoI think Kindle DX users will benefit from the kindle edition. Technical books is a pleasure to read on a Kindle DX.
- barking 14y agoDX's a bit expensive, my compromise is to read in landscape format on my standard size kindle.
- SirPalmerston 14y agoYeah, I couldn't afford a DX. I end up reading the "content" on my Kindle and when there are long code snippets, I read it on my Mac.
- SirPalmerston 14y agoYeah, I couldn't afford a DX. I end up reading the "content" on my Kindle and when there are long code snippets, I read it on my Mac.
- mgkimsal 14y agoAnd I've been wary about publishing them :) Shameless plug: I put out jsmag in PDF, and regularly get people asking for Kindle version, but have not yet been able to make something look decent. Revisiting this again next month. Suggestions/guidance on this topic welcome.
- tikhonj 14y agoI had good luck with formatting things for my Kindle with LaTeX. I just set the page size to be proportionate to the Kindle screen and compiled a PDF. The result was far better looking than using the normal Kindle format and I didn't have the normal issues with PDFs because mine actually fit on the screen. This wasn't the most space efficient system, but it was probably the best one aesthetically. Also, since I just created a custom .sty file to automate this, I can have my single source document output both normal-sized and Kindle-sized PDFs.
- mgkimsal 14y agointeresting - thanks.
- kika 14y agoI read almost all of my technical books (I've stopped buying technical paperbacks a couple of years ago) on iPad. For whatever reason (natural born cyborg?) my eyes appreciate glowing screen. If only I can make iPad lighter...
- tjholowaychuk 14y agoboom!
- jonny_eh 14y agoAny DRM free epub versions available for purchase?
- michaelsbradley 14y agoI would immediately purchase a DRM free PDF edition of this book, if such were available. I find that's the best format for easily moving between study sessions on my iPad and experimentation on my laptop (e.g. copying code snippets into a REPL or editor). I've been using node.js since early 2010, but I find it helpful to read books written by a platform's expert developers, as they tend to provide insights and demonstrate helpful patterns of which I was previously unaware. I'm not interested in buying (and won't buy) a printed copy or a DRM'd digital edition.
- SirPalmerston 14y agoJust buy a copy from Amazon and then strip the DRM in < 30 seconds with a Calibre plug - http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/01/how-to-strip-drm-from-kindle-e-books-and-others/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/01/how-to-strip-drm-from...
- atdt 14y agoHaving to creep around copy protections like a thief takes the joy and pride of ownership right out.
- mcantelon 14y agoCongrats Guillermo!
- state 14y agoThis looks good. It seems like just the right time for this, and I like the collection of topics.
- kmfrk 14y agoI guess I'll be that guy: is there a downloadable sample available somewhere?
- demetris 14y agoThe Wiley page has some: http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1119962595.html http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1119962595...
- SirPalmerston 14y agoAnd if you want to get it via Amazon for your Kindle, Amazon offers a sample of every book.
- naww 14y agoWhat about that book he is selling? Is that any good? Have some of you even read it yet?
- cirotix 14y agoI have only read the first two chapters (setup and Javascript an overview). The content do not look bad (but I have not read node.js specific parts yet so I can't really tell). The bad part is that it would need some serious proof-reading... Some sentences are missing words or are hardly understandable and there are some mistakes in the code.
- kyebosh 14y agoReiterating the sentiment. Seems great so far, but there are some errors that could create confusion. The good news is the author left his email address, so I dare say he's well aware by now :)
- cjstewart88 14y agoJust got back into node.js this past week and I think its a great change up from RoR(day job). I'm using the socket.io module and seeing as this guy's responsible for that... I figured I'd support him and order a copy, plus I like reading other perspectives on programming topics. Thanks!
- goronbjorn 14y agoIs this in any way affiliated with Smashing Magazine (http://www.smashingmagazine.com/ http://www.smashingmagazine.com/)? The name and color scheme would lead one to believe so…
- dustincoates 14y agoIt doesn't seem so. Otherwise you'd have to imagine they'd be more transparent about it.
- patorjk 14y agoIt appears so. At this link which someone posted below: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1119962595.html http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-111996259... There's the Smashing Magazine logo on the upper left hand side of the book.
- goronbjorn 14y agoHm, but it doesn't appear in Smashing's ebook store: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/ebooks/ http://www.smashingmagazine.com/ebooks/
- zemo 14y agosurprisingly enough, I actually saw this book on shelf in person at Barnes and Nobles, just an hour after I saw this post. (the union square location in NYC has it)
- DigitalSea 14y agoI would buy this if there were a PDF version available. Am I able to purchase the Kindle copy and download some kind of Kindle app to read it? I really want this book.
- cirotix 14y agoSure, you have other options to read Kindle books without a Kindle device: * On the web or on your iPhone/iPad https://read.amazon.com/ https://read.amazon.com/ * On Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazon.kindle https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazon.kin...
- kika 14y agoAlso on Mac and Windows desktops. The great thing about Kindle is that it's almost as ubiquitous as PDF. Almost.
- cirotix 14y agoMinus the fact that there are some DRM in the Kindle books which is rather anoying. PDF is an open standard, the Kindle format is not.
- kika 14y agoKindle DRM doesn't annoy me at all. I'm not annoyed by just the existence of some technology, I'm annoyed if this technology hurts my ability to do what I want to do. I do want to read books on iPad, iPhone, Mac, PC and Kindle. I'm able to. If I wanted to steal books I could have been annoyed, but I don't want to.
- prodigal_erik 14y ago1984 demonstrated that your ability depends on the continued goodwill and competence of Amazon, who reserved for themselves the power to steal any of your Kindle store purchases.
- SeanDav 14y agoanything with DRM = no sale
- alvaromuir 14y agoNot to be a hater but this book got MAD programming errors. I guess since its not for beginners, there's no read to technically edit? I mean, you can infer what he meant but man it would suck if you didn't know JS that well. I still applaud this man for his contributions though.
- ftwinnovations 14y agoYou made an account just to bash this book?
- kurrent 14y agoUnfortunately, this seems to be about the norm for first editions of the Smashing library.
- azat_co 14y agoThank you for a great book on NodeJS (my fav). And special thanks on making it available on Kindle/Amazon.com (my other fav) !!! :)
- ftwinnovations 14y agoPurchased! Can't wait to start it. Keep up the great work Guillermo!
- systems 14y agoIt will be available on safaribooksonline by the end of the month ... so if you already have a safari account you can just wait a little
- adeptima 14y agogreat book. already sorted out a lot of questions for me.
- kfrank 14y agocan anyone tell me if they have found the code error in the tcp-chat in the book. I have run it and I get an error when one telnet session closes. So I assume the error in the conn.on('close') emmitter