perlmonkey
Joined 12 years ago
Karma
37
Submissions
11
Member since
Aug 28
[ my public key: https://keybase.io/yauh; my proof: https://keybase.io/yauh/sigs/RH172jJBbjNhANRNUUH3JzmtsoMQ-kaO60muw0Rx4RM ]
View on Hacker NewsRecent submissions
Comment · 12 years ago
This is about books as learning resources.
For everyone looking to learn Meteor the first 8 chapters of Discover Meteor are available for free for the next week. It is probably the starting book for everyone :) https://book.discovermeteor.com/starter
Also the Manning book Meteor in Action is 50% off the next week with the code jiafinal50 The book is in heavy development with updates every couple of weeks. However it is still not finished and lacks some advanced chapters still. http://manning.com/hochhaus/?a_aid=yauh&a_bid=aeff5509
Apress also has a book called Beginning Meteor but it has almost no relevant content as of yet and no updates in the last months. http://www.apress.com/9781430268369
All Packt titles are hopelessly outdated for version 1.0, so you better stay away from them.
Comment · 12 years ago
Cool, I'll make sure to check it out. I hope it can help me finally connect Meteor to my Jenkins.
Comment · 12 years ago
Also you can get a 50% discount as an early adopter when using the code mlwilken
Comment · 12 years ago
Hahaha, have you seen their website?
If there is one thing Meteor needs to improve big time, it would be marketing!
Comment · 12 years ago
The TOC is available on the Manning site (where you buy the book). plus all chapters that are already available have "AVAILABLE" behind the chapter heading.
Comment · 12 years ago
Thanks for the compliments - it's a personal site, not officially run by Manning.
Comment · 12 years ago
We are absolutely interested in feedback like this, keep it coming!
Indeed the first chapter is tough - we learned that through various iterations with many reviewers. Eventually we decided to just introduce you and skip the meta talk about methods and stuff. That should be in the "Welcome" passage before the actual chapter (included in chapter 1 - free download). If you didn't find the argument to let you know whether or not the book is for you we might have to refine this section and bring out our main points more.
Personally I am not convinced a starting chapter that told you how the book is going to teach you things would help that much with deciding whether you'd be comfortable with said book. It might be much more helpful to have a more advanced chapter as a free read oftentimes.
Eventually Meteor in Action will be a printed book as well, so that theoretically you will be able to browse through all chapters in a book store of your choice. Always assuming they carry Manning book, of course :)
Comment · 12 years ago
Thanks for the feedback. I actually know much more about programming than about creating conversions and landing pages, so I am happy to make the site more accessible.
tl;dr Link is now directly at the PDF for chapter 1.
Comment · 12 years ago
Why does everyone insist on this 1.0 nonsense? Ever looked at the latest Node.js version number?