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New book review: "Railo 3: Beginner's Guide"

Note: This blog post is from 2012. Some content may be outdated--though not necessarily. Same with links and subsequent comments from myself or others. Corrections are welcome, in the comments. And I may revise the content as necessary.
As some of you may know, there's been another new book recently in the CFML world, this time Railo 3: Beginner's Guide. Book cover imageIt's from four folks who many in the CFML community will know: Mark Drew, Gert Franz, Paul Klinkenberg, and Jordan Michaels. Mark and Gert work for Railo, while Paul and Jordan are active in the Railo community. I was given a review copy from their publisher, Packet Publishing (and thanks to an arrangement by Mark).

With a title like Beginner's Guide, one may wonder what to expect. As a contributor myself to several CF books (carehart.org/contact.cfm#books), I appreciate the challenge in deciding the intended audience for a book, and keeping it in mind as we are writing. And having been a co-contributor on now 10 multi-author books (not all on CF), I appreciate the challenge in keeping a consistent voice among all those authors throughout a book, as well as each keeping that intended audience front and center. It's not easy, although it can be aided greatly by careful editorial control and editing.

What to expect from the book?

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Comments
Thanks for the thorough review Charlie!
Thanks, Mark. I really appreciate the opportunity to do so. I'm sure it was far more detailed than you or Packt may have expected, but hey, that's how I roll, right? :-) Best wishes with the book.
Thanks for the detailed review. This was definitely much beyond what I (Packt) had expected. . Your review has both the positive and the negative sides which makes it an ideal review (as it states your honest thoughts on the book).
# Posted By Richard Dias | 2/29/12 8:36 AM
Thanks, Richard.Great to hear, especially from a representative of the publisher. :-) Thanks again for the opportunity.
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