Re: [Jython-dev] Jython online book feedback

[Andrea A. <aa...@op...>]

Josh Juneau ha scritto:
> As I remember it, Apress was originally interested in a book about using 
> Django with Jython.  As the project grew and more authors were 
> introduced, we determined that it made more sense to write a book about 
> Jython in general, and include some bits of Django.    Apress added the 
> "with Django" suffix to the title as the project authors originally 
> decided on "The Definitive Guide to Jython".  My guess is that your 
> assumption is correct...this was added by Apress as a marketing strategy.

Well, I can tell you the marketing is working. I was looking for
a book to get started with web development using Jython, so the title
made it quite attractive. It also makes sense, an experienced Java
developer is going to look into Jython as a way to speed up the
creation of glue or the web ui, not for doing the heavy lifting
(where performance is important and reusing the experience
you got is important as well). The production of web ui, throwaway
scripts and glue code in general is kind of a sweep spot to begin
with Jython, lower risk and higher reward (hopefully).

Was it not for the Django reference I would probably have looked 
elsewhere into a book already published or something like that.

Cheers
Andrea