Status Update on Google-driven Web Development Book

After posting a link to a conference on building web apps with Google this morning, I'm reminded that I haven't written here much lately about my book. So here's the latest news for those who might be wondering, "Hey, what ever happened to Deryck's Google book project?"

The short story is that a complete book is just not a possibility for me. While I lack no dedication to my work, this just wasn't the season for me to do a book. My career took off right about the time I signed the book agreement, and now two job changes, several projects, and two years of aggressive development while also trying to write a book have taken their toll on my enthusiasm to see this book completed. I am also at a different place now, with different technical and intellectual interests, so turning back to the topic of Google-driven development is a little like turning back in time.

I have done quite a bit of work on the book in the last couple years, though. To keep this from being lost work, I'm working on turning the book material into 3 different shortcut chapters as part of Prentice Hall's digital short cuts program. I am really excited about this. The material will see some published form, and the work is not a complete loss.

I'm finishing the first of these this week, and expect to move fairly quickly on the other two (on the order of a couple months, I hope.) I'll certainly update here as these shortcuts are released.

Posted by deryck on March 12, 2008

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