New Puppet book: Extending Puppet
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Alessandro Franceschi
Jun 26, 2014, 9:12:13 AM6/26/14
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Sorry for the shameless promotion, but I suppose this might be of interest for the readers of this group.
After more that 6 months of pain, efforts, frustration and excitement it's finally out a book where I tried to pour all my knowledge and experience on Puppet.
It's oriented to people who have already some experience on Puppet (for beginners there are definitively more fitting titles around) and I hope it can give some useful information also to experienced users.
You can get a free chapter here: http://bit.ly/1qbxWZy
I'd take this occasion to thank some members of this group for their support, in particular:
Brice Figureau, who has been a great technical reviewer and has prevented me from making some big mistakes. His support and help has been decisive.
Nigel Kersten, who has written the Foreword and has given me very useful hints and feedback.
Joshua Hoblitt, who has reviewed some chapters and has given great advices on the language and the contents.
Daniele Sluijters, who has been a very precise technical reviewer for some chapters.
Jon Forrest, who has slashed the language of my first drafts and opened my eyes on what it means to write in proper english (I obviously haven't learnt how to do it properly, but thanks to the reviewers the final output has been definitively more linguistically appropriate than the first drafts).
I hope this book can help people who work with Puppet and, if you happen to get it, please give feedback, in any way you find appropriate.
Thank you
Alessandro Franceschi
After more that 6 months of pain, efforts, frustration and excitement it's finally out a book where I tried to pour all my knowledge and experience on Puppet.
It's oriented to people who have already some experience on Puppet (for beginners there are definitively more fitting titles around) and I hope it can give some useful information also to experienced users.
You can get a free chapter here: http://bit.ly/1qbxWZy
I'd take this occasion to thank some members of this group for their support, in particular:
Brice Figureau, who has been a great technical reviewer and has prevented me from making some big mistakes. His support and help has been decisive.
Nigel Kersten, who has written the Foreword and has given me very useful hints and feedback.
Joshua Hoblitt, who has reviewed some chapters and has given great advices on the language and the contents.
Daniele Sluijters, who has been a very precise technical reviewer for some chapters.
Jon Forrest, who has slashed the language of my first drafts and opened my eyes on what it means to write in proper english (I obviously haven't learnt how to do it properly, but thanks to the reviewers the final output has been definitively more linguistically appropriate than the first drafts).
I hope this book can help people who work with Puppet and, if you happen to get it, please give feedback, in any way you find appropriate.
Thank you
Alessandro Franceschi
Spencer Krum
Jun 26, 2014, 1:01:14 PM6/26/14
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Congratulations!
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Nigel Kersten
Jun 26, 2014, 1:45:51 PM6/26/14
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On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Spencer Krum <krum.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
Congratulations!
On Jun 26, 2014 6:12 AM, "Alessandro Franceschi" <a...@lab42.it> wrote:Sorry for the shameless promotion, but I suppose this might be of interest for the readers of this group.
Congratulations Alessandro, I know you've been working on this for a while, and great to see it out!
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Stefano Zanella
Jun 27, 2014, 6:30:24 PM6/27/14
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I don't write to this mailing list almost at all, but I feel like this time I cannot avoid saying: congrats Alessandro!
I'm sure this won't be just "another book on Puppet"; really looking forward to read it...To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAGUqgV8%3DgCMZ9Aa67uPy_RJXmbSJEkYAQSAjLWQrvO_YzGrRSw%40mail.gmail.com.
Steve Robillard
Jun 27, 2014, 7:03:47 PM6/27/14
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It is also available in ebook format for only $10 from the packtpub.com until the 5th
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Rich Burroughs
Jun 27, 2014, 9:22:24 PM6/27/14
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Yes congrats :) The table of contents looks like it covers a lot of useful material.
Rich
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Rakesh Kathpal
Jul 1, 2014, 3:41:50 AM7/1/14
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Congratulations Alessandro ... just ordered the ebook.. looks promising.
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Johan De Wit
Jul 1, 2014, 3:47:48 AM7/1/14
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Almost half way the book, and indeed,
it IS a great book.
Thx Allesandro for the great work.
Jo
Thx Allesandro for the great work.
Jo
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Alessandro Franceschi
Jul 3, 2014, 5:23:59 AM7/3/14
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Thank you Johan and thank you all for the encouraging words.
This is the first "live" feedback I receive and it's promising.
I just would like to notify that the publisher Packt Publishing has promoted a small contest about it:
whoever tweets something funny or interesting about the book, or why (s)he would like to read it, using this link http://bit.ly/extendingpuppet is eligible to win one free e-copy.
What's better than a good free e-copy of a Puppet book to read before going to sleep? :-)
Al
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Thomas Bendler
Jul 3, 2014, 6:53:53 AM7/3/14
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Also from my side, congratulations, I bought the ebook and start reading it, so far, excellent, even for people with strong puppet knowledge.
Regards Thomas
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