mORMot Open Source

erick

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Registered: 2015-09-09

Posts: 155

2nd Edition of mORMot book

Today I've published the 2nd edition of my mORMot / Elevate Web Builder book:
Enterprise Delphi Databases by Erick Engelke.

There are significant changes from the first edition:

- formatting all done with Latex, looks like any normal book now, gets rid of
  production problems that plagued first edition, incl. fonts, tables, etc.
  A few testers have gone through the printed version and yesterday we
  fixed the two very small typing issues that remained.  Latex formats
  Pascal natively, so examples look good.

-new and expanded examples (including source + description) for introductory
  materials.

- enhanced chapter on ORM/de-normalization

- a complete JavaScript/ECMAscript example will be in the downloads.

- new book section entirely devoted to Domain Driven Design (DDD),
  including concepts and practical example code, when to use DDD and not,
  and applying principles of DDD to object pascal

-numbered chapters, source code ordered by chapter #

- price - it's still $59 US at Amazon, but can be ordered at $49 US from
  https://www.createspace.com/6896195 if you use the discount code
  WHPS5D2R before March 2017.  I do not know how well the createspace
  store works, and will revisit the decision after people give me feedback.
  The createspace store is still operated by Amazon, and Amazon does the
  fulfillment, but they apparently charge less.    Let me know how you like it.

- kindle edition - There will be a kindle edition in a week or so, but I'm still
  adjusting the layout for that format, I want it to be as usable as possible.

These were the main takeaways I saw in the Email and postings.
There were other suggestions, but these were the main ones, and I wanted to
get these changes out there before more people bought the 1st edition. 

I am beginning work on an expanded 3rd edition for 2018 with a more leisurely
schedule.  As before, your comments, help and criticisms will be very influential
and I thank you in advance.

About 1st edition: I am planning on making more of the updated text available for
purchasers  of the first edition.  Or if you really want, I will pay for your copy of
the 2nd edition if you pay for shipping from Amazon - but you must contact me
first because I will buy it through the Author's channel at a discount rate.

Finally, if you have need of several copies, Email me and I can supply a 'bookstore' rate
through CreateSpace.

mORMot is an excellent work, and I hope you will find this book a useful addition to it.

ErickEngelke@gmail.com

jbroussia

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From: France

Registered: 2011-04-09

Posts: 74

Re: 2nd Edition of mORMot book

Can I login into createspace with my Amazon credentials or do I need to create a new account ?

EDIT: tried with my Amazon credentials, didn't work, so new account needed...

EDIT2: finally ordered from Amazon instead ! Book not available right now, need to wait for restocking. Got it from Amazon.fr as Amazon.de and Amazon.co.uk don't list the book.

Last edited by jbroussia (2017-02-03 09:47:57)

erick

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Registered: 2015-09-09

Posts: 155

Re: 2nd Edition of mORMot book

Can I login into createspace with my Amazon credentials or do I need to create a new account ?

EDIT: tried with my Amazon credentials, didn't work, so new account needed...

EDIT2: finally ordered from Amazon instead ! Book not available right now, need to wait for restocking. Got it from Amazon.fr as Amazon.de and Amazon.co.uk don't list the book.

Sorry it didn't work.  I don't know what failed - if I can't figure it out I might get rid of that option.  I know Amazon's sites work, though it might take a few days for the book to be available on all of them. 

Erick

Junior/RO

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Registered: 2011-05-13

Posts: 210

Re: 2nd Edition of mORMot book

@erick, which tools are you using for Latex?

erick

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Registered: 2015-09-09

Posts: 155

Re: 2nd Edition of mORMot book

@erick, which tools are you using for Latex?

TexShop on a Mac.
Latex as my engine

My first few lines are:
%\documentclass{tufte-book}
\documentclass{book}

I didn't have luck with tufts-book, so I went with classic {book}

For conversion to Ebook I've been trying calibre.

erick

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Registered: 2015-09-09

Posts: 155

Re: 2nd Edition of mORMot book

jbroussia

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From: France

Registered: 2011-04-09

Posts: 74

Re: 2nd Edition of mORMot book

Can I login into createspace with my Amazon credentials or do I need to create a new account ?

EDIT: tried with my Amazon credentials, didn't work, so new account needed...

EDIT2: finally ordered from Amazon instead ! Book not available right now, need to wait for restocking. Got it from Amazon.fr as Amazon.de and Amazon.co.uk don't list the book.

Sorry it didn't work.  I don't know what failed - if I can't figure it out I might get rid of that option.  I know Amazon's sites work, though it might take a few days for the book to be available on all of them. 

Erick

It didn't fail. I created an account on createspace, but afterwards decided it was just easier to order from Amazon. Now I hope it won't take too long to restock...

esmondb

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From: London

Registered: 2010-07-20

Posts: 299

Re: 2nd Edition of mORMot book

The photo looks like a Giacometti view of our mORMot!

erick

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Registered: 2015-09-09

Posts: 155

Re: 2nd Edition of mORMot book

The photo looks like a Giacometti view of our mORMot!

I believe it's a statue of Wiarton Willie - an albino groundhog here in Canada that predicts the weather.  But yes, the resemblance is surprising.

Erick

mbadstones

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Registered: 2017-04-01

Posts: 5

Re: 2nd Edition of mORMot book

I purchase a kindle version on amazon but don't find source code samples !

Best regards,
Mike

radexpol

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From: Poland, Krk

Registered: 2019-11-29

Posts: 116

Re: 2nd Edition of mORMot book

I bought the 2nd edition from amazon.de, thx.