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Spring: A Developer's Notebook |
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Such poor quality editing/testing! |
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2005-07-12 07:40:21 |
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mflgeek
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O'Reilly have really taken their eye off the ball with this one. Usually accurate and precise, they have succummed to the trend (most notably set by the original Wrox Press) of producing books on the latest subject matter as soon as the first draft has been delivered by the writer(s).
It's really obvious with this publication; There are so many glaring omissions, typographical errors and just plain mistakes that as I complete a section, I am filled with dread at what errors await over the next page.
I'm fed up trying to debug someone elses errors; I do that every day anyway :(
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"Spring: A Developer's Notebook is an attractive and ambitious book dealing with multiple advanced topics."
--Howard Carson, KickStartNews.com
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Such poor quality editing/testing!, July 12 2005
Submitted by Anonymous Reader [Respond | View]
Yes, I admit, we screwed up, at least on the technical side. We made some last minute changes to the code (particularly in Chapter 2) that backfired; they weren't sufficiently tested. We're sorry about that: it shouldn't have happened.
We've been busy since discovering the problems. We had a second technical review, to find *all* the problems with the code, and we've corrected them. The second printing has just gone to the printer. We'd be glad to send you, and other readers who have the first printing, a cMeopy of the reprint when it's available.
Mike Loukides
Editor, O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Such poor quality editing/testing!, May 05 2006
Submitted by Anonymous Reader [Respond | View]
I have just bought the book and am struggling to get the examples to work. Please can you send me all examples with all the problems corrected.
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Such poor quality editing/testing!, August 02 2006
Submitted by Anonymous Reader [Respond | View]
I am having the exact same problems with the book. Although the information about Spring in general is helpful and useful, a lot of the example code in the book is incorrect or incomplete and is making this book very difficult to use.
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Such poor quality editing/testing!, September 20 2005
Submitted by Anonymous Reader [Respond | View]
Mike. I just bought a copy of this book. It says "Updated" in the upper right hand corner of the cover. However, the printing history on the inside does not mention second printing. What do I have? Do I have the seond printing you mention in your post? Thanks
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Such poor quality editing/testing!, July 26 2005
Submitted by Anonymous Reader [Respond | View]
That's very decent of you; how can we go about getting a replacement copy?
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Such poor quality editing/testing!, July 27 2005
Submitted by Anonymous Reader [Respond | View]
Send email to gregc@oreilly.com with your name, mailing address, phone number, and name of the store or website where you purchased your copy of the first printing of Spring: A Developer's Notebook. Thanks.
