I was pleased to see that the book Real World AJAX...Secrets of the Masters hit the streets this week. I just received my two copies in the mail, and my name was on the cover...ah...with 20 other guys.

At least my chapter is the sample chapter available for download. Either because it's great or because it's small...I suspect the later but I will think the former.

I never liked writing "gang books." I was involved with a few of them in the 90s including Windows Connectivity Secrets and Killer DOS Utilities. Killer DOS Utilities had a very cool picture of a shark on the cover and was about the size of an unabridged dictionary, library version. Anyway, when writing gang books you have a tendency to get lost in the shuffle. The next 5 books I wrote by myself, and 3 of them best sellers. I'm better as a solo act.

This book is different. First of all, 20 authors. My god. Dion Hinchcliffe, the editor, was the mastermind that brought all this together, and it's really a who's who in the world of AJAX today, including me, Mr. SOA/AJAX. Good job Dion, good job authors, great book that I hope you guys find time to read it.

Posted by Dave Linthicum on March 19, 2007 05:11 PM