code meets music

Two people I know have announced recently that they are writing books and they both look like they’re going to be really interesting and useful reads.

Rob Allen (who I know from PHPWM) is co-writing Zend Framework in Action which, after reading his tutorial and hearing him talk about the Zend Framework, is bound to be good. Ajax in Action, from the same publishers, is one of the few tech books I actually own, so this can make it a little less lonely on my bookshelf.

Elliot Smith (who I met at last year’s LugRadioLive) is also co-writing a tech book, this time Ruby on Rails Enterprise Application Development: Plan, Program, Extend which with the summary “Building a complete Ruby on Rails business application from start to finish” might inspire me to do some more with Rails than the infamous blog example. For what it’s worth, I think ‘Rails in Context’ is a better title, but what do I know?

Both guys give the warning that writing is difficult and as I’m under no illusions as to the contrary, I’m impressed by their dedication.

Maybe one day…