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Re: Draft of v3 TP2 Quick Start Guide

From: Scott Fordin <Scott.Fordin_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:29:14 -0400

Jennifer Ball wrote:
> Scott,
>
> I can help you with the jRuby section seeing as I'm working on the jRuby
> getting-started guide. When is your deadline for getting this material
> from me?

Thanks, Jennifer. In terms of getting it to me, the sooner the
better. I can write around the jRuby stuff for a few days, but
I really need it by Tuesday, so I can wrap up the QSG and start
focusing on screencasts.

Thanks again,

Scott

>
> Jennifer
>
> Scott Fordin wrote:
>> Hi, all,
>>
>> I have a first draft of the v3 TP2 Quick Start Guide ready
>> for review. There are still a bunch of holes in it, but it
>> there's enough there for an initial review.
>>
>> A few notes:
>>
>> 1. Please don't be concerned about the product name
>> right now. I'm using the name "Enterprise Server"
>> in the body text, but because of publication archive
>> restrictions, the book title still uses the old
>> "Application Server" name.
>>
>> 2. The admin GUI doesn't work yet, so I can't write
>> about it in any meaningful yet.
>>
>> 3. I don't know what or where the sample applications
>> are going to be, so the instructions for deploying
>> them can't go into specific detail.
>>
>> 4. There's not yet a place for this or any of the
>> other docs in the v3 SVN respository, so I'm
>> attaching a locally generated PDF for your review.
>>
>> 5. I could use some input on the core concepts you'd
>> like to see covered in the sections on working
>> with jRuby, NetBeans, and Eclipse. Remember, this
>> is a Quick Start Guide, so I can only focus briefly
>> on each of these technologies
>>
>> Please take a look and let me know what you think as soon
>> as possible.
>>
>> Thanks very much,
>>
>> Scott
>