New Edition?

DrPurdum · May 26th, 2011, 08:51 AM

I have been in touch with the publisher and have been informed that a new release of Visual Studio is in the works and Microsoft expects to release version 5.0 in about a year. A Beta version of this new release would likely become available in the third quarter of this year. Given that information, I am thinking about writing a new addition of this book that would: 1) incorporate any new C# language features that might be added, 2) cover topics that I overlooked in this edition (e.g., printing...sorry 'bout that), 3) add a chapter on ASP and web programming, and 4) add some more exercises, as readers seem to like that. Those are my thoughts.

The purpose of this post is to get your ideas of what I need to add or improve upon. Feedback about what's bad in the book is crucial so I can improve it...what seems fuzzy as you read it and, if the penny finally did drop, what helped you to understand the concept. However, I also need to know what's good so I keep that and, perhaps, expand upon it.

If you've read some of my earlier posts, you already know I'm not in this for the money...there really isn't much to be made here. It's a lot easier to take on a two week consulting job and the income it produces than to invest the time and effort it takes to write a new book. My goal is to have the best, easiest-to-understand book on OOP out there and this is your chance to make it a better book. I look forward to your ideas.