Why would you promote this so early with a site devoid of content? Maybe it would be better to delete this submission until you have something substantial to show.
From the submission history, it appears that the OP is a fan of docker, so it's likely the site was shared with that in mind, rather than him/her being the author of the linked content.
Yep I'm just a fan and minor contributor to Docker. Thought it was interesting to see a book so early but I do agree it's probably too early. Docker is changing fast. Version 0.5 should likely be out today.
Great initiative! I'm a big fan of starting with books when I'm learning something new as they usually have a better narrative and deeper explanation than the docs and 'getting started' guides do. Maybe this could be written using github with pull requests and stuff when things change? Open sourced books rocks. ;)
It is on github, and pull requests are welcome. It is currently written for Docker 0.5. I will keep it up to date, and when we hit 1.0 I'll look at getting some hard copies made, if there is a demand.
I still need to pick a license, not sure what is best for a book, open to suggestions.
I was disappointed when I clicked through to OP's submission. As with the Flynn post yesterday, I'm glad to see at least he's not the only game in town. Unfortunately I am not able to reach github right now. The isup.me site says I'm alone in that. Does anyone else have this problem now?
It's cool that someone is writing a book about Docker, but I think its too early. At this stage there are new features added every month, so once the book comes out several of the features might not work the same way anymore.
Hi - I'm the author. It is very early. But the book won't be published until Docker is 1.0 at least. The site is there to gauge interest and provide a bookmark for people to suggest ideas on content.
I write mostly in Markdown using VIM or IAWriter with a scattering of LaTeX for some complex formatting. I have some Rake-based automation that hooks into pandoc to take the content and generate PDF, ePub, Mobi, HTML etc formats. You can see an example of the finished product in the sample chapter from one of my other books: http://www.logstashbook.com/TheLogStashBook_sample.pdf.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 41.8 ms ] threadIt is on github, and pull requests are welcome. It is currently written for Docker 0.5. I will keep it up to date, and when we hit 1.0 I'll look at getting some hard copies made, if there is a demand.
I still need to pick a license, not sure what is best for a book, open to suggestions.