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Python, C# & Flash are hot - Java, Ruby & Ajax are not |
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Written by Content Team
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Jan 10, 2008 at 10:13 PM |
Book sales by and large provide a fair picture of what's buzzing in
technology and what might be the technology to watch out for in the
near future. There's certainly an assumption in this that all
books are well written and well marketed and they are being bought
based solely on reader interest in the technology.
Tim
O'Reilly in a recent
post has noted which books and technologies are hitting
the mark for O'Reilly. Here are some of the highlights -
"A lot of people have missed just how
much Flash is on a roll. Ajax
books have slowed down considerably, while books on Macromedia's
Adobe's web technologies are really moving."
"I noted that the AJAX meme seems to
be waning, but that doesn't mean
that the underlying technologies of AJAX are suffering. Javascript: The
Definitive Guide continues to be one of our all time bestsellers. "
"C# continues to gain significantly
on Java in terms of book
sales..."
"What's notably missing from the
bestseller lists: books on programming
languages (besides Javascript). The top programming language books in
last week's bookscan report were Learning Python, followed closely by
the just-released Head First C#. Books on Java, Perl, PHP, and yes,
even Ruby, are well down the list. Books on Linux, MySQL, and security
ditto. In the professional computer area, networking, software
engineering, and database books that weren't specific to any particular
database product were the overall winners."
Do you think these facts depict a true picture of what's happening in technology? Which technologies do you think are hot and buzzing?
Reference - A Year in O'Reilly Books (2007)
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Comment by GUEST on 2008-01-11 01:09:14
A drop in book sales denotes a maturing of the technology. Java and Ajax are still very much hot. Ruby has always been more hype but little actual penetration |
Comment by GUEST on 2008-01-11 04:07:55
Although general Ajax books are past their time, specific Ajax skills like GWT are still very much hot and sought after |
Comment by GUEST on 2008-01-11 04:44:06
No mention of - Java Scripting? JavaFX or JRuby Or Groovy? Thought these were hot |
Comment by GUEST on 2008-01-11 08:21:05
Book sales don't reflect the market. And other editors? |
Comment by GUEST on 2008-01-12 01:00:42
Maybe Java is so hot that there's enough on-line documentation & examples that no one needs books any more. Besides, doesn't everyone already have 5 or 10 good Java books? I don't deny that C# is on the rise though - one more thing to learn... |
Comment by GUEST on 2008-01-13 23:35:14
Interestingly, these align exactly with my own preferences.
I do find Python, C# and Flash more interesting than Java, (the misnomered) AJAX, and Ruby. I feel the latter 3 have been receiving more hype than they deserve lately, whereas the first three are not being given their due.
Java, "AJAX" and Ruby are important too but I wouldn't count Python, C# and Flash out just because it sounds quiet on their front. I'm rooting for IronPython to be the next big thing. |
Comment by GUEST on 2008-01-13 22:23:20
In Java there is nothing completely new and worth learning from a book. That is good for the developer but not good for the growth of Java. So Java is cold is correct |
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