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The Docker Book

68 points by kstaken 13y ago

rc55 13y ago
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.
- pavlov 13y ago
  To measure the level of interest in the product, I guess. If there are enough signups, he will actually write the book.
- gales 13y ago
  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.
  - kstaken 13y ago
    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.
    - haraball 13y ago
      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. ;)
      - KenCochrane 13y ago
        If you are looking for an open source docker book, check out https://github.com/kencochrane/docker-tutorial https://github.com/kencochrane/docker-tutorial I'm building a Docker Guidebook, that I hope to release as a free ebook. 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.
        ke4qqq 13y ago
        CC-BY IMO, as a content license it most closely matches the ASL that Docker is released under.
        yebyen 13y ago
        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?
        jamtur01 13y ago
        Neat! Great to have an ecosystem of content starting to grow. The Creative Commons license chooser is a good way to go: http://creativecommons.org/choose/ http://creativecommons.org/choose/. And their "before licensing" page is pretty good too: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Before_Licensing http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Before_Licensing.
oellegaard 13y ago
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.
- jamtur01 13y ago
  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.
boothead 13y ago
If James happens to see this I'd be interested to know what tool chain he uses to produce his books (I don't think the OP is the author right)?
- pauljburke 13y ago
  Please let it include DocBook.
  - boothead 13y ago
    I was hoping for org-mode actually :-)
- jamtur01 13y ago
  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 http://www.logstashbook.com/TheLogStashBook_sample.pdf.

68 points by kstaken 13y ago

rc55 13y ago

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.

pavlov 13y ago
To measure the level of interest in the product, I guess. If there are enough signups, he will actually write the book.
gales 13y ago
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.
- kstaken 13y ago
  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.
  - haraball 13y ago
    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. ;)
    - KenCochrane 13y ago
      If you are looking for an open source docker book, check out https://github.com/kencochrane/docker-tutorial https://github.com/kencochrane/docker-tutorial I'm building a Docker Guidebook, that I hope to release as a free ebook. 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.
      - ke4qqq 13y ago
        CC-BY IMO, as a content license it most closely matches the ASL that Docker is released under.
      - yebyen 13y ago
        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?
      - jamtur01 13y ago
        Neat! Great to have an ecosystem of content starting to grow. The Creative Commons license chooser is a good way to go: http://creativecommons.org/choose/ http://creativecommons.org/choose/. And their "before licensing" page is pretty good too: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Before_Licensing http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Before_Licensing.

oellegaard 13y ago

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.

jamtur01 13y ago
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.

boothead 13y ago

If James happens to see this I'd be interested to know what tool chain he uses to produce his books (I don't think the OP is the author right)?

pauljburke 13y ago
Please let it include DocBook.
- boothead 13y ago
  I was hoping for org-mode actually :-)
jamtur01 13y ago
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 http://www.logstashbook.com/TheLogStashBook_sample.pdf.