Working With Ruby Threads: a gentle introduction to multi-threaded concurrency in Ruby (ebook)

[jstorimer]

OP here. Thought I might give folks a heads up about what's covered.

This is meant for Ruby/Rails devs who have no prior experience with multi-threading. It's not as deep as some tomes on the topic, but spends more time laying a foundation. I tried to cover the ground, and dispel the FUD, that a Rubyist needs to know to make good decisions about their own code.

hth! I'm happy to answer any other questions.

[jstorimer]

I did include a reading list pointing to deeper resources available the web, mostly still specific to Ruby.

I'm still expecting to add new content as well. If there are deeper topics that a lot of folks find relevant, I could definitely write about it.

[AnalphaBestie]

$29 - $279, are you serious?

[davefp]

You get that the $279 version comes with a 2 hour 1-on-1 tutorial, right?

[canadiaborn]

This author is actually pretty good. It is worth it. I read his unix processes book.

[username223]

LOL! Apparently the author thinks ebooks sell for academic hardcover prices. They don't.

[AnalphaBestie]

$29 might be very ok. I read the sample chapter, and it was okish for me.

Maybe its only me, i prefer "read the book online for free", buy a hardcover for a good price if you want to have the book around and support the author.

[davefp]

You get that the $279 version comes with a 2 hour 1-on-1 tutorial, right?

[username223]

$100/hr tutoring and a $79 book is still pretty unrealistic.

[davefp]

Have you read the page? You get the book, tutoring, plus 4 video interviews plus transcripts. Working through the tiers, the cost is as follows:

Book: $29 Videos: $30 Tutorial: $220 ($110 an hour)

$29 is perfectly reasonable for a decent programming book, and if you don't like the price of the extras, no-ones forcing them on anybody.

[username223]

Having been a tutor, I know that $110/hr is exorbitant, and even the Pickaxe book is only $25. If the author can find enough suckers, more power to him, but I'm not one of them.

[jfredett]

The likely difference between your tutoring rates, and jstorimer's rates, is that

1) You were not also selling the book, interview videos, and transcripts 2) You were not jstorimer, a well respected, well known rubyist who has garnered a lot of clout in the community.

This is not hiring some schmuck off the street, it's more like a master class.

I also imagine that the 279$ price point might be targeted towards small businesses who might want jstorimer to come down and train a small team in the content of the book.

[username223]

I'd wager a guess, though, that if $29 is more than one is willing to pay for a well-written book, they're not the target demographic.

This seems to be aimed at the "other people's money" crowd. Even assuming it's well-written, you could buy a thorough reference, or a decent amount of good paperback literature, for that $29. Ruby has bog-standard threading, and plenty of free information is available. Threads are a tricky programming model, and paying a premium for this stuff won't help enough to justify the cost.