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Thread Book 2nd Edition status - not on Amazon YET
Wed, Aug 3 2016 9:39 AMPermanent Link

Matthew Jones

Most of those are server side actions, and not really too handy in the
browser itself. You'd normally talk to some back-end API to make them
happen.

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Matthew Jones
Wed, Aug 3 2016 11:47 AMPermanent Link

erickengelke

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> 1. Email examples with attachments facility etc

That's a server thing.  I show how to communicate with a server through RPC.  You could add
a few lines to call sendmail.

> 2. Printing examples  from a database data record / screen to pdf / html etc

There is an example which shows how to print the current page to the printer.  So it's up to you
to make the page look right, then call print.  Technically it's easy.  But you've got to experiment with layouts
to make it look right.


> 3. Export functions of data to excel / word /  txt etc.

There is an example which shows how to write a text file right from ewb.  And another example shows how
to write a CSV (suitable for excel) from a server PHP.  If you combine the two examples, you can
definately write a CSV from EWB.


> 4. Electronic payment processing examples to the main players: eg Paypal, Apple Pay, Worldpay etc...

I've done some ecommerce in projects.  It's more a server thing.

It definately won't make it into this edition.

> 5. Social Media examples eg FaceBook , Twitter etc.

I show how to connect to Facebook, Google and Microsoft.  That gets you an OAuth 2 token.  From the token
you can easily call other services, there is an example, but you've got to dig deeper to, say, get a list of friends.
My book covers the hard part which is getting started.



> 6. Security examples eg.  encryption and security of data from user to client etc..

I show how to convert any connection to a HTTPS connection which is more secure.  But the
browser viewer (F12) can see that data such as userid/password in unencrypted form.

OAuth2, which is shown, lets you securely connect to a server without showing the password.  And the
second demo (new to the second edition) shows how to communicate the token to a trusted server, and how
it can verify the token and identity.  

The upcoming Mormot examples use secure APIs that also effectively prevent man-in-the-middle attacks.


> Sorry if you have already covered these in any way.

No problem.

FWIW, I received the proof copy from the publisher yesterday and read through it all (gasp) and
made some fixes to the Word file, mostly just grammar and formatting.  But there were a few
last minute EWB 2.05 changes too.

When I hear back from the proof readers I will release the book.
Tue, Aug 16 2016 3:59 PMPermanent Link

Riaz

Hi Erickengelke,

any update on the 2nd Edition, i am ready and waiting to order

thanks,
Riaz
Tue, Aug 16 2016 7:34 PMPermanent Link

erickengelke

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Riaz wrote:
> any update on the 2nd Edition, i am ready and waiting to order

Hi, I'm very excited that Tim has agreed to proof read the text, and he's understandably busy until 2.05 is released.  So I will probably have to wait for 2.05's completion, but it'll be worth it because there is no better expert than him on this subject.

Erick
Tue, Aug 16 2016 11:43 PMPermanent Link

rbaroniunas

Baron Software

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Erick

But how long will that take ?  Waiting for 2.05 to be release for the past few weeks as well.

Rich
Richard Baroniunas
Software Developer
Richard@Baronsoftware.com
Sun, Aug 21 2016 7:24 PMPermanent Link

erickengelke

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erickengelke wrote:
>> 4. Electronic payment processing examples to the main players: eg Paypal, Apple Pay, Worldpay etc...

> I've done some ecommerce in projects.  It's more a server thing.
>
> It definately won't make it into this edition.

I've added Ecommerce to my EWB-based web site but it won't make it into this edition,
or probably not any edition of my EWB book as it involves servers too.  I might write a
server book, don't know yet.  It's a huge commitment.

FYI, I used Shopify, which supports Visa, MC, AMEX, PayPal, very soon ApplePay (this fall), and some others.  
They are the company Amazon Web Store recommended people switch to when they canceled
WebStore late last year.

I can offer consulting services if you need to do something like this or anything
relatively challenging not solved in my books.  See www.erickengelke.com

Erick
Wed, Aug 24 2016 1:08 PMPermanent Link

rbaroniunas

Baron Software

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Any idea on when the next book release is going to happen ?  End of the month or later ?
Richard Baroniunas
Software Developer
Richard@Baronsoftware.com
Wed, Aug 24 2016 1:28 PMPermanent Link

Riaz

rbaroniunas wrote:

Any idea on when the next book release is going to happen ?  End of the month or later ?
Richard Baroniunas
Software Developer
Richard@Baronsoftware.com


i am waiting too
Wed, Aug 24 2016 10:23 PMPermanent Link

erickengelke

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>Riaz wrote:

r>baroniunas wrote:

>>Any idea on when the next book release is going to happen ?  End of the month or later ?
>i am waiting too

It's out of my hands.  I've sent the final edition to my trusted proofreaders and as soon as they are done it will take about 24 hours to publish.

There will likely be some small changes due to 2.05 differences from when I tested stuff.  Quality takes time.

I'm hoping for early September.  

Erick
Thu, Aug 25 2016 8:37 AMPermanent Link

Trinione

<< It's out of my hands.  I've sent the final edition to my trusted proofreaders and as soon as they are done it will take about 24 hours to publish.

There will likely be some small changes due to 2.05 differences from when I tested stuff.  Quality takes time.
I'm hoping for early September.  >>

Erick,
Is the Tim proofread still on?
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