Shariff Alfresco book - still relevent?

[ifairman]

Hi,

I've looked at the Alfresco book by Munwar Shariff and notice it seems to cover version 1.4. We are using version 2.1 - is the book still relevent to me?

Many thanks,

Ian.

[zaizi]

There is a new book out in October: http://www.packtpub.com/alfresco-developer-guide/book

[munwar]

The Alfresco Book (http://www.packtpub.com/alfresco/book) is focused on "Document Management" capabilities of Alfresco and targeted for beginners and users.  Though the book is written for 1.4, most of the items covered in the book are valid even for the 2.2 version.  I am planning to update this book for the upcoming “Alfresco 3.0” release and release in November 2008 timeframe.

The new book by Jeff, which is planned to be released in October (http://www.packtpub.com/alfresco-developer-guide/book), covers the most recent and advanced developer topics including WCM, Web Scripts and Workflows.

These two books are written for two different target audiences.

[ifairman]

Thanks to both of you for taking the time to reply - it's been useful.

Regards,

Ian.

[fx3000se]

I am planning to update this book for the upcoming “Alfresco 3.0” release and release in November 2008 timeframe.

Dear Munwar,
any news regarding the updated release? Will the new release also cover the RMS module?

Looking forward!
Thx Clemens

[munwar]

Hi All,

I am happy to announce that a New book on "Alfresco 3" is released.

[img]http://images.packtpub.com/images/100x123/1847197361.png[/img]

What you will learn from this book?

Working with users and membership accounts, including LDAP integration and single sign-on
Using Alfresco 3 as a smart document repository; working with automatic version tracking and control, and accessing the repository from the Web, shared network folders, FTP, or Microsoft office tools
Making content easy to find using search, content categorization, and metadata
Automating document management tasks with business rules and complete workflows
Working together using Alfresco's collaboration and syndication features to create effective working groups
Customizing the user interface, creating your own dashboard layouts; presenting content in custom ways relevant to your business
Integrating external applications such as Liferay Portal, iPhone, Face Book, iGoogle, Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Flex, and Ffmpeg video transcoder with Alfresco
Setting up a single instance multi-tenant system, configuring Alfresco as an in-bound email server, and setting up an audit trail

You can get more details about the book at:

http://www.packtpub.com/alfresco-3-enterprise-content-management-implementation/book

[sduis]

Now that Alfresco 4.0 has been released, I am curious if the 2009 version of this text will still be useful to someone getting started with implementing Alfresco. Any thoughts, or ideas on when a new version of this (or another) book may be available?