It’s already been announced on yuiblog, so it’s probably high time it got mentioned here. On March 1, I started writing the YUI 3 Cookbook, due from O’Reilly Press early next year.

This is all on top of my regular job, so taking on this project has unfortunately meant some… lifestyle cutbacks. For instance, there’s a guy at work who has decorated his cube and the adjacent hallway with posters and paraphernalia from every newly released computer game known to man. This means I have to steel my nerves and walk past a Dragon Age II poster every day. Every day, people!

Those sacrifices aside, I’m thrilled that YUI team asked me to work on this project, and my wife and young son have been enormously supportive about the whole thing. At least, I think my son is supportive. Whenever I ask him about it, he says “Hey!” and tries to chew on my finger, which I’m pretty sure means, “Go Dad!” Either that, or he’s saving up his grievances for later.

Some info about the YUI 3 Cookbook, in order of priority:

• No, I do not know which animal is going to be on the cover.
• The material will focus exclusively on YUI 3.
• The cookbook will contain over 200 recipes. Each recipe has the form “Problem”, “Solution”, and “Discussion”, much like other cookbooks released by O’Reilly.
• The total length will be on the order of 500 pages, including TOC and index.
• In the YUI Library forums, I’ve created a thread with links to a strawman TOC and a sample PDF. The material is completely unedited, not technically reviewed, and riddled with red TODOs. But it should give you an idea of the scope and style.

Much more to come.

Ryan Dahl haz it:

“I mean, this might seem like I actually just go home and sit in my dark closet and rock back and forth and think about, like, weird server things I can do. But no, this has a purpose…”