OSGi Bookshelf, update 1

Five months have passed after since my previous post on the state of OSGi books, so it’s time to have a look again to our bookshelves to see what’s new.

Modular Java: Creating Flexible Applications with OSGi and Spring, by Craig Walls
I totally missed this title last February, but it seems Craig and the Pragmatic Programmers have been very quick to develop and publish this book. They were kind enough to give me a copy, so expect a more detailed review in the next few weeks.
Table of contents (pdf)

OSGi in Practice, by Neil Bartlett
No big news on this side, the book is not complete yet, but it’s free, and it’s, in my opinion, the most well-written book on the topic.
Donwload it here

OSGi in Action, Manning, by Richard S. Hall, Karl Pauls, Stuart McCulloch and Davide Savage
Very promising title, but its development is particularly slow. They gained an additional author (David Savage of Paremus), and the new estimated release date is January 2010; at the moment only a few chapters are available.
I have subscribed the Manning MEAP (Early access program), so I’ll keep you updated on its development
Table of contents (HTML)

Die OSGi Service Platform, Dpunkt.Verlag, by Gerd Wütherich, Nils Hartmann, Bernd Kolb, Matthias Lübken
German only! I had a good look at it in a local bookstore, and it seems very complete but also very Equinox-centric; a good reference if you speak enough German.
Table of contents (pdf)

Equinox and OSGi: The Power Behind Eclipse, Addison Wesley, by Jeff McAffer, Paul VanderLei, Simon Archer
Initially announced for August 2009, the release date has moved to end of November. No preview is available, as far as I know. Preview available on Safari.

Pro Spring Dynamic Modules for OSGi™ Service Platform, Apress, by Daniel Rubio
Available; the table of contents looks interesting (quite original the Flex with OSGi chapter) , but I haven’t had any time to look at it.
Dowload the table of contents

OSGi Application Frameworks, Manning, by Alexandre de Castro Alves
New title from Manning, just entered in the MEAP program. Expected release, January 2010
Details here (HTML)

Spring Dynamic Modules in Action, Manning, by Arnaud Cogoluegnes, Thierry Templier, and Andy Piper
Again Manning, just two chapters available, release February 2010
Details here

In brief, the situation is evolving quite quickly, and hopefully by the beginning of 2010 we’ll be able to see many OSGi books in our bookstores. The Pragmatic Programmers have been quick to move into this (relatively) new topic, and Manning is following with an interesting number of new releases. Apart from Apress, other publishers are probably still waiting to see how this market evolves; particularly strange the lack of titles from O’Reilly.