Nope. The Weller 80 Watt is a good starter, and I use 60-40 rosin core, but I clean the brass 'till it is shiny and use a good flux. Nokorode is good - the best ever was Oatey's H2O, but I haven't seen that for over two decades.
Failure modes - bad flux, bad soldering iron, iron tip not shiny, brass not shiny.
Too simple for a book. If you want to research Stay Brite or 4% silver, The Google is your friend. I rarely use the exotics, although my GS-2 boiler was done with 1100 degree honest-to-God silver solder. Base metal is copper. Heavy!
