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Jan 25, 2012
Title says it all. Must have book for Drupal Pro's.
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Nov 20, 2007
It's surprising given drupal's popularity that there aren't more books covering it in detail. Site launches and contributions by the likes of lullabot and bryght have pushed the CMS' profile and recent releases have emphasised the Web 2.0 potential, but a quick look at amazon reveals only four related titles. Of the four, Pro Drupal Development is definitely the most developer focussed.
This isn't a book for a drupal newbie. Going in you'll want to have spent at least a little time se More...
This isn't a book for a drupal newbie. Going in you'll want to have spent at least a little time se More...
Jan 20, 2011
Jon
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(I may have gotten the edition wrong. I read the Drupal 6 version.)
This is one of the denser coding books I've ever read. I'm not sure if it was really informative or just badly organized. I found myself flipping forward and back a couple pages constantly just to double check things or to make sure it wouldn't gloss over something confusing. O'Reilly books don't do that to me. I think this book had a ton of info, but it may just be bad scientific writing that seeks to make the w More...
This is one of the denser coding books I've ever read. I'm not sure if it was really informative or just badly organized. I found myself flipping forward and back a couple pages constantly just to double check things or to make sure it wouldn't gloss over something confusing. O'Reilly books don't do that to me. I think this book had a ton of info, but it may just be bad scientific writing that seeks to make the w More...
Mar 01, 2009
Phowley
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lame
only works for drupal 5 which you should forget about. i wasted my money on this book, get the second edition which works with drupal 6. Drupal 7 is coming out soon so I'm not sure what will happen with that book - but Drupal, no matter what, is worth learning = major time saver
only works for drupal 5 which you should forget about. i wasted my money on this book, get the second edition which works with drupal 6. Drupal 7 is coming out soon so I'm not sure what will happen with that book - but Drupal, no matter what, is worth learning = major time saver
Aug 12, 2011
Derek
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So this is a book for people who want to do a bit of Drupal coding, not for the noobie. VanDyk clearly knows his way around the Drupal framework, and I can imagine consulting this book carefully as the need arises. Personally, I would have preferred a more case-study-oriented presentation in addition to the topic-oriented one.
Oct 05, 2010
Lazaros
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Definitely a must read for any candidate to drupal development, but still it covers the basics. Useful from cover to cover (including the covers).
Downsides? Not thick enough!
Downsides? Not thick enough!
Feb 15, 2009
Patrick
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I see a bunch of people saying that this isn't a book for those new to drupal, but I disagree. I didn't know anything about drupal until I picked this up, and I'm glad that it was the book that was given to me. Any others that I've checked out in the time since -- well, they pale in comparison. And to be explicit, I knew a TINY bit of PHP and MySQL beforehand, but only at a rudimentary level, and I think I could've learned that as I went if I needed to. Keep in mind that this review is coming fr
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May 23, 2008
Bob
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Pretty good...but you MUST have a programming background to get something out of this as well as many hands-on hours with Drupal. I have the latter, but not the former, so it was minimally helpful to me.
Definitely not a book for 'regular guys' trying to learn Drupal...programmers only need apply for this one....it's basically targeted at the large internal "geek community" at Drupal.org.
Definitely not a book for 'regular guys' trying to learn Drupal...programmers only need apply for this one....it's basically targeted at the large internal "geek community" at Drupal.org.
Dec 17, 2009
Jeremy
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If you want to delve into the inner world of Drupal, this is the book for you. I have been using Drupal for several years and it is always a good sign that a tech book shows me something that 1) I didn't already have a reasonable handle on and 2) that there is both a substantially better way and faster way of doing something, which I already blew several days on.
Jan 16, 2008
Hebiryu
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oh my god. this book is bad-ly written. the writer could not think a better way to present how to code.
we can find :
1. error in sql code
2. unclosed php tag ?> in codes
3. uncleared directory structure.
the writer should learn how to tell other person about his minds in a structured way.
we can find :
1. error in sql code
2. unclosed php tag ?> in codes
3. uncleared directory structure.
the writer should learn how to tell other person about his minds in a structured way.
Mar 18, 2008
Great overview of how Drupal really works. Frustrating in some senses because the pace of development really makes the usefulness of it limited in terms of really delving into the latest Drupal developments.
Mar 08, 2008
Julia
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This is the best Drupal book for developers. I bought it about a year ago and look at it at least once a day. I can't wait for the 2nd edition.
Dec 16, 2009
barry
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What can I say? Bread and butter "reading." Gotta learn, gotta survive. This gets at the guts. Drupal geeks need only apply.
Dec 17, 2009
Firdaus
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this explain what I want from Drupal. So Drupal Dev, you must read this!!! Oh, I get the copy from torrent.
Jun 21, 2008
Ardi
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Quite good this book. Yup, i'm still using this book as a guide though.... ;P
Mar 14, 2009
Chad
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Excellent resource for learning the more advanced uses of drupal. Highly recommended.
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