Pro Drupal Development, Second Edition |  | Author: John K. VanDyk
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MPN: 978-1-4302-0989-8
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Widely praised for its inÐdepth coverage of Drupal internals, bestselling Pro Drupal Development has been completely updated for Drupal 6.
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 The essential Drupal coding book October 9, 2008
R. Gammon (NYC Metro Area)
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
If you're new to Drupal and just want to learn how to be an effective admin, this isn't for you.
If you're looking to customize Drupal by adding new functionality, new node types, advanced themeing the **you must get this book**.
Clearly written. Useful examples. Accurate. Detailed backmatter for professional Drupal coding practices.
I've used Drupal since v. 4.7, since 2005. My copy of this book's first edition is dogeared and well-thumbed. This second edition is even better, and I keep it right by my desk. It's helped me out of many a jam.
The best tech book I've bought since Programming Perl December 12, 2008
Chopper (Brooklyn, NY)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I don't like reading programming books. I've been developing software for over 20 years with a dozen different languages so I've no patience for wading through obligatory "Hello, world" exercises and elementary programming examples. But with Drupal having such a bizarre API I forced myself to start reading Pro Drupal Development from the beginning rather than cherry picking the data as I normally do.
If you're an experienced developer, Pro Drupal Development is just what you're looking for. From the first chapter, Van Dyk immerses you in the myriad details of Drupal module development -- its hook architecture, the Forms API, content types and how to extend other modules. By the end of Chapter 1 you will have already created a pretty useful module. In fact, there are several very nice module projects in this book. By the time you turn the last page you will have a fairly in-depth knowledge of nearly every facet of Drupal development, from theming to caching to security to localization to JQuery.
Beware: this isn't a book for novice developers nor those new to PHP and SQL. On the other hand, experienced developers are going to find themselves having to unlearn some habits and assumptions in order to make full use Drupal 6's heavyweight APIs.
Thanks to this book and three months of spare time, I'm just now putting the final polish on a fairly complex Drupal 6 module for warehousing, searching and geolocating RSS feeds.
My only criticism is that I originally bought the First Edition (for Drupal 5) about two weeks before Drupal 6 went into production release. So I had to buy the Second Edition as well and I read it cover to cover too. I suspect I'll be handing over the plastic when Drupal 7 is released as well.
(probably) the best book for Drupal (6) developers January 9, 2009
Boaz Rymland (Israel)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
As a Drupal developer for more than 2 years now, I can tell that this is a very good book for any Drupal developer - from beginner to advanced. One could always benefit from it.
Its coverage of material and the depth each chapter go into are excellent. Not too deep, not too shallow, and covering lots of aspect of Drupal.
I've read also its predecessor book, covering almost the same stuff but for Drupal 5 and this book follows the footsteps of the previous book. I've also read some of "Drupal 6 module development" book (Learning Drupal 6 Module Development: A practical tutorial for creating your first Drupal 6 modules with PHP) but this book is simply better by showing both the bigger picture on how Drupal 6 works, and also in its coverage of materials and subjects.
If you're a Drupal developer of any level, this book would fit you. I'm not sure this is the best buy for Drupal designer, administrator or content writer (etc.).
Enjoy.
Excellent Book on Drupal API Coding with PHP July 9, 2009
Russell Brooks (North Wales, PA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Drupal's online documentation leaves something to be desired. It is so difficult to find detailed and complete, step-by-step, online tutorials of exactly how to customize Drupal via its API using PHP. Because of this, my first Drupal rollout was a little hodgepodge - some CCK work, combined some piecemeal code mined from online, combined with contributed modules to do other things, even [dare I say] a few module hacks. Nowhere could I find straightforward A-to-Z instructions, "Here is how you create a Module. Here is how you make that Module create Nodes, Forms, and Blocks" and so on. This book does that with flying colors.
I initially powered through "Leveraging Drupal" from Wrox Press in a few days. Certainly helpful in some areas, but that book is very high-level - remaining largely in the browser-based realm of Drupal customization. I really needed a book that delved deep into Drupal's API, had a tutorial-like style, solid working code examples, and remaining largely on the PHP level. Pro Drupal Development was that very breath of fresh air. Reading the chapters on Nodes and the Forms API immediately got me through several roadblocks and allowed me to get the project's timeline back on track.
Because of this book, I can now remove all the hodgepodge with CCK and hacked modules, and move all customizations entirely to the PHP level.
Excellent Book for Web Developer September 9, 2008
Ano (Canada)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Being new to the Drupal scene, I found this book very informative and helps me a lot to get up to speed.
I love the author's no nonsense approach. After giving a brief overview of Drupal in Chapter 1, I am taken into action by developing a module right away. I particularly love the facts that the author walks me through throughout the book by using very practical examples, flowcharts and diagrams. The book appears to cover lot of grounds, if not all, for Drupal.
I only read through a few selective chapters and now I already have a good grip in hooks, nodes, menu system and theme developments.
Sure you can learn on-line but nothing beats a good old-fashion medium by presenting all information in one single well-organized book. If you are a web developer and can only afford one book, make it this one. The time you save in learning pays for itself!
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