Margie I just bought your book from Amazon. David A. Shaver D. A. Shaver Web Design Web Page Design for Small Business www.dashaver.com PO Box 594 Galesburg,IL 61402-0594 309.343.0027
On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 9:22 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > It would be great to some courses on views and cck > > I wrote the Packt book on Views 1. A number of people have said it's > helped them to work better with Views 2. It's not "curriculum" so much > as step-by-step recipes for specific tasks. > > http://www.packtpub.com/drupal-5-views-recipes > http://www.amazon.com/Drupal-Views-Recipes-Marjorie-Roswell/dp/1847196969 > > Its focus is on the end-user, but developers will likely get at least > some value out of it, too, if only for the comprehensive list of > views-enabled modules, the list of views hooks (which don't all > transfer to Views 2), and a few recipes on theming. > > I've done almost no promotion, but seems worth a mention here. > Given the version, sales have been minimal, too, but it's a pretty good > book. > > By the way, lest anyone ask: I originally planned to write the next > version, but seemed I needed some self-care more than I needed to > write the upgrade. I developed a vitamin D deficiency over the course > of writing the book. (5 ng/ml, really low) > > Happy New Year everyone. > > Margie > > PS. I'll bet most of us have a D deficiency. Hmmm... maybe time to get > a solar-powered laptop... and a solarium (indoor sun room) for > winter... Hmmm, book sales not quite up to all that! > > > > On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 9:44 AM, David Shaver <[email protected]> > wrote: > > It would be great to some courses on views and cck > > David A. Shaver > > D. A. Shaver Web Design > > Web Page Design for Small Business > > www.dashaver.com > > PO Box 594 Galesburg,IL 61402-0594 > > 309.343.0027 > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 9:29 PM, James Benstead <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > >> > >> After a brief discussion on the docs list this has now moved to g.d.o > >> at http://groups.drupal.org/node/42236. One way the project could work > is > >> for hardcore Drupal developers to do a little consulting on the course > >> syllabuses for their area(s) of expertise. If this is something that > might > >> be of interest to you, please join the g.d.o discussion. Thanks! > >> > >> 2009/12/28 James Benstead <[email protected]> > >>> > >>> I want there to be a set of free courses that people can work through > to > >>> learn about Drupal. Initially, at least, these "courses" would be a > >>> reorganisation of existing material, kind of like the Drupal Cookbook. > >>> > >>> I suppose the skill/experience element here is going to be working out > >>> what the syllabus needs to be for each course. The courses can then > point at > >>> existing documentation, whether that's text or videos or whatever. If > there > >>> are gaps, we can write new documentation - so organising things in this > way > >>> also helps us work out what documentation we need. > >>> > >>> I've posted to the Documentation list at > >>> http://lists.drupal.org/mailman/listinfo/documentation - I guess > that's the > >>> best place to continue this discussion. Would be great if you could > help. > >>> > >>> 2009/12/28 marcia wilbur <[email protected]> > >>>> > >>>> I'm not sure which direction you are heading with this. > >>>> > >>>> Are you possibly considering video elements with the course design or > >>>> text based courses? > >>>> > >>>> If you are talking about simply reorganizing, then it is just a matter > >>>> of management of information, correct? > >>>> If you are considering creating courseware or WBTs based on existing > >>>> documentation that could take a little more time and talent. > >>>> Either way, sounds like a good idea. I could help. > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 8:39 AM, James Benstead > >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks for the comments. > >>>>> Drupal Dojo is great, when it's running - but it does seem to me that > >>>>> it lacks a little organisation. What I am suggesting doesn't > necessarily > >>>>> need to be new documentation, per se, but instead the organisation of > >>>>> existing documentation under a useful structure. > >>>>> Perhaps calling it Drupal University is a bit misleading as I don't > >>>>> forsee there being any formal assessment or accreditation, but there > would > >>>>> be structured courses to work through. For example, "Drupal 101: > Beginning > >>>>> Drupal" which could teach complete newbies how to set up a core > installation > >>>>> on a local or remote server; or "Drupal 201: Basic Theming" which > could > >>>>> explain how .tpl.php files worked and how CSS works in Drupal. > >>>>> The Packt books are great, but they are short and sweet and they > don't > >>>>> offer an overall structure. Pro Drupal Development is superb and > offers a > >>>>> great structure, but it has its limitations: in short, it's a book. > First > >>>>> off, you have to buy it, for real money. I have no problem with > people > >>>>> making money out of open source software (especially when their work > is as > >>>>> brilliant as in the case of PDD), but I do think there should be a > free, > >>>>> "open source" alternative. If for no other reason, the cover price of > PDD is > >>>>> huge for developers in 2nd or 3rd world countries (i.e., the majority > of the > >>>>> population of the planet) and they should have an alternative. > Secondly, you > >>>>> can't interact with a book: having a structured set of web resources > would > >>>>> mean people could comment on and discuss the resources, kind of like > >>>>> students do on a real university campus. > >>>>> I suppose the resource that gets closest to what I'm thinking is the > >>>>> Drupal Cookbook - this could be Drupal 101. It fits my proposal > because it > >>>>> doesn't provide new documentation, but just organises what's already > out > >>>>> there. But more importantly, it answers the question, "I am at stage > X in > >>>>> learning Drupal, what should I do next?". Granted, it answers the > simplest > >>>>> version of this question, and for more advanced developers the answer > well > >>>>> may be multi-faceted - "if you want to specialise in X, go and learn > Y" - > >>>>> but it does crystallise what I'm proposing. > >>>>> Again, anyone got any more thoughts on this? > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Google Talk/Windows Live Messenger/AIM: [email protected] > >>>>> Yahoo! Messenger/Twitter/IRC (Freenode): jim0203 > >>>>> Jabber: [email protected] // ICQ: 7088050 > >>>>> Skype: jimbenstead > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> 2009/12/28 Yani <[email protected]> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> http://www.drupalbook.com/ > >>>>>> > >>>>>> That looks like a good one. I'll make that my first D7 book. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Yani > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>>> From: [email protected] > >>>>>> [mailto:[email protected]] > >>>>>> On Behalf Of Andrew Schulman > >>>>>> Sent: Monday, 28 December 2009 7:37 PM > >>>>>> To: [email protected] > >>>>>> Subject: Re: [development] Proposal: Drupal University > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > Shell out some cash on books by Matt Butcher / Packit Publishing. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> The Packit books are fine as far as they go, but are usually short > and > >>>>>> basic. > >>>>>> For a detailed look at Drupal's big picture, I highly recommend Pro > >>>>>> Drupal > >>>>>> Development, 2nd ed. by John VanDyk. 2nd ed. is for D6, but I see > >>>>>> that a > >>>>>> 3rd > >>>>>> edition for D7 is due out in April. > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Margie > http://www.BaltimoreUrbanAg.org > http://www.FarmersMarketVideo.org > http://www.FriendlyCoffeehouse.org > http://www.packtpub.com/drupal-5-views-recipes/book >
