Books

Pro Drupal Development author: John K. VanDyk Matt Westgate rating: asin: 1590597559 binding: Paperback list price: $44.99 USD amazon price: $29.69 USD

If you want to get to know how Drupal works, this is the book for you. This is a lot heavier than the other books I have listed. This book is for developers. From how to write your own module, to how to search other SLQ databases using the Drupal search, this book has it.

I am still reading this book (or I should say I am reading it again), as it takes me a few times to fully get the concept of what they are talking about. Don't bother buying this book if you are wanting an overview of Drupal, but if you are a Drupal developer, this book may be for you.

Building Online Communities With Drupal, phpBB, and WordPress author: Robert T. Douglass Mike Little Jared W. Smith rating: asin: 1590595629 binding: Paperback list price: $49.99 USD amazon price: $31.49 USD

This book is basically 3 books in one. The first chapter in on Drupal, the second on phpBB, and the third on Wordpress. Having worked with WordPress before Drupal, I bought it and I was not disappointed.

The book does not talk about how the three technologies (Drupal, phpBB, and WordPress) can work together (which they can't for the most part), but describes each one on its own. The main one I was interested in was Drupal, of course.

Drupal: Creating Blogs, Forums, Portals, and Community Websites author: David Mercer rating: asin: 1904811809 binding: Paperback list price: $39.99 USD amazon price: $35.99 USD

This book is written describing Drupal 4.x, which is old now (5.2 is the current version of Drupal and they are working on 6), but the concepts behind some of the features are still relevant. The book also gives a brief history of Drupal and how it came to be.

The graphics are weak in it and it's not an in-depth guide. If you are just starting out with Drupal and want to get an overview of this great CMS system, this book may help.

I bought it, read it, and learned from it. I have not gone back to it for much reference though.