Review Introduction

The following is a review of Pro Drupal Development (second edition) by John K. VanDyk. I received a free copy from Apress by mail on the 25th of August. I was hoping to get it a few days before the release, but snail mail got it here on the day it was slotted for official release so I felt a little less special although I still ripped into the packaging like an 8 year old at Christmas!

I was a big fan of the original book by John K. VanDyk and Matt Westgate, and that book helped guide me through many of my first Drupal sites. That book was an invaluable resource in turning me to the Drupal revolution, as now all of my personal and corporate sites are based in Drupal.

The first thing I read in Pro Drupal Development (second edition) was the foreword by Dries Buytaert, the Drupal founder and project lead. One funny, but true item that stuck out in the first paragraph was:

Earlier today, I got an email from one of the Apress editors asking for a quick review of a proposal they had received on a title regarding jQuery and Ruby on Rails. It ended up opening up some communication again regarding my potential to autor a title on either jQuery or maybe Drupal depending on what's on their current list of needed titles.

After sending my review back in, I was offered to pick out a title I'd like, and my favorite Apress editor would send it over to me! So of course, the first book I thought of was Pro Drupal Development, the second edition, which updates on the first edition, and covers Drupal 6 topics.

I couldn't be more excited to get my hands on this title, and it wasn't until later today I realized that it's not even set to release until the 25th of this month, but my copy is in the mail today!