Professional Search Engine Optimization with PHP is another fine Programmer to Programmer book from Wrox Press, authored by Jaimie Sirovich and Cristian Darie. As a hybrid designer/developer/marketer, I had been waiting for a book just like this for some time, and the authors deliver with concise information, expert advice and plenty of ready-to-use code that […]

Any self-respective web developer is well-aware of the achievements of 37signals, creators of Basecamp and the extremely popular Ruby on Rails development framework. Having already read and thoroughly enjoyed their web application development manifesto, Getting Real, I was excited to get my hands on 37signalers Matthew Linderman's and Jason Fried's 2004 book on web usability, […]

Apress is another publisher that has been putting out some excellent books focused on open source technologies in recent years. Last year's much needed entry to the world of Drupal development is no exception. Pro Drupal Development by John K. VanDyk and Matt Westgate covers the popular open source content management framework with a […]

Professional Web APIs with PHP by Paul Reinheimer is a book that I first got a glimpse of at the Vancouver PHP Conference last spring. Alas, I didn't have any cash on me to pick it up, but I promised Paul that I would buy it through his website so he could pick up the […]

David Mercer's Drupal: Creating Blogs, Forums, Portals and Community Websites is a great starting point for anyone who's getting familiar with the Drupal content management framework. It's a well-designed, easy to read book that defines Drupal concepts that can be difficult to figure out by trial and error.
The book begins with a very basic introduction […]

Joel Comm is a well-respected expert on Google AdSense and Internet marketing, so I had no misgivings about picking up his popular book, The AdSense Code. Unfortunately, the book turned out to be somewhat disappointing.
At first glance, the book looks professional: the front cover, despite the overuse of bevelling, is attractive, and the "New […]