http://www.ssbits.com/home/ http://www.ssbits.com/blog/2011/book-review-silverstripe-2-4-module-extension-themes-and-widgets/#PageComment_625 @MRKDevelopment: "I think its a shame DataObjectManger by uncle cheese wasn't covered in this." Do you mean the book or the review? The book's chapter 7 does quite a lot with the DataObjectManager module :-) RSSName http://www.ssbits.com/blog/2011/book-review-silverstripe-2-4-module-extension-themes-and-widgets/#PageComment_625 http://www.ssbits.com/blog/2011/book-review-silverstripe-2-4-module-extension-themes-and-widgets/#PageComment_615 Thanks for the review. I just got my copy of this book (got the pdf) and I'm looking forward to printing it and working through it. RSSName http://www.ssbits.com/blog/2011/book-review-silverstripe-2-4-module-extension-themes-and-widgets/#PageComment_615 http://www.ssbits.com/blog/2011/book-review-silverstripe-2-4-module-extension-themes-and-widgets/#PageComment_606 I think its a shame DataObjectManger by uncle cheese wasn't covered in this. It is such an awesome plugin that I rarely build an SS site without it. after this review Ill definitely get this book as I'm sure it will help in the future with other sites I build. Thanks for the review. RSSName http://www.ssbits.com/blog/2011/book-review-silverstripe-2-4-module-extension-themes-and-widgets/#PageComment_606 http://www.ssbits.com/blog/2011/book-review-silverstripe-2-4-module-extension-themes-and-widgets/#PageComment_592 Thanks for the great review (and the nice comments as well)! Just two comments / explanations: "Despite the slightly misleading title": You're right - even before I started writing the publisher came up with it and insisted on it later on. On the one hand they wanted to emphasize on the difference to the official book, on the other hand they have a lot of experience with Drupal and its module craze, which might have influenced their general point of view. At least that's my interpretation. Missing chapter: The original plan was a 300 page book. While writing and editing I kept adding examples, tiny bits of information,... So when the final result had nearly 400 pages I had to cut at least 50. And while the "application" chapter has quite a lot of content, it's the only one I could really leave out without having vital information missing for other chapters. BUT it's available for free, so I think it could have been worse :-). PS: Shameless plug: There's currently a little contest under way in which Packt is giving away one hard copy and one ebook - you can check it out at http://xeraa.net/en/book.php RSSName http://www.ssbits.com/blog/2011/book-review-silverstripe-2-4-module-extension-themes-and-widgets/#PageComment_592 http://www.ssbits.com/blog/2011/book-review-silverstripe-2-4-module-extension-themes-and-widgets/#PageComment_581 Just want to second what Dendeffe and Henrik have just posted. Completely agree. I was pleasantly surprised by some of the hidden things in SilverStripe that I was not aware of. Aram you nail it by saying this is a great addition to a developer who finds the documentation of the core SilverStripe lacking a little. A refresher to sure up some of the lose bits is always a good thing...and this book fills that gap nicely. RSSName http://www.ssbits.com/blog/2011/book-review-silverstripe-2-4-module-extension-themes-and-widgets/#PageComment_581 http://www.ssbits.com/blog/2011/book-review-silverstripe-2-4-module-extension-themes-and-widgets/#PageComment_580 Have to agree with dendeffe. Great book though you know your way around SilverStripe. It's alway nice to know that you aren't doing things seriously wrong ... and that that there's still room for improvement. Can't wait to read the "Expert's Guide"... ;) RSSName http://www.ssbits.com/blog/2011/book-review-silverstripe-2-4-module-extension-themes-and-widgets/#PageComment_580 http://www.ssbits.com/blog/2011/book-review-silverstripe-2-4-module-extension-themes-and-widgets/#PageComment_579 As a semi-experienced SilverStripe user, I find the book really worthwhile, learning bits and pieces from every chapter. Great to find the 'missing chapter', looks like what I was missing from the book (ModelAdmin, Permissions, DODecorator,…) Thanks for pointing it out. RSSName http://www.ssbits.com/blog/2011/book-review-silverstripe-2-4-module-extension-themes-and-widgets/#PageComment_579