DrupalEasy Podcast 31 - Drupal For Dummies Interview

Mike Anello (ultimike) recently talked with Lynn Beighley, author of Drupal For Dummies from Wiley Publishing.

Drupal For Dummies book coverThe interview covers Lynn's background as a software developer and author, including a stint with Yahoo!. Lynn is the author of numerous technical books covering many different topics including PHP, MySql, Flash, and now Drupal. In the interview she mentions that she's currently working on jQuery For Dummies.

They talk about how Drupal For Dummies is a book that is aimed towards people who have heard of Drupal and want to check it out. It covers a wide range of topics without diving too deep in any one area. It's a great book to hand someone if they're interested in checking out what is possible with Drupal. They also cover Lynn's top ten "must-have" Drupal modules for beginners.

You can check out Lynn's DrupalForDummies.com web site - built only using techniques and modules covered in the book. You can also follow @lynnbeighley on Twitter.

Wiley Publishing has given us a couple of copies of the book to giveaway - simply leave a comment below (be sure to leave your twitter or drupal.org username so we have some way to contact you) and we'll pick two winners at random.

Comments

Hello, and thank you so much for posting the interview! Prior to this, I'd never heard of the Spread module.

Would love to receive a copy of her book. Thank you!

-mjross

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Sun, 03/14/2010 - 15:17

Interesting!

twitter.com/jeanke

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Sun, 03/14/2010 - 21:27

I've been working with Drupal for a while, but just getting into handling some of the maintenance. Also looking to get more comfortable with theming. And expanding my use of modules.

I look forward to learning from you, Lynn. Mike, thanks for hosting this interview. Very informative.

Barbara
baoleary (drupal.org)

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Sun, 03/14/2010 - 22:22

Great podcast. Would love to get my hands on a copy of the book. james d0t brockman at gmail d0t com
Thanks!

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Mon, 03/15/2010 - 22:35

I'm thinking about using Drupal for my new site, but I'm unfamiliar with it. If I win, could you please contact me at http://twitter.com/ryanspeets

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Wed, 03/17/2010 - 14:47

Before I met Lynn on Twitter, I thought Drupal was the national currency of Double Crossia :)

twitter.com/billmietelski

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Wed, 03/17/2010 - 14:50

I loved the top ten modules coverage. I didn't know some of them existed, and I actually didn't know the addthis existed either. Keep up the great coverage Mike!.

bhosmer

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Wed, 03/17/2010 - 19:16

After searching for a good starter book, I think this one fits my needs. It looks like it will provide a good learning foundation without overwhelming us Dummies.

Thanks,

Kirk Bryan

Twitter @kirkbryan

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 01:31

Hey I have a user that needs that book.

Oh yea great podcast. LOL

Twitter=fogofire

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Thu, 04/01/2010 - 13:34

I'm an absolute beginner in Drupal. This book would be like a time-saving tool for learning Drupal quickly.

Roden Ugang
[email protected]
Drupal.org username: rodenugang

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Fri, 04/09/2010 - 09:29

That's me so this book will work fine. I have about two weeks to learn, so I bettter buy the book!

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Fri, 04/09/2010 - 21:31

It seems Lynn is really doing a great job. Let me extend my appreciation to her effort to produce this very helpful book once more. This should be checked out! Thanks a lot for posting this blog!

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Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Mon, 04/12/2010 - 23:07

After struggling to get a local testing server and Drupal up and running for a few days - and being completely unable to figure out what was going wrong, I found Mike Anello's excellent online instructions and they solved my problems, showed me what my errors had been, and got me up and running on the very first try!

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Tue, 04/13/2010 - 13:26

But also diggin' what you were laying down at DrupalCon2010!

Thank-you in hindsight and in advance!

My drupalness = dgspurgin

p.s. Yeah... your site though I was a spambot and captcha'd me!
p.p.s I am a web programmer who works in the field of education/instruction... striving to use drupal to help those who "don't know" become those who "understand"!

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Thu, 04/29/2010 - 15:08

March 11, 2010