Have you ever wanted to be a code monkey for WordPress? Then Professional WordPress Design and Development is a valuable resource you should check out.
I received my review copy a couple of weeks ago and at first I was really excited to get it in my hands. I met Brad Williams of WebDevStudios a few years ago at a WordCamp and he definitely knows his stuff. But as I started through Professional WordPress Design and Development it quickly became clear to me that 80% of the book was over my head. I am a designer with enough development knowledge to be dangerous, so all this potentially great information doesn’t make much sense to me. However, the sections I could relate to (Chapters 11-15) were excellent.
Professional WordPress Design and Development is well structured and takes you through a methodical approach of how WordPress works. It includes discussion on theme development, plugin development, and multisite, as well as content aggregation and crafting a User Experience. If I could truly understand the first ten chapters, I’d likely say that you must have this book if you are serious about WordPress development.
Please don’t hesitate to get your own copy of Professional WordPress Design and Development because of my review or lack of code knowledge.
P.S. And if you want a FREE COPY of this book, tell me in the comment section how this book could help you or benefit your WordPress business. I’ll pick one winner and hook you up!
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i want to be a monkey! … i mean…
LOL! Man, I think you have way more skills than most of us put together. But if you want to be a monkey, you have to look like the flying ones in Wizard of Oz!
That sounds like it’s right up my alley to push my WP knowledge further, and be more of a code monkey myself!
Or better yet, a code ninja! Would love a chance to win the book!
I googled the book’s title and was happy to see your site in here. I’m going to buy it soon I think, and retheming a site of mine has really pushed my abilities. I wish I had more focus and knew a heap more php, as soon as classes come into it the brain ceases to work.
I’m coming from a Drupal & front-end development background and moving towards WordPress so this book looks like it’d be right up my alley. I learn better through books, anyway, as I enjoy getting away from the screen (it saves my eyeballs some grief).
I’m just glad to find a book that’s new and appears to cover a breadth of details about WordPress from start to finish. This would definitely help me understand how WordPress works and the best methods of helping my clients get started with WordPress.
I’m a firm believer in working smarter, not harder (code cheetahs are better than code monkeys).