Drupal 7 views1/7/2024 I found a bunch of simple mistakes that should have been found and corrected that will certainly lead to confusion for aspiring Drupalists. I also put some blame on the book's editors - in this case there weren't enough cooks in the kitchen (cooking pun #4). I can imagine readers of the book who are new to Drupal frantically searching the Views interface for the "dynamic filters" options. This doesn't explain why "contextual filters" are often referred to in the book as "dynamic filters" - a simple search and replace could have solved this problem in about 30 seconds. Green started writing the book during a very dynamic time in the Views project - the migration from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7, as well as the interface update introduced in Views 3.x, so he was working with a moving target. Drupal 7 Views Cookbook isn't a total loss though, as aspiring Drupalists who struggle to learn Views will definitely be able to gain knowledge from the book if they can get past the sometimes obvious inconsistancies and bad advice. Green has written some tasty (cooking pun #3) books in the past ( Drupal 6 Attachment Views, Drupal 6 Content Adminstration), as well as numerous articles in Drupal Watchdog. Ayen Green's Drupal 7 Views Cookbook needed a little more time in the oven (cooking pun #2), as I found numerous inconsistancies, minor errors, and not-best-practice advice. Unfortunately, in the rush to quench the tech community's thrist for Drupal knowledge, sometimes less-than-stellar books are being served up before they're fully baked (cooking pun #1). It seems that there are at least two to three new releases each month. Included is the plethora of Drupal books that continues at a somewhat unbelievable pace. The author contacted me to let me know that many of the issues I mention below have since been corrected.Īs the explosive growth of Drupal continues, so does the eco-system of vendors and products around it. Note: this book has been updated since this review was written.
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