Professional Drupal is written by an experienced Drupal developer, and reviewed by the creator of Drupal, Dries Buytaert. It provides clear and technically sound information to build a fully functional Drupal site. The author offers a "concept to completion" framework, unlike other books on the market. They bring real world examples, from real world experiences, with proven solutions and results. Examples included span several industries including Rich Media, Publishing, Search Engine and Affiliate Marketing, and Manufacturing and Distribution with Online Shopping.
Some topics covered include:
- integrating Drupal with PHPBB
- Ajax
- architecture
- taxonomy
- CVS/SVN
- vBulleting
- oSCommerce
- testing and deployments
- schematics
- cross browser compliance