Jazajay
Active Member
Hay peeps,
Been mega busy recently but hopefully now things have eased off a little I will be a round a bit more.
Anyhoo I have just accepted a new job as a web development project manager. Part of the job is that I am required to know how to use Joomla. My new bosses know at the moment I know more about the migratory movement of North African ducks, not much okay anything, than Joomla but are still happy to take me on as long as I am willing to learn it.
Now as some of you may know this to me means that in 2 months not only do I want to learn Joomla but also live, breathe and drink it and I was wondering what resources are good for
1) Beginners,
2) Advanced users,
3) Customizing and extending the modules, components, and plugins of Joomla myself.
3 is something my new bosses don't require but if I'm going to do a job I might as well do the job to 200% of my ability and still be able to offer it if the need arises.
I know PHP, setting up a server yarda, yarda, yarda so it is just Joomla resources I need opinions on.
Now I reckon I am going with all 3 of these:
~ Beginning Joomla! 2nd Edition: From Novice to Professional Expert's Voice in Open Source: Amazon.co.uk: Dan Rahmel: Books
~ Professional Joomla! (Programmer to Programmer): Amazon.co.uk: Dan Rahmel: Books
Then for personalized extension development:
~ Learning Joomla! 1.5 Extension Development: Creating Modules, Components, and Plugins with PHP: Amazon.co.uk: Joseph LeBlanc: Books
So any one like to recommend any others?
If you do please tell me the pluses and negatives of it and ideally why you found it helpful.
Cheers ,
Arrogant Jaz
Been mega busy recently but hopefully now things have eased off a little I will be a round a bit more.
Anyhoo I have just accepted a new job as a web development project manager. Part of the job is that I am required to know how to use Joomla. My new bosses know at the moment I know more about the migratory movement of North African ducks, not much okay anything, than Joomla but are still happy to take me on as long as I am willing to learn it.
Now as some of you may know this to me means that in 2 months not only do I want to learn Joomla but also live, breathe and drink it and I was wondering what resources are good for
1) Beginners,
2) Advanced users,
3) Customizing and extending the modules, components, and plugins of Joomla myself.
3 is something my new bosses don't require but if I'm going to do a job I might as well do the job to 200% of my ability and still be able to offer it if the need arises.
I know PHP, setting up a server yarda, yarda, yarda so it is just Joomla resources I need opinions on.
Now I reckon I am going with all 3 of these:
~ Beginning Joomla! 2nd Edition: From Novice to Professional Expert's Voice in Open Source: Amazon.co.uk: Dan Rahmel: Books
~ Professional Joomla! (Programmer to Programmer): Amazon.co.uk: Dan Rahmel: Books
Then for personalized extension development:
~ Learning Joomla! 1.5 Extension Development: Creating Modules, Components, and Plugins with PHP: Amazon.co.uk: Joseph LeBlanc: Books
So any one like to recommend any others?
If you do please tell me the pluses and negatives of it and ideally why you found it helpful.
Cheers ,
Arrogant Jaz