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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
Invaluable book for demystifying DNN Modules, June 29, 2005
This book was invaluable for helping me write my first DNN module. With the book, I was able to get my first module up in a day or so. Without it, I would have probably torn out what is left of my hair.
I have both this book and the one from the core team. The one from the core team realy only covers setting up the portal. This is the book to get to help you get started on module development.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Written with the developer in mind, was pleasantly surprised, April 11, 2005
If you are interested in learning about DotNetNuke, or if you already have an understanding of the portal and wish to learn how to extend its functionality for DNN version 3, I can easily recommend this book. This is one of those few technical books that I've read front to back. It begins with an overview of DotNetNuke and the enhancements in version 3, and then quickly jumps into a systematic approach of how you can build your own modules. A degree of ASP.NET is assumed, but in my humble opinion anyone who is excited in what DNN has to offer and is eager to learn, can use this book as a foundation for building their first .NET private assembly - and one that works within the DNN framework, no less. The wrap up with "Must have DNN Modules" was terrific. He critiques some modules that other developers have created, and gives resources on where to find both free modules and ones you can purchase. He makes what seems otherwise impossible, practical and reasonable to accomplish. In fact, after reading the chapter on skinning even I may give it a shot... I'm not quite sure how to explain how this was an easy read. I thought the other was efficient in his explanations, unique in his analysis, and extremely clear in his presentation.
Both developers as well as those who are interested in learning more about DotNetNuke 3, and the community involved in this effort, will most likely be pleased and benefit from this book.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
Well Written. Very good for the novice, March 31, 2005
This is really good for the novice. A lot of things that you could only learn from reading thousands of messages in the user groups is available in one place. The book really takes time to explain things and doesn't assume you know something. It was nice to learn about Dotnetnuke where everything was explained slowly and in detail. It also contains a surprising number of pictures and this really helps a lot. It's a must read for anyone considering using Dotnetnuke.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent book, September 25, 2005
If you are looking to get up to speed to quickly on DotNetNuke this is the book for you. It covers virtually everything you need to know in under 300 pages. The writing is concise and explains the concepts clearly. It covers installation, administration, security, deployment, site creation and all of the basic built in DotNetNuke modules.
If you are interested in delving into customization and architecture it offers excellent chapters on core architecture, skinning and custom modules.
After reading the chapters on installation and basic concepts I was able to install DotNetNuke and create a number of standard modules on a test site in less than an hour.
I just read the new Wrox book, Professional DotNetNuke ASP.NET Portals, I liked it and it is more detailed but I think this books conveys the concepts in a much more compact and understandable manner
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Great Book for 'beginners' as well as 'coders', August 14, 2005
Hi All,
I 'discovered' DNN about 6 months ago.....and I immediately became a fan....I understood what it could do very quickly (as a 20+ year IT veteran.)
When I moved to DNN 3 I wanted to write some of my own modules. But all I could find was 'some books on the way'. Daniels turned up first. I found the first half a little 'too simple' since I was already a DNN user for about 4 months when the book finally arrived.
However my wife (also an IT person) is also learning DNN and finding the first half 'just right' for her.
For me the greatest value was when I sat down to learn how to write a module. Getting DNN to compile under VS and getting your first module written can be something of a challenge. I followed the book page by page and in less than 2 days I was able to get it all to work and get my first module up and running. I thought that was pretty good......I doubt I would have had such luck without a guide like Daniels book to assist.
So, for people who are brand new to DNN, the first half will tell you all you need to know to just use DNN as a portal.
For those who are like me and want to actually write some modules, the second half will be of great assistance to get you going with your first module.....after that you will just need an ASP.NET book as a reference for all the ASP stuff.
Well worth the money!!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Invaluable, September 21, 2005
If you have a need to add custom modules and don't want to spend hours reviewing the modules already in place, then this book will help you!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
The DNN book to buy, July 23, 2005
If you want to develop skins and modules, as well as have a better understanding of how the core functionality of DNN works, this is a good book. I own this book and the "other" book, and reference this one consistently. I never use the other book because it just doesn't contain much of value. Of course, arming yourself with all of the other useful tools from the DNN website (especially the videos) will help you a great deal as well.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Building Websites Using DotNetNuke, August 29, 2006
Not very helpful for developers. This book is really a book for people using DotNetNuke from an administrative perspective. The module building chapter does not have a good example. I received better examples from the free module building tutorial on the DotNetNuke website. This book was suppose to be for developers or administrators (actually I bought for this reason). However, most the information for module building was not very helpful. I would recommend this book for administrators and beginnings looking to administer a website who do not know how to program or build data models.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Good book about DNN, March 2, 2006
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