books

I can recommend Digging into WordPress (it covers the whole WP dev) and Rockstar WordPress Designer (part 1 and 2), both are available in e-book/pdf format.

I thought Build Your Own Wicked WordPress Themes was really helpful. Note that the book actually uses the Thematic Framework for point of reference and example code. A book that has been fantastic, and therefore I recommend, is called Digging Into WordPress.

If you are like me you probably view most books as being much too simple to really learn anything useful from because publishers are always trying to dumb them down to reach a broader audience. If you are like me, these two are probably some of the better books on the market because I think … Read more

Professional WordPress Plugin Development By: Brad Williams, co-author of “Professional WordPress” book Ozh Richard Justin Tadlock of Theme Hybrid and (formerly) DevPress (editor) Andrew Nacin, WordPress core developer The trio of established authors provides a practical, solutions-based approach along with a collection of timely examples and plenty of code, all aimed at clearly explaining how … Read more