MODx Web Development Paper Back

I am thinking of purchasing the book by Antano Solar John called MODxWebDevelopment. Is this still a good source as I see now there is evolution 1.0 instead of modx-0.9.6.3. What would be the differences between the two that possibly could be missed in the book? Should I wait for a new version covering 1.0?

Not only is this better written, it’s free.

I read the book, but it’s too sketchy. Too much is left as "an exercise to the reader." Needs to be half-again as thick and getting deeper into the techniques that make modx a worthwhile proposition.

That said, it’s the only paper book there is right now in English (until my book comes out).

Quote from: BobRay at Oct 07, 2009, 11:49 PM

That said, it’s the only paper book there is right now in English (until my book comes out).

Well, hurry it up buster!

Quote from: pbear at Oct 08, 2009, 09:43 PM

Quote from: BobRay at Oct 07, 2009, 11:49 PM

That said, it’s the only paper book there is right now in English (until my book comes out).

Well, hurry it up buster!

I can only type so fast.

:’( Darn sounds like I just wasted 40 CAD. I decided to buy the book as somethings I understand about modx somethings I don’t. For example snippets/chunks/templates

Quote from: Ryan

It [MODx] imposes absolutely zero restrictions on what you can output—there’s no forced taxonomy and no heirarchy limits. Also, you don’t need a 600 page book to figure out how to create a completely custom look for your site or have to use a modified available theme—use whatever html, css and js you please.

Check out the right column http://modxcms.com/community/partners/books-training-tutorials.html

MODx
http://svn.modxcms.com/docs/display/MODx096/Home - official
http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/Main_Page - user maintained
-- http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/Category:Beginners

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/other/working-with-a-content-management-framework-modx/

Ditto
http://ditto.modxcms.com/
http://www.pogwatch.com/ditto.html

Wayfinder
http://www.muddydogpaws.com/development/wayfinder/features.html
http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,34176.0.html

AjaxSearch
http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/AjaxSearch
http://www.modx.wangba.fr

MaxiGallery
http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/MaxiGallery
http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php/topic,36851.0.html

When you figured out the basics - that you set your xhtml
as template and then assign resources to use that template.
And wherever you use

Document-Objects
e.g. [*content*] [*pagetitle*] [*pub_date*] [*id*] in that template MODx
will go get that object for the page being requested.

Same goes for the TV’s. They can be considered extra field you want to use.

Create a chunk, name it ABC and fill it with some text, then use {{ABC}} in template or
document-object (the input fields for each resource)

level 2 now create an advanced TV by studying http://www.sottwell.com/how-template-variables-work.html

Snippets:
http://svn.modxcms.com/docs/display/MODx096/Adding+Snippets
http://bobsguides.com/modx-snippets.html
http://wiki.modxcms.com/index.php/Snippet_call_anatomy

And you will need no book!
Best MODx documentation by far -----> http://www.w3schools.com/

Darn sounds like I just wasted 40 CAD. I decided to buy the book as somethings I understand about modx somethings I don’t. For example snippets/chunks/templates

no, i don’t think you wasted the money...i’m pretty sure the book will be a great ressource for you, too