Closing choices on Book name - Take your Pick

Oren · Post by **Oren** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:50 am

Everah wrote:Check out the book forum, Oren. There is a lot that went on while you were away for those few days.

Will do that later this night, thanks

Post by **Chris Corbyn** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:04 am

Moved from a private board to Site News

Hello DevNetters

We could use your input on the name of our book. The book basically will take a newbie programmer into PHP and finish up with the reader being confident enough to write a basic but very well designed and solid web app in PHP.

The book should also appeal to more advanced audiences since it will cover theory, project planning, design patterns and testing. It's an all round book written by a large commnity and released free.

So what name do you think fitst best from our list of choices?

Post by **Benjamin** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:30 am

I voted for The Developer Network's Guide to PHP

bmcewan · Post by **bmcewan** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:03 am

I voted for "The Developer Network's Guide to PHP" although i'm thinking along the same lines as GM and aborint with the grammer of the title better suited as "The Developer's Network Guide to PHP".

I also think that aborints' suggestion makes a lot of sense as there is scope to follow on after this book is completed;

series: Developer's Network Guides
title: PHP: Installation to Application

shiznatix · Post by **shiznatix** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:04 am

PHP: Installation to Application for me.

The Developer Network's Guide to PHP -> does not make sence if you don't know what the 'Developer Network' is.
PHP - By The DevNetwork Community -> wouldnt the DevNetwork Community be the author, not the title?
PHP for Anyone -> at first look it makes me think its gonna be a kiddy book and not worth my read (i wanted to dive in head first when I started and not be like "LEARN PHP IN 5 MINUTES")
PHP Unraveled -> makes you sound like you have unraveled some big mystery that nobody else could figure out which is not true

PHP: Installation to Application! Now this is a good one because its straight to the point. No nonsence. I want to install PHP and figure out how to use it. Don't have a book's title yelling that it will make your life easier or there was some big mystery about it. Just state what the book will be good for, which this title does so very well.

jayshields · Post by **jayshields** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:10 pm

I went for php by the devnet comm. I think it should mention devnet in it somewhere.

To throw another grammar proposition into the fire, wouldn't "The Developer Networks' Guide to PHP" be gramatically correct?

arkdm · Post by **arkdm** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:33 am

I don't know. I prefer PHP For Anyone, and PHP Unraveled myself, because I think you're turning off a lot of newbies by using anything else. Newbies make up quite a large market. I can tell you from experience that when I was first starting out I wouldn't choose anything that didn't make PHP sound very easy to learn, I still do choose those books sometimes. Plus, as it's PHP For Anyone, I don't feel that it turns away more experienced PHPer's.

The Developer Network's Guide to PHP and all the rest don't really say what they mean. When I look at "PHP: Installation to Application", or "The Developer Network's Guide to PHP", I see "Blah blah blah.....". The title means nothing to me, I'm one of the large group of PHP coders that doesn't have to have anything to do with installation, and I have have no idea what the Developer Network is. Even if I did know I don't think it would be a selling point

.

But hey, that's just me.

neophyte · Post by **neophyte** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:34 pm

Devnetwork's Guide to PHP sounds great to me! Its got the site name and PHP.

CoderGoblin · Post by **CoderGoblin** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 8:21 am

Although I voted for the first one, couldn't you shorten it to "DevNet's" makes it sound more like a person and "user friendly".

n00b Saibot · Post by **n00b Saibot** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:08 pm

CoderGoblin wrote:Although I voted for the first one, couldn't you shorten it to "DevNet's" makes it sound more like a person and "user friendly".

My thoughts exactly...

nickman013 · Post by **nickman013** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:22 pm

Ill buy the book when it is released without a doubt.
Where is the book forum?

feyd · Post by **feyd** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:25 pm

nickman013 wrote:Ill buy the book when it is released without a doubt.
Where is the book forum?

Read the last few pages from this thread: viewtopic.php?t=50727&start=240

Maugrim_The_Reaper · Post by **Maugrim_The_Reaper** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:44 am

Shorten it to Devnetwork and I'm game...

Grammer would depend on whether Developer's Network is possessive or adjective. Typically I would have though adjective over possessive - hence "The Developer's Network Guide..." Bit odd I know, but the standard fare when using a noun as a descriptive term.

Battening on my Admin hat again in a few days - see everyone in the Book forums soon...

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christian_phpbeginner · Sat Sep 16, 2006 7:17 am

Hi, eventhough I didn't participated in the book creation and writing, but...

I voted for The Developer Network's Guide to PHP. Eventhough, IMO, it would have sounded better if it's:

Guide to PHP, The Developer Network's Visions

I thought it would be nice to let all the people read your book and knowing that it's the vision of The Developer Network...which is helping, teaching PHP users.

Just a thought though.

Chris

neel_basu · Post by **neel_basu** » Mon Jan 01, 2007 12:20 am

I voted For PHP - By The DevNetwork Community

I Think it doesn't mater Wheather he/she doesn't know Whats DevNetwork.
While stuyding he will know it.
The Rader Will see that the Author is not one its written by a community
And the word DevNetwork Has A Glamour In It Thats Why I Think This name Would Be the Perfect one

PHP Developers Network

Closing choices on Book name - Take your Pick

What should our community written book be titled?