APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur—How to Publish a Book

Once in a while, you read a great book and cannot in Good conscience keep it to yourself. Today I finished reading APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur—How to Publish a Book by Guy Kawasaki.

Although the book was last updated in 2013, it does everything is promises to do. Starting with the authoring of your book, this book helps you navigate the world of digital publishing.

I was amazed that despite its age, the book didn't seem off the mark. It was well worth my time and I finished reading the book inspired to continue on my journey on self-publishing.

If you are interested in self-publishing, APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur—How to Publish a Book is a must read.

PHP for Absolute Beginners

PHP for Absolute Beginners is a great read for absolute beginners. Since making the decision to get back into web development, I have been looking for a book that offers a gentle introduction to web development.

I had to choose between PHP and NodeJS. In the end, I took the advice of one of my friends who told me that I was better off with a web language that I had used before.

PHP for Absolute Beginners starts from the absolute beginning. It shows you how to set up your PHP environment.

From then on, the book goes on to cover the basics of PHP and ends with the creation of a blog using PHP.

The only drawback with the programs in this book is the the coding style is in-line so it won't work for a production environment.

That said, this book covers most of the pillars of PHP.

PHP for Absolute Beginners fulfills its promise.