Professional Community Server (Programmer to Programmer)
| 2007-03-19 00:00:00 | | 0 | ASP.NET
Community Server is one of the hottest Web site packages available today and runs many popular sites, including Microsoft's Channel 9, Xbox.com, Xbox's Major Nelson, and The Hive This hands-on guide teaches readers how to extend their implementation with themes, modules and add-ons through the use of helpful examples Explains how to troubleshoot installation issues, understand Community Server ASP.NET config files, implement kinds, modify custom controls, and work with master pages Explores ways to manage the point system, extend the database, write custom modules, and modify Community Server code Foreword by Rob Howard, Microsoft ASP.NET MVP and CEO of Telligent Systems
User review
Not really as good as I expected
[also posted on http://msmvps.com/blogs/luisabreu/archive/2008/07/03/book-review-professional-community-server.aspx]
In the last week I've finished reading the Professional Community Server book. Unfortunately, I didn't really enjoy it. Even though the book had several details, they were about older versions 2.X of CS and I got the impression that the authors were pressed to add one or two things about the latest release of the product (that probably was launched right before the book hit the streets).
Being in the Programmer to Programmer series and since it seems like the Professional ASP.NET 2.0 and Beginning ASP.NET 2.0 books were considered prerequisites, I was really expecting more in depth coverage of CS internals. In fact, I think that this book should have been called Beginning Community Server (instead of Professional Community Server) since the books will only introduce you to the main CS features.
Having said this, I can't really give it more that 5/10.
User review
Good, but for an older version
This book deals almost entirely with an older 2.x version of Community Server. The current version, CS 2007 is massively different.
Although the authors seem to have made a few last-minute additions to cover some of the many changes made to CS 2007, the book is a poor introduction to the current version.
Telligent offers poor documentation for Community Server, so a book is necessary for anyone who wants to do more than make UI-supported changes to the app. This one isn't it for CS 2007. I'm hoping that 'Professional CS Themes' (which I have on order) will better serve the purpose.
User review
Skims Over Everything. Nothing in Depth.
The book doesn't cover anything in depth. Just gives a very brief overview of everything. If you have been on the net for a while, and did a couple of any other admin work, you can easily figure it all. Also, you have great resource in the Community Server forum etc,, make use of that. Nothin special in this book to make it a `MUST BUY`. Have a look at it in the book store, before you buy it.
User review
Community Server's Jason Alexander on Professional Community Server
`You guys wrote a great Community Server handbook that every one of our new, and existing, clients should have in their hands.`
Jason Alexander
CTO, Tellignet