[opencms-dev] OpenCMS book

[Christoph Schönfeld]

> Is there a good book on OpenCMS 6 either out or in the works?
There are exactly two books, both by Matt Butcher. Actually it is one 
book in two editions. The old edition is for OpenCms 5.x. The new one is 
called "Managing and Customizing OpenCms 6 Websites". You can buy a copy 
here: http://www.packtpub.com/OpenCMS6-admin.

I bought it recently to get started with OpenCms development.

The book is less a guide for OpenCms development rather than an 
administrator's handbook. It takes the screen shot approach to explain 
every function of the OpenCms web UI. I was disappointed by the book 
because it does not provide much detail on module development and it 
does not cover XML content, the most important feature of OpenCms 6, at 
all.

My current view of the situation is that many of the powerful and 
important features of OpenCms are undocumented.
Because of its UI-centric approach Matt's book provides little help on 
these things.

Information on advanced topics is scattered over the mailing list and 
the online forum (www.opencms-forum.de).

Regards,
Christoph