Interview with Jesse Feiler, Author of Teach Yourself Drupal in 24 Hours

Join Mike Anello as he talks to Jesse Feiler, the author of Sams Teach Yourself Drupal in 24 Hours from Pearson Education.

Mike and Jesse talk about the beginnings of database-driven web sites, teaching the concepts of Drupal, usability in Drupal, Russians and COBOL (seriously!), and who should really be responsible for your web site.

Pearson Education has given us a couple of copies of the book to giveaway - simply leave a comment below (be sure to leave your twitter or drupal.org username so we have some way to contact you) and we'll pick two winners at random.

Comments

When I started out doing webdesign about 2 years ago, I used to be one of the crowd favouring handcrafted html, since this seemed to be the only way of getting clean and lean code. And, of course, I was not aiming at big business or magazine sites ;-).

In the meantime, things have changed dramatically. Today I wouldn't touch even a brochure project without some kind of CMS, if it were only for the better customer interface. Aside from that, for all things dynamic I have become a big Drupal fan. But, hey, there is still so much to discover ...

By the way, great podcast series!

Cheers
kissmedve
(drupal.org username)

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 22:19

I enjoyed the interview and hearing Mr. Feiler's comments about the changing nature of Drupal site building and that all important question of what to do if you have a problem not covered by the book. Good work!

Erin
okeedoak - http://drupal.org/user/175982

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Sun, 02/21/2010 - 20:27

I'm still new at Drupal, as is most of my organization, so I found this is pretty helpful.

(drupal user "ahoymehearties")

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 11:05

I'm glad to have found such a podcast, definitely subscribed to your site, and looking forward for more.

I'm very new to Drupal, but not to the concepts of CMS's, OpenSource, Community, etc. I'm going to build by new personal domain (linuxgeek.ro) using it and also I'm going to create a website for an environmental, mountaineering club (transmont.ro) in a few days.

If the bid is still available I want to participate, here's my credentials :
Drupal.org username: drupaloid
Drupal.org page: http://drupal.org/user/729906

Have Fun!

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 17:31

Ya know, I've been beyond an introduction to Drupal for a long time, but just listening to Mr. Feiler, I couldn't help wanting to read his book. He just seemed uniquely thoughtful and refined. So give me his book, please! ;)

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 19:34

Another interesting interview this week. I have taken audio Filemaker courses presented by Jesse Feiler and was excited to hear him speak about Drupal. I've been facinated by Drupal for over a year now and have made several attempts to wrap my brain around it but just can't generate that initiation energy required. I've worked with Filemaker since version 3 and it is heartening to hear Mr. Feiler, knowing that if his Filemaker brain made the intuitive leap to Drupal than I can surely follow. I will try again to "make order out of chaos".
Would love to be in on the book draw.
Drupal user name: jageo
http://drupal.org/user/715272

(PS. I haven't heard the cat in the background for a while. Hoping he is still around and purring)

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 09:54

G'day Guys,
Another great Drupal interview. I have the SAMS CSS book and would love to add another Drupal one!

Thanks for the podcast.

Darrel @ictguy on twitter

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 19:59

Was having a conversation with a fellow web developer friend yesterday and he pointed me to this episode of your podcast. Agree with the guy you were interviewing ... that's what we were talking about. There has been for a while, but this shift to content management systems building and, well, being the web is picking up steam. I am one who uses TextWrangler and codes my own sites, html and css (and other scripting languages) but am being drawn more and more toward CMS-es like Drupal and Wordpress. Would be interested to read Mr. Feiler's book. If I don't get a free copy, will be looking it up for sure.

Greg,
basicwebdesign (drupal id)

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Sat, 02/27/2010 - 14:27

The idea that the page doesn't exist until someone views it reminded me of the Heisenberg Uncertainty principle.

Mike, you guys are certainly pushing me to learn Drupal. Thanks for all of the great stuff you are doing.

Ben

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Sat, 02/27/2010 - 19:12

February 18, 2010