The chapter I have reviewed is Chapter 5: Authentication and Authorization. You can click the previous link to view the chapter in its entirety along with some more information about the author (Antano Solar John) and book.

My initial thoughts are that the chapter is well written and covers one of the difficult topics on MODx development. The chapter does a good job of explaining the basics of user management and should get the average user up and running in no time. The one drawback that I have seen so far is that the user system can get complicated (especially in how manager and web-users can interact in the front end and which one takes precedence) and there is not a lot of depth in how these interactions take place. Although this was hinted at with the mention of the quickedit snippet.

I will hold off final judgment on this chapter and the book as a whole until I have reviewed my copy. After seeing one chapter I am looking forward to reviewing the rest of the book. I will post the final review in my notebook when I have finished reading the book.

If you have already purchased the book, I would love to hear what you think of it in the comments below.