On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 17:18, Jason Hsu <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> wrote:
> 1. What books, web sites, tutorials, etc. do you recommend for getting started in Drupal?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1430228598
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1430228385
http://drupal.org/documentation

> 2. How quickly do Drupal books become obsolete?

There are new concepts introduced with every major version, and new
books for that, but the stuff in the old books still applies pretty
well.  I'd say probably 4 years for a useful shelf life.

> 3. Is the Drupal setup finicky?

Not at all.

> 4. How tricky is deployment?

Not at all.  If you want to automate deployments with Drush that's a
little extra reading.

 - Tony