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Occupation
  
Technical writer

Books
  
After Haggerty

Role
  
Dramatist

Name
  
David Mercer

Language
  
English


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Subject
  
Programming, web development, business

Notable works
  
Beginning PHP5, Professional PHP5, Building online stores with osCommerce: Professional edition

Died
  
August 8, 1980, Haifa, Israel

Spouse
  
Dafna Mercer (m. ?–1980), Jitke Sigmund (m. ?–1957)

Movies
  
Providence, Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment, Let's Murder Vivaldi

Children
  
Maya Mercer, Rebecca Mercer

Similar People
  
Karel Reisz, John Gielgud, Alain Resnais, Anna Cropper, Maria Machado

David Mercer (born 1976) is a technical writer of programming, web development and business books.

Mercer has contributed editorially to a number of titles for the open source community, including books on Linux and Perl. He has also written books on PHP and Web technology.

His technical books are sold worldwide and have been translated into French, German, Polish, Greek and Spanish. His book on Drupal 6 was reviewed on Slashdot and went on to become a best seller. Mercer's books have also become recommended reading at higher learning institutes like MIT.

He maintains an online business blog to provide supplementary skills and knowledge for his readership.

Published Titles

  • Beginning PHP5. Wrox Press. 2004. ISBN 0-7645-5783-1. 
  • Professional PHP5. Wrox Press. 2004. ISBN 0-7645-7282-2. 
  • Building online stores with osCommerce: Professional edition. Packt Publishing. 2005. ISBN 1-904811-14-0. 
  • Building online stores with osCommerce: Beginner edition. Packt Publishing. 2006. ISBN 1-904811-88-4. 
  • Drupal. Packt Publishing. 2006. ISBN 1-904811-80-9. 
  • Drupal 6. Packt Publishing. 2008. ISBN 1-84719-297-1. 
  • Drupal 7. Packt Publishing. 2010. ISBN 1-84951-286-8. 
  • Packt Publishing (2011). Internet marketing for WordPress. 
  • References

    David Mercer (writer) Wikipedia