after the success of the Good Parts book there were a few other books with the "Good Parts" in the title - like HTML and CSS the Good Parts, and Java: The Good

after the success of the Good Parts book there were a few other books with the "Good Parts" in the title - like HTML and CSS the Good Parts, and Java: The Good Parts. I seem to remember looking through PHP: the Good Parts and feeling that it was just a learn PHP book, that it did not really differentiate between any core good parts of the language, the parts you should really learn and use. I sure would like a real "Good Parts" series of books.