I love Thematic. I use it and child themes almost exclusively in my web design.
With the most recent update, Thematic has done away with almost all hand-coding of multiple PHP files and replaced it with hand-coding of the Functions.php file.
I’ve written a free eBook on how edit your own Themes… it’s not comprehensive and probably will bore most technical users; but if you’re a WordPress newb, feel free to take a look! (Don’t worry, I’m not selling anything – I put this together for my friends who want to learn WordPress web design!)
