This file is a comparison between WordPress/Pods and ExpressionEngine. It shows the syntax required to display a list of three featured books on a site's homepage.

wp-pods-vs-ee.php

<!-- Featuring three books on a site's homepage -->



<!-- The Pods/WordPress way -->
<ul id="featured-books">
<?php 
	$book = new Pod('book');
	$params = array(
		'where'=>'t.show_on_homepage = 1',
		'limit'=>3,
		'orderby'=>'t.release_date DESC'
	);
	$book->findRecords($params);
	if($book->getTotalRows() > 0)
	{
		while($book->fetchRecord()) :
			$title = $book->get_field('title');
			$subtitle = $book->get_field('sub_title');
			$cover = $book->get_field('cover');
			$description = $book->get_field('description');
			$buyingOptions = $book->get_field('buying_options');
			$buyingOptionLinks = array();
			if($buyingOptions)
			{
				$buyingOptionsArray = explode("\n", $buyingOptions);
				foreach($buyingOptionsArray as $buyingOption)
				{
					$linkArray = explode('|', $buyingOption);
					$link = '<li class="'. trim('_'.$linkArray[0]) .' icon replace"><a href="'. trim($linkArray[1]) .'" target="_blank"><span>'. trim($linkArray[0]) .'</span></a></li>';
					array_push($buyingOptionLinks, $link);
				}
			}
?>
	<li class="book">
<?php if($cover) { ?>
		<h1><?=$title;?></h1>
		<h2><?=$subtitle;?></h2>
		<div class="cover">
<?php
	if($buyingOptionsArray) {
		$linkArray = explode('|', $buyingOptionsArray[0]);
?>
			<a href="<?php echo $linkArray[1]; ?>" target="_blank">
				<img src="<?php echo $cover[0]['guid']; ?>" alt="<?=$title;?>" /><br/>
				<span class="purchase-text">Purchase Book</span>
			</a>
<?php } else { ?>
			<img src="<?php echo $cover[0]['guid']; ?>" alt="<?=$title;?>" />
<?php } ?>
		</div>
<?php	} ?>
		<div class="description"><?=$description;?></div>
	</li>
<?php
		endwhile;
	}
?>
</ul>












<!-- The ExpressionEngine way -->
<ul id="featured-books">
{exp:channel:entries channel="books" search:show_on_homepage="=yes" limit="3" orderby="release_date" sort="desc"}
	<li class="book">
		<h1>{title}</h1>
		<h2>{subtitle}</h2>
		<div class="cover">
		{if buying_options}
			{buying_options limit="1"}
			<a href="{link}" target="_blank">
				<img src="{cover_thumbnail}" alt="{title}" /><br/>
				<span class="purchase-text">Purchase Book</span>
			</a>
			{/buying-options}
		{if:else}
			<img src="{cover_thumbnail}" alt="{title}" />
		{/if}
		</div>
		<div class="description">{description}</div>
	</li>
{/exp:channel:entries}
</ul>

Just now saw this, I think if you put into account the Pods templating engine (using {@field_name} tags instead of PHP) and WordPress shortcodes, the end result is a lot less PHP and actual coding and it looks a heck of a lot like EE.

Also, to revisit this, Pods 2.x syntax is cleaner, more efficient, and less coding work than Pods 1.x as shown above.