![[movies]](/images/mediatype_movies.gif) | DrupalconDC 2009 - Drupal Process Management - Drupalcon
Drupal's modular nature can be a double-edged sword. With so much possible, part of the challenge is to stay focused on what is appropriate. What process will give your team the opportunity to make the best choices, stay on target, and deliver the best possible results? This session will cover best practices in managing your next Drupal project and the process developed and refined by Gorton Studios to build great Drupal websites...
Keywords: DrupalconDC 2009; Drew Gorton
Downloads: 1,258
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| DrupalconDC 2009 - The Business of Open Source - Drupalcon
Keywords: DrupalconDC 2009; Liza Kindred
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| DrupalconDC 2009 - Selling You and Your (Drupal) Services - Drupalcon
Discover how to build a thriving Drupal-focused web development business with a limited (or non-existent) marketing budget. In this session, Neil Giarratana will reveal his company's approach to marketing (and selling) their Drupal-based services without a budget. Agenda * The Secret to What You're Really Selling - Drupal? Your Expertise? * PROFITABLY Pricing Your Services * Drupal vs. the World - Key Differentiators of Your Product * The Real Drupal Advantages * Step-By-Step Guide to Making the...
Keywords: DrupalconDC 2009; Neil Giarratana
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| DrupalconDC 2009 - The Case For Drupal In The Enterprise - Drupalcon
It's the worst-kept dirty little secret of Drupal...large entities are still wary of using it for critical sites. Stability, security and scalability fears drive them to more expensive proprietary systems. But are these fears founded? And what is sacrificed by using proprietary platforms? Most importantly, how do you know if Drupal is right for you? Mike Caccavano and Matt Westgate look at the pros & cons of Drupal for enterprise-level sites and address some of the most common concerns...
Keywords: DrupalconDC 2009; Mike Caccavano; Matt Westgate
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| Drupalcon DC 2009 - Advanced Drupal Security
Demonstrations of developer security problems and their solutions. How to work with the Drupal Security Team.
Keywords: Drupalcon DC 2009; Neil Drumm; Greg Knaddison; Matt Cheney; Ezra Gildesgam
Downloads: 1,498 |  |
| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Closing Session - drupalcon
Recorded by: Prameya Bhandari
Keywords: drupalcon
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Drupal - A fun and informative retrospective - drupalcon
A retrospective homeage to Drupal. We'll relive the funniest and most significant moments during it's 8 year life.
Keywords: drupalcon; Moshe Weitzman
Downloads: 1,738 |  |
| Drupalcon DC 2009 - The Next Decade
Map/Reduce. Functional programming. Clouds. Document-oriented databases. Column stores. The future is coming and we should be prepared.
Keywords: Drupalcon DC 2009; Karoly Negyesi; David Strauss
Downloads: 950
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Drupal Multimedia - drupalcon
DrupalCon DC 2009 - Drupal Multimedia - Recorded by Robert Nelson Vance (http://robertnelsonvance.com/) This session will guide you through the steps necessary to build image, video, and audio into your sites, using Drupal 6 and a few important contributed modules. Aaron Winborn is the author of Drupal Multimedia, a developer for Advomatic, and the creator and maintainer of several multimedia modules.
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Aaron Winborn
Downloads: 3,470
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Building APIs That Rock - drupalcon
Making a new API for Drupal? Easy. Making one that's worth using? Not so simple. This session will cover best practices and common pitfalls for developers who want to expose new functionality in a re-usable fashion. Presented by: Jeff Eaton Recorded by: Marc Tan
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Jeff Eaton
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Developing JavaScript Widgets - drupalcon
We'll discuss ways to develop reusable and flexible JavaScript components by leveraging JavaScript's full potential and using Drupal's lightweight JavaScript frameworks. We'll look at several JavaScript components and see how they were implemented and how they interact with each other. Presented by: Konstantin Käfer Recorded by: Marc Tan
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Konstantin Käfer
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Documentation is Hot! - drupalcon
This session will be an introduction to Drupal's documentation and how to get involved. In addition to discussing why documentation is sexy and the benefits it brings (both personally and professionally), we'll cover the current state of documentation and projects we are working on as well as how everyone can join in, from newbie to coder. Presented by: Addison Berry Recorded by: Chris Rowe
Keywords: drupalcon; Addison Berry
Downloads: 1,756 |  |
| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Drupal as a GEO CMS - drupalcon
This session will move from GIS concepts to Drupal GIS practice. We will talk about the principles of storing, organizing, and searching geodata, the practical usage of geodata in Drupal applications, and how geographic functionalities are implemented by existing Drupal modules. Presented by: Allie Micka, Brandon Bergren, and Jim Cranier Recorded by: Marc Tan
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Allie Micka; Bergren; Jim Cranier
Downloads: 2,526 |  |
| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Flash and Drupal
Presented by Travis Tidwell Recorded by David Lanier This will be an in depth discussion and tutorial session on how to integrate Flash applications with Drupal CMS. By combining these two technologies together, you can easily create dynamic websites that are not only rich in user interface, but also content. This session will describe the best techniques and practices for integrating Flash technology with the power and flexibility of Drupal.
Downloads: 2,113
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Future of Files and Media - drupalcon
Anyone who spent any time dealing with files in previous versions of Drupal knows what a pain it was. In Drupal 7 all that has changed. This session will examine at the new FileAPI and what it has to offer contrib module developers. Presented by: Andrew Morten Recorded by: Prameya Bhandari
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Andrew Morten
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| Drupalcon DC 2009 - Inside Drupal Caching: From Static Variables to Memcache
Caching is a critical component of Drupal. But how does it work? This session will clearly explain the nuts and bolts of the caching system internals, present successful caching strategies, and show how caching solutions can change as Drupal scales up using memcache as an example. One fortunate attendee will receive a free auto-throttle probability limiter.
Keywords: Drupalcon DC 2009; John VanDyk
Downloads: 1,251 |  |
| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Installer Profiles - drupalcon
Ever wondered if Drupal could come built-in with non-default functionality out of the box? Install profiles are the answer. In this session, we'll learn how to build them. Presented by: Dmitri Gaskin and Hagen Graf Recorded by: Alan Doucette
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Dmitri Gaskin; Hagen Graf
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - jQuery - drupalcon
jQuery is a state of the art JavaScript framework, that Drupal uses. jQuery focuses on extensibility, flexibility, terse code, and ease of use, all of which align very well with the goals of Drupal. This session will give an introductory view on this key part of the Drupal User Interface. Presented by: Dmitri Gaskin Recorded by Chris Rowe
Keywords: drupalcon; dc; 2009; Dmitri Gaskin
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Making Dates and Calendars Rock! - drupalcon
DrupalCon DC 2009 - Making Dates and Calendars Rock! - Recorded by Robert Nelson Vance (http://robertnelsonvance.com/) We'll look at some of the rocking things you can do with Date and Calendar and a few other great Drupal 6 modules to create agenda-style views, embed customizable calendars anywhere, manage event attendance, hook up with the outside world using iCal, and lots lots more.
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Karen Stevenson
Downloads: 1,795 |  |
| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Migration: Not Just for the Birds - drupalcon
So, your client has seen the light and is tossing out their old CMS in favor of Drupal. Their existing content, in the form of square pegs, needs to fit into nice round Drupal objects. How can this process be managed, and what tools are available to assist? Presented by: Mike Ryan and Moshe Weitzman Recorded by: Prameya Bhandari
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Mike Ryan; Moshe Weitzman
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Our Identity Online - drupalcon
From OpenID to OAuth to Activity Streams, Chris Messina is working to break the walled gardens of the internet and ensure the longevity of social networking through the production of technology that allows people to network between different websites. In this session, Chris will talk about his ideas and approaches to our identities online. Presented by: Chris Messina Recorded by: Ronald Mulero
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Chris Messina
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Performance in Drupal 7 - drupalcon
Drupal 7 has seen several changes designed to improve performance. These include the code registry, multiple loading of first class objects and several upcoming patches including refactored pluggable subsystems. This talk will examine changes already in Drupal 7 and those on the horizon with a focus on database and code weight optimizations. Presented by: Nathaniel Catchpole Recorded by: Marc Tan
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Nathaniel Catchpole
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| Drupalcon DC 2009 - Quality Assurance and the Drupal Development Process
Quality Assurance is Good for Business. Drupal makes it easy to add powerful features to sites, whether through standard tools (CCK, Views, Panels 2, etc.) or through hand-coded extensions. Sophisticated modules and themes can provide great advantage or great frustration to the end user. We'll discuss some standard and not-so-standard techniques that help ensure the delivery of quality Drupal sites that are a joy to use.
Keywords: Drupalcon DC 2009; Fen Labalme; Nathaniel Catchpole
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - The State of the Association - drupalcon
The Drupal Association is nonprofit organization that provides support for the Drupal community via events such as Drupalcon, marketing of Drupal, and support for Drupal.org. In this session members of the Association will talk about the progress it has made to support the Drupal project and discuss what areas it will take on in the future.
Keywords: drupalcon; Dries Butaert; Jacob Redding; Angie Byron; Tiffany Farriss
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - The Themer's Toolkit - drupalcon
The tools available to Drupal 6 themers are amazing! Come learn about base themes, must-have modules, browser-based tools you can't live without and get a gentle introduction on how to convert Drupal 5 themes to Drupal 6. Woo! Presented by: Emma Jane Hogbin Recorded by: Chris Rowe
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Emma Jane Hogbin
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Usability of Drupal 7 and the Future
Presented by Bojhan Somers Recorded by David Lanier The level of complexity in the Drupal administrative interface is increasing, as we are adding new features every core release and modules keep changing more we are faced with a lot of new challenges. We will take a look at what happened with the usability team and how we intend to move forward on all areas of drupal's user experience.
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Advanced Theming Techniques - drupalcon
CivicActions themers Trevor Twining and Bevan Rudge will help novice themers get up the learning curve and on their way to creating great, professional looking sites by demonstrating advanced theming tools, tips and techniques. The session will have a lot of time of for Q&A and include code samples and examples to take home. Spot prize; copies of "Drupal 6 Themes" by Ric Shreeves. Presented by: Trevor Twining Recorded by: Chris Rowe
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Trevor Twining
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Advanced Ubercart - drupalcon
Ubercart is a powerful e-commerce suite that allows you to sell physical products, role promotions, file downloads, and more through your Drupal site. Current stores use Ubercart to sell audio content, recurring fan club memberships, node access, store credit, and event registrations. This session will highlight the core and contributed modules needed to accomplish these things in Ubercart. We will walk through the store configuration and answer questions related to the demonstrated tasks...
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Ryan Szrama; Lyle Mantooth
Downloads: 3,171 |  |
| DrupalCon DC 2009 - A Gentle Intro to Drupal Code - drupalcon
This session is made for folks who are new to coding in general or new to Drupal coding in particular. We'll start off with a basic discussion about working with Drupal as a framework and what that even means. Then we will go through an overview of how Drupal's framework is set up and the various API's and systems you can work with. Presented by: Addison Berry Recorded by: March Espedido
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009 Addison Berry
Downloads: 3,059 |  |
| DrupalCon DC 2009 - A Paradigm for Reusable Drupal Features - drupalcon
More time doing repetitive tasks while building a Drupal site means less time to push the envelope. This is a story about how we got out of this infinite loop and started spending our time more wisely in Drupal through the use of "features". This presentation will be split between a brief time-elapsed history of the problem, a step-by-step demo of packaging a feature in code, and a demo/discussion of how features and Spaces can change how you think about Drupal site architecture altogether...
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Ian Ward; Young Hahn; Robert Soden
Downloads: 2,826 |  |
| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Beyond the Web: Drupal Meets the Desktop - drupalcon
DrupalCon DC 2009 - Beyond the Web: Drupal Meets the Desktop - Recorded by Robert Nelson Vance (http://robertnelsonvance.com/) We all know that Drupal is a robust self-contained system for running a social website, but what about when you want to hook it up with the desktop or mobile devices? This session will take a look at the capabilities built into Drupal core, as well as contributed modules, for combining Drupal with desktop and mobile clients...
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Justin Miller
Downloads: 2,292 |  |
| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Building Advanced Social Networks at a Large U.S. University - drupalcon
DrupalCon DC 2009 - Building Advanced Social Networks at a Large U.S. University - Recorded by Robert Nelson Vance (http://robertnelsonvance.com/) Drupal excels at building social networks. I'll be diving into some of the theory behind what makes social networks tick plus demoing a large social network based on Organic Groups we're building at BYU.
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Kyle Mathews
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Building a Frankenstein Monster and How to Maintain it
DrupalCon DC 2009 - Building a Frankenstein Monster and How to Maintain it Presented by Morten Recorded by David Lanier Theres different ways of creating your badass & unique theme in drupal, from the "hey just clean it up in the css", to the "ill rewrite the hole thing goddammit!" This session will focus on the middle way. by using the "best theming practices" throwing in your own cutting edge front end style, and mixing it up with a bit of hard work it will be alive
Keywords: DrupalCon DC 2009; Morten
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Building Church Websites with Drupal - drupalcon
DrupalCon DC 2009 - Building Church Websites with Drupal - Recorded by Robert Nelson Vance (http://robertnelsonvance.com/) Churches are not like businesses. They're not even like non-profits. Churches (and other ministries) are unique in their goals, their approach, and their challenges. In this session, Mustardseed Media Inc owner, Bob Christenson, and his Developer and Podcast Co-Host Matt Farina, will present how they build church community-style websites using Drupal on a daily basis, talkin...
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Bob Christenson
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - CCK Mashup, Oh The Things You Can Do! - drupalcon
DrupalCon DC 2009 - CCK Mashup, Oh The Things You Can Do! - Recorded by Robert Nelson Vance (http://robertnelsonvance.com/) The Content Construction Kit (CCK) is pretty handy by itself, but really useful when hooked into other modules. We'll look at ways to combine CCK with Views, Panels, Devel, and lots of other modules to make Drupal sing and dance.
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Karen Stevenson
Downloads: 3,125 |  |
| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Communicating Data Online - drupalcon
You have access to tons of information, Eric Gundersen of the online strategy shop Development Seed will talk about how interactive maps, data visualizations, and other online tools can quickly show you the bigger picture around large scale international issues. Eric will demo the new Pandemic Preparedness Mapping site (http://preparedness.interaction.org/) built for InterAction to prevent the spread of a catastrophic disease like bird flu...
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Eric Gundersen
Downloads: 1,762 |  |
| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Deploying and Maintaining Drupal Sites Using the Aegir Hosting System - drupalcon
Installing and maintaining a Drupal website is a straight forward process, even if most of the work required has to be done manually. This is sufficient if you only maintain a single or small number of sites, but it starts breaking down when you maintain ten, a hundred, or even a thousand sites. Aegir is a new set of contributed modules for Drupal that aims to solve this common problem. Presented by: Adrian Rossouw Recorded by: Marc Tan
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Adrian Rossouw
Downloads: 2,155 |  |
| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Developing Facebook Applications with Drupal - drupalcon
DrupalCon DC 2009 - Developing Facebook Applications with Drupal - Recorded by Robert Nelson Vance (http://robertnelsonvance.com/) The Facebook Platform enables Applications which share content with the Facebook.com website. These Apps can be as rich and complex as any website, so Drupal is a natural choice for developing on this platform. This session introduces the Drupal for Facebook project. Topics include the basics of the Facebook API, differences between Canvas Pages and regular web pages...
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Dave Cohen
Downloads: 2,365 |  |
| Keynote: The State of Drupal - drupalcon
Presented by Dries Buytaert. Recorded by David Lanier Dries Buytaert will give his bi-annual State of Drupal talk in the beginning of DrupalCon DC, where he'll discuss where Drupal is and where it is going. In particular, he'll discuss Drupal 7, usability, the Drupal.org redesign, and other developments to Drupal.
Keywords: drupalcon DC 2009; Dries Buytaert
Downloads: 17,860
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Drupal and the Geospatial Web - drupalcon
This presentation will include an overview of the emerging Geospatial web, and the technologies, standards and communities that are driving it. We'll look at how Google Maps fall short and how to go beyond its basic approach to mapping on the web. We'll cover where Drupal fits in, ways to incorporate other mapping tools and data into your projects. Specifically, what modules extend Drupal, enable it to leverage existing tools and how to use these to do new and interesting things...
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Jeff Miccolis
Downloads: 2,131 |  |
| Flash CMS: Drupal as an Adobe Flex Backend
Presented by Jonathan Rowny Recorded by David Lanier Creating Flex applications is a lot of fun. Media clients just love them, but what happens when a client continually asks you to change stuff and you constantly have to upload new Flash SWFs? The solution is to use the power of Drupal as a backend for Flex. Give users a drupal site they can go to update the content on their media site, or create completely dynamic applications that accomplish all tasks without the user ever knowing there is a ...
Downloads: 2,137
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| Drupalcon DC 2009 - Drupal Databases The Next Generation
Presented by Larry Garfield Recorded by David Lanier Drupal's database layer has undergone a major overhaul in Drupal 7 to take advantage of new and powerful features in PHP 5. The new system includes over a dozen new features, from a query builder in core to support for Master/slave replication. As with most major overhauls, however, that means API changes. This session will cover the challenges of database abstraction, Drupal's approach, and how to fully leverage the new system in your own cod...
Keywords: Drupalcon DC 2009; Larry Garfield
Downloads: 600
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Drupal Module Development Kickstart - drupalcon
In this workshop we will share easy ways to begin with module development, highlighting some simple ways to integrate with Drupal. We will start from some basic hooks, and point out security, localization and internationalization best practices. Drupal might look intimidating at first, but you'll learn that starting off your first modules is a breeze. Presented by: Gábor Hojtsy Recorded by: Alan Doucette
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Gábor Hojtsy
Downloads: 2,690
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Drupal.org Infrastructure Status And Growth - drupalcon
The system administrator for drupal.org gives a rundown on the current infrastructure. This will cover web node configuration, centralized management, the database cluster and relations with the Open Source Lab. Included in this will be plans for the future and how drupal's infrastructure will be modified to respond to growth and new technology. Presented by: Narayan Newton and Kieran Lal Recorded by: Chris Rowe
Keywords: drupalcon; Narayan Newton; Kieran Lal
Downloads: 1,347
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Drupal Patterns: Managing and Automating Site Configurations - drupalcon
Drupal is an amazing framework. Complicated websites and web applications can be created by combining configurations of Modules, Content Types (CCK,) Views, Panels, Menus, Blocks, Categories, Roles & Permissions. This site setup and configuration process is very time consuming and repetitive. This process can and should be automated! Site configuration should also be stored in a format that is easy to read, modify, manage, & share...
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Chris Bryant
Downloads: 1,377 |  |
| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Drupal Taxonomy Revisited - drupalcon
DrupalCon DC 2009 - Drupal Taxonomy Revisited - Recorded by Robert Nelson Vance (http://robertnelsonvance.com/) Drupal's taxonomy module supports a core component of information architecture for classifying content. Improvements to taxonomy module in Drupal 7, especially hook_taxonomy_term_load, will open up new opportunities for leveraging taxonomy in our sites. Taxonomy administration has also been given some UI and usability enhancements...
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Benjamin Doherty; Benjamin Melancon; Nathaniel Catchpole
Downloads: 1,692 |  |
| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Drupal with XMPP Integration - drupalcon
Over the past few years, we have come to rely heavily on web-based tools, such as blogs, forums, wiki, and other to collaborate, manage schedules, and share information. At the same time, chat (or Instant Messaging) has become one of the predominant forms of communication. One issue remains, however: the web based tools and chat donât really âtalkâ to each other. Presented by: Darren Ferguson Recorded by Marc Tan
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Darren Ferguson
Downloads: 1,588 |  |
| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Drush, Command Line Drupal Productivity - drupalcon
Drush is a command line and scripting interface to Drupal and has a growing community of modules that allow you to rapidly provision, maintain and develop Drupal sites. Drush takes a many-step task and replaces it with a single command - e.g. "drush pm update" will find the latest stable versions of each site module from the Drupal.org, propose any updates, back up the old versions, download the new versions and unpack...
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Moshe Weitzman; Owen Barton
Downloads: 1,427 |  |
| DrupalCon DC 2009 - Field API in Drupal 7 - drupalcon
Drupal 7 now includes the Field API which provides "CCK functionality" in core. The Field API supports attaching fields to nodes, users, remote data objects, and any other type of entity. This session introduces the Field API for module developers that want to define custom node content types and fields or field-enable their own object types. Presented by: Barry Jaspan and David Strauss Recorded by: David Lanier
Keywords: drupalcon dc 2009; Barry Jaspan; David Strauss
Downloads: 820
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| DrupalCon DC 2009 - HowTo: test a patch and make a difference - drupalcon
Ever seen that sidebar headline that professes "234 critical patches", wanted to help, but then realized you don't know how? Not to fear! I can revv your patch-testing prowess by showing how you can select the proper issue for your skill level, test it effectively, and report clearly on the results. Remember, humans write these patches, and if nobody tests, they'll come back to a lifeless, desolate, forlorn issue queue day after day...
Keywords: drupalcon; Joel Farris
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