Pro Drupal 7 Development

✍ Scribed by Todd Tomlinson

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 703
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Pro Drupal 7 Development updates the most popular development reference for the release of Drupal 7. With several new and completely-rewritten essential APIs and improvements in Drupal 7, this book will not only teach developers how to write modules ranging from simple to complex, but also how Drupal itself works.

• Learn the Drupal APIs and major changes in Drupal 7
• Learn how to write Drupal modules using the APIs
• Learn proper development practices and how to become a contributing community member

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxix
How Drupal Works....Pages 1-11
Writing a Module....Pages 13-31
Hooks, Actions, and Triggers....Pages 33-55
The Menu System....Pages 57-88
Working with Databases....Pages 89-114
Working with Users....Pages 115-135
Working with Nodes....Pages 137-161
Working with Fields....Pages 163-183
The Theme System....Pages 185-221
Working with Blocks....Pages 223-238
The Form API....Pages 239-293
Manipulating User Input: The Filter System....Pages 295-305
Searching and Indexing Content....Pages 307-322
Working with Files....Pages 323-342
Working with Taxonomy....Pages 343-363
Caching....Pages 365-378
Sessions....Pages 379-388
Using jQuery....Pages 389-416
Localization and Translation....Pages 417-449
XML-RPC....Pages 451-463
Writing Secure Code....Pages 465-486
Development Best Practices....Pages 487-498
Optimizing Drupal....Pages 499-523
Installation Profiles....Pages 525-544
Testing....Pages 545-563
Back Matter....Pages 565-689

✦ Subjects

Computer Science, general