Pro Drupal Development

✍ Scribed by John K. VanDyk, Matt Westgate (auth.)

• Publisher: Apress
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 440
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Drupal is one of the most popular content management systems in use today. With it, you can create a variety of community-driven sites, including blogs, forums, wiki-style sites, and much more. Pro Drupal Development was written to arm you with knowledge to customize your Drupal installation however you see fit. The book assumes that you already possess the knowledge to install and bring a standard installation online. Then authors John VanDyk and Matt Westgate delve into Drupal internals, showing you how to truly take advantage of its powerful architecture.

Youll learn how to create your own modules, develop your own themes, and produce your own filters. You'll learn the inner workings of each key part of Drupal, including user management, sessions, the node system, caching, and the various APIs available to you. Of course, your Drupal-powered site isnt effective until you can efficiently serve pages to your visitors. As such, the authors have included the information you need to optimize your Drupal installation to perform well under high-load situations. Also featured is information on Drupal security and best practices, as well as integration of Ajax and the internationalization of your Drupal web site. Simply put, if you are working with Drupal at all, then you need this book.

• This book is written by Drupal core developers.
• Drupal architecture and behavior are mapped out visually.
• Common pitfalls are identified and addressed.
• Chapters provide regular discussion and reference to why things work they way they do, not just how.
• Features a foreword by Dries Buytaert, Drupal founder.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
How Drupal Works....Pages 1-10
Writing a Module....Pages 11-21
Module-Specific Settings....Pages 23-30
The Menu System....Pages 31-48
Working with Databases....Pages 49-62
Working with Users....Pages 63-81
Working with Nodes....Pages 83-105
The Theme System....Pages 107-130
Working with Blocks....Pages 131-145
The Form API....Pages 147-184
Manipulating User Input: The Filter System....Pages 185-196
Searching and Indexing Content....Pages 197-212
Working with Files....Pages 213-219
Working with Taxonomy....Pages 221-241
Caching....Pages 243-252
Sessions....Pages 253-260
Using jQuery....Pages 261-277
Localization....Pages 279-289
XML-RPC....Pages 291-299
Writing Secure Code....Pages 301-316
Development Best Practices....Pages 317-338
Optimizing Drupal....Pages 339-355
Installation Profiles....Pages 357-364
Back Matter....Pages 365-428

✦ Subjects

Programming Techniques