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Pro Drupal 7 Development

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  • This second edition book covers Drupal 7, one of the first books to cover the latest version of Drupal.

  • Only books ot cover Drupal internals and customization in detail

  • Common pitfalls identified and addressed by core Drupal contributors

  • Foreword by Dries Buytaert, Drupal Founder

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
  2. How Drupal Works

    • Todd Tomlinson, John K. VanDyk
    Pages 1-11
  3. Writing a Module

    • Todd Tomlinson, John K. VanDyk
    Pages 13-31
  4. Hooks, Actions, and Triggers

    • Todd Tomlinson, John K. VanDyk
    Pages 33-55
  5. The Menu System

    • Todd Tomlinson, John K. VanDyk
    Pages 57-88
  6. Working with Databases

    • Todd Tomlinson, John K. VanDyk
    Pages 89-114
  7. Working with Users

    • Todd Tomlinson, John K. VanDyk
    Pages 115-135
  8. Working with Nodes

    • Todd Tomlinson, John K. VanDyk
    Pages 137-161
  9. Working with Fields

    • Todd Tomlinson, John K. VanDyk
    Pages 163-183
  10. The Theme System

    • Todd Tomlinson, John K. VanDyk
    Pages 185-221
  11. Working with Blocks

    • Todd Tomlinson, John K. VanDyk
    Pages 223-238
  12. The Form API

    • Todd Tomlinson, John K. VanDyk
    Pages 239-293
  13. Manipulating User Input: The Filter System

    • Todd Tomlinson, John K. VanDyk
    Pages 295-305
  14. Searching and Indexing Content

    • Todd Tomlinson, John K. VanDyk
    Pages 307-322
  15. Working with Files

    • Todd Tomlinson, John K. VanDyk
    Pages 323-342
  16. Working with Taxonomy

    • Todd Tomlinson, John K. VanDyk
    Pages 343-363
  17. Caching

    • Todd Tomlinson, John K. VanDyk
    Pages 365-378
  18. Sessions

    • Todd Tomlinson, John K. VanDyk
    Pages 379-388
  19. Using jQuery

    • Todd Tomlinson, John K. VanDyk
    Pages 389-416
  20. Localization and Translation

    • Todd Tomlinson, John K. VanDyk
    Pages 417-449

About this book

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

About the authors

John K. VanDyk has been a Drupal developer since 2004. In 2005, he organized the first Drupal conference in Antwerp, Belgium, with Drupal founder Dries Buytaert. John has contributed several modules to Drupal including the actions, workflow, publish, subscribe, and pubcookie modules and has been instrumental in the design of Drupal's Content Construction Kit. John's day job is as an entomology professor and systems analyst at Iowa State University, where he teaches undergraduate courses about insects. In his spare time, when not hacking on Drupal, John enjoys squash hunting and raising children.

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eBook USD 39.99
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  • Read on any device
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Softcover Book USD 49.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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