Overview
- The only book to cover Drupal internals and customization in detail
- Written by two core Drupal developers
- Common pitfalls identified and addressed
- Foreword by Dries Buytaert, Drupal Founder
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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About this book
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.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"This book investigates in detail the inner workings of Drupal. It teaches readers how to add new functionalities and features to their sites, and how to customize or improve existing ones. … The structure of each chapter is clear and simple, with a summary at the end, some tips and notes in frames, many pictures and schemas and generally thorough explanations. … this is a very interesting and well-written book. It is a must-read for anybody dealing with content management systems, especially Drupal." (O. Lecarme, ACM Computing Reviews, September, 2008)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pro Drupal Development
Authors: John K. VanDyk, Matt Westgate
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0190-8
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Apress 2007
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-0190-8Published: 08 September 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 428
Topics: Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems