Rajat Gupta - Director, OpenKick Technologies will share his knowledge on how to get started developing for Drupal, and how to get the most out of your developer efforts. The presentation will be geared towards those just starting out with Drupal development, and/or code development altogether. Topics that will be addressed include:

- Corporate Site Information Architecture (5 mins)
- Downloading and Installing Drupal (5 mins)
- Configuring Pages and Contact Form
- Basic SEO Modules
- Cron/Search
- Google Analytics Setup
- How to develop further : Please attend CCK/Views/Panel Sessions.

While Drupal provide extreme flexibility and power, it is quite easy to cross the boundary and burn own fingers with that power.

We shall be covering best practices the about setting up the development environment, module development, basic good practices theme development and a brief discussion about dev/staging/production setup.

Intended Audience

1> What is MVC and what does it mean in drupal's context2> Modules and hooks, very basic explaination3> Working of Phptemplate engine (Detailed) 4> Data Output workflow (Where to intercept and where not )5> Discussion on DB (5 minutes)6> What all constitute the bootstrapping code (What makes drupal robust and flexible)

- Getting CVS Account
- Patch Reviews / Testing
- Participating in Drupal.org Forums
- Participating in Local Groups
- Contributing code back
- Bringing innovation

Drupal Theming basics
Understanding tpl files
CCK/Views/Panel and theming
Cross Browser compliance challenges

When to use CCK
How to use CCK
Combining CCK with Views
PathAuto with CCK

Fundamental of Drupal
Installation
Block
Forums
MOdules

* Drupal on SAMP (Solaris, Apache, MySQL. PHP)

* Performance on Sun Servers using different Software Stacks

* Performance Tuning using DTrace

Topics that will be addressed include:

*Understanding the architecture of drupal.

*Developing a basic module for drupal.

*Demonstration of writing a module.

- Installation of necessary modules
- How to Create a Language Translation
- How to update Multilingual content
- What are the benefits of Multilingual sites

About Open Source Softwares
About Open Source Content & Format
Open Source Movement
Open Source versus Closed Source(Propriety Software)
Open Source versus Free Source
Open Source Software Securities
Pros and Cons of Open Source Software

* Develop and deploy a Drupal based website using NetBeans IDE.

* Creating a new Drupal module using the support plugin.

* Further ideas to improve the plugin.

Surreydirectory.info is a very good example of how drupal can help bring life to innovative applications.

- Concept
- Use of modules
- Customization
- Hits & Misses

1> Modules stack available in drupal for building a SNS2> Shortcomings of Modules if any3> Exposure to Panels 2, Organic groups and integration of Panels 2 with organic groups4> Building a facebook app for your social network (brief)5> Building a OpenSocial app for your social network (Brief)6> Pointers to theming

What factors are to be considered while putting up an effort estimate in Drupal Consulting Services business.

Brief Description about Linux, Apache and PHP
How to Optimize Linux & Apache in High Traffic Site
Different Tools using in High Traffic Site
Tunning in between Linux, Apache and PHP
How to test your server after Tunning
Examples/Case studies

Creating multi site with drupl
1> With common data and users
a> directory structure.
b> configure setting.php
c> installation
d> advantages and issues.

2> with seprate data and users
a> directory structure.
b> configure setting.php
c> advantages and issues.

In this session you will find things to consider while upgrading drupal sites

- Module Changes
- Replacement Modules
- Theme Changes
- Localization Considerations and database challenges
- Database changes and data migration scripts
- Ensuring the URL structure is in tact
- Dry run
- Deployment

- Classing Community Journalism, Product Review site for Youth
- Jaldibol.Com Information Architecture
- Solution Architecture
- Development Challenges
- Future improvements

- Drupal Multi-site and what it is
- Install Profiles and its advantages
- Benefits of Multi-site
- Case Studies of Multi-Site Drupal deployments
- Sneak Preview from Labs - Galaminds division Install Profiles

Third Party Integration like

Zvents
OpenX
Google Map