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« Friday August 08, 2008 »
Fri
Start: 14:00
End: 14:40

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:

Start: 14:00
End: 14:40

- 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.

Start: 14:00
End: 14:40

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

Start: 14:50
End: 15:30

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)

Start: 16:00
End: 16:40

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

Start: 16:50
End: 17:30

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

Start: 16:50
End: 17:30

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

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