Leveraging Drupal®
As an open source, community-based content management system and
web site application development framework, Drupal allows you to
create interactive, media-based, database-driven web sites that
become a part of everyday activities and communications. This
unique book is the first of its kind to tackle the challenging task
of leveraging Drupal to get a site done right and make that site
work for you, based on industry-wide software development best
practices.
Within these pages, you will gain insight into how to work with
any release of Drupal, approach your project, establish a
development environment, plan for deployment, and avoid pitfalls
along the way. A real-world example of a web site application based
on Drupalan online Literary Workshopis used throughout the book,
and it walks you through the entire development lifecycle. You''ll
learn how to bring your web site into the exciting Drupal
mainstream, customize Drupal for your specific needs, and even make
"non-Drupal" looking sites. With this hands-on guide, you''ll
discover how to use Drupal to efficiently publish, manage, and
organize a wide variety of content on your web site.
What you will learn from this book
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Best practices to optimize the way you approach development
projects
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Methods for setting up a development environment using version
control and issue tracking tools
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How the Drupal theming system works and how it separates content
from presentation and style
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Techniques for upgrading and deploying the online Literary
Workshop
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The future of Drupal and how it might be developed and used
Who this book is for
This book is for Drupal users of all levels of expertise who are
looking to put together a sophisticated web application.
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and technologies easier than you think. Written by programmers for
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guide you through all the techniques involved.