Posted by mikeq on December 12, 2008 at 6:15pm
Hi Everyone,
I'll be teaching the Drupal class at Madison Area Technical College again this Spring, the main theme being module development with PHP. The prereqs are some background with HTML and CSS and a little PHP (or willingness to learn it quickly).
What: Drupal class Where: Madison Area Technical College, Truax campus When: Tues-Thurs, 5:30 pm - 6:20 pm Starts: January 13, 2009 Ends: May 14, 2009 Cost: $329.25
More info about this and our other programming classes here (PHP, Flash, Java, etc.).
Comments
using existing database
I have been trying to find solutions for migrating from a dreamweaver/mySQL/Lasso website to drupal. I need to create a list of events from an existing database, a 7 language glossary from an existing database, and possibly an ubercart catalog from existing database. Is this the sort of thing that module creating would let me do. I'm not sure I can fit the class in but I'm trying to find out if its the tool I need. I wondered if maybe something like CCK and Views would be a way to do what I need.
Thanks for any thoughts you have on how I should proceed.
Consider a custom module
Hi Dave,
CCK and Views are impressive and maybe can be adapted to your purposes. My tack in such situations, however (and what we do in the course) is to write a custom module. In that case, there are no inherent limitations to what is possible. It sounds like the data is already in MySQL, which means there will be no data porting problems –- the DBs can be accessed as is.
Still looking for a few good people to round out this class -- we start next Tuesday, January 13.
Mike
I would love to take your class but I can't free up the time in my schedule this semester. Are there any other resources you can point me to? Can I pay for a brief session with you to get me going?
Thanks
Dave