Rapid Wed Development with Drupal

Hi guys

As part of phpMelb's current series of framework talks, I will be presenting on "Rapid Web Development with Drupal" on Monday night at RMIT in the city. See phpMelb.org for more info.

When?

6.30pm for a 7pm start, Monday 21st September 2009.

Where?

Room 18, Level 3
Building 8, RMIT
368 Swanston St
(http://phpMelb.org/map)

What?

Rapid Web Development with Drupal by Shaun Moss

* Drupal use cases and the 3 aspects of Drupal development
* Pros and cons of Drupal
* Drupal concepts
* Drupal modules – types, most popular, installation, configuration
* Drupal theming
* Nodes, content management, content types, CCK
* Regions, menus, blocks and views
* Users, roles, permissions
* Drupal module development, hooks
* Drupal community

This will be very much an introduction to Drupal, as we will not have enough time to go deep into the details. Drupal is a large and complex ecosystem and takes years to learn. However, this presentation will expose you to the most important things needed to understand what Drupal is all about and how to get started.

Shaun Moss has been programming since childhood, commercially since age 16. Initially working with Turbo Pascal and then C++, amongst other things, he discovered ASP about 10 years ago and decided to focus on web apps. Shaun switched to PHP/MySQL in 2001, then started using Drupal about 1 year ago. His education is in computer science, maths and engineering, and he has worked in other roles including salesperson, manager, teacher and draftsperson. His main interests are humanitarianism, environment and space, and his goal is to use web-based software and social networking to change the world.