San Francisco Drupal Users Group - Entities in Drupal 7 & the Entity API

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Start: 
2013-03-11 18:00 - 21:45 America/Los_Angeles
Event type: 
User group meeting

Topic
Entities in Drupal 7 & the Entity API

Synopsis
With every major version of Drupal comes a wealth of improvements. Some of these are easily visible to site administrators and end users, while others are more "under the hood". The concept of entities, introduced in Drupal 7, is definitely an "under the hood" improvement: one that offers Drupal developers a new set of tools to build web applications more quickly and help ensure scalability and performance.

In this interactive talk, we'll:

Compare data storage options in Drupal 6 to those in Drupal 7 (there are more in Drupal 7!)
Explore what entities are and how they relate to nodes, content types, users, taxonomies, fields, bundles, and more
Walk through defining a custom entity
Discuss how to leverage the Entity API contrib module to take full advantage of entities including integration with Views, Rules, and more
Look at examples of entities in action

We'll start at a high-level (suitable for site builders) and finish looking at some code examples.

Bio
JD Leonard is the Founder and Chief Solutions Architect at Modern Biz Consulting in Oakland. JD plans and develops complex web applications for startups and other businesses (using Drupal, of course!)