The real power of Drupal comes from the thousands of contrib modules on Drupal.org. However, what happens when a contrib module has a bug or is missing a feature that you need?
At this meetup David Snopek will cover the basics of collaboration on Drupal.org (for everyone) and getting started writing Drupal 7 contrib modules (for coders and the coder-curious).
This will include:
- An overview of how the community collaborates on Drupal.org
- How to apply patches you find on Drupal.org (which may fix your problems)
- How to get your fixes included in a module on Drupal.org
- The basics of using Git
- The basics of writing a module for Drupal 7 and where/how to learn more!
- Some suggestions for tools to edit code, apply patches and run a Drupal development environment
While all of this information is important to learn anyway if you intend to use Drupal over the long-term - it will also help you get ready for the Drupal sprint we're hosting on Sunday, January 26th at Bucketworks.
This is going to be a super awesome event - I encourage you to consider coming to the sprint! You can read more about it and RSVP here:
http://www.meetup.com/Drupal414/events/156804262/
The best food at a Meetup!
As always, Steve will bring some amazing home cookin'! We might not be the biggest Meetup, but we have the best food!
Bring your problems & successes:
Are you working on a Drupal site and hit a problem? Bring it to the meetup and we'll try to help you solve it!
Did you just create something awesome with Drupal? Or learn something cool? Show it off during a 5 minute lightning talk.
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The slides for my presentation in advance
Hi Everyone!
I'm going to share my slides in advance because there will be the opportunity to follow along in later sections and all the links are in there:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sOvrkCbn3rUA9QoDPSgMSsyXvNrrjOVU...
But be warned that it may continue to change a bit before tonight, though. :-)
If you want to follow along, please bring your laptop with you.
See ya later!