Hi fellow Drupalers,
It's that time of the month again.... the Drupal Brighton meetup is next Tuesday from 8pm at http://theskiff.org
In my original year plan I had down to talk about best practices for setting up a Drupal development environment which I had imagined would be some kind of discussion between members, however I realise that this might not have broad appeal yet as there seems to be lots of people that still want to learn more of the basics about Drupal.
I'm also aware that it's only a few days away so organising anything too radical is a little pointless.
So, what to do - any suggestions on topics? Anyone want to present anything?
Help appreciated - I messed up last month changing times and no-one turned up (well, one new member did at 8pm but I was gone by then...).
I'm also considering doing another Drupal 101 type tutorial, although will shorten it to say an hour.
TIA
Steve
Comments
How about Views2?
Hi Steve,
I have missed February's meet-up but I have participated to (and enjoyed ) the one dedicated to Panels. Here is my topic suggestion for next Tuesday: I think that, if we want to keep it basic while still making it exciting for people at all levels of proficiency, perhaps we should cover Views2. While I guess beginner Drupal users get quickly familiar with the basic features of Views, there are a number of more advanced functionalities that are not obvious at all, and that might take some time to discover and fully master (I am thinking of the use of the Attachment display, the handling of Default arguments, the Summary feature, etc..). Personally, I am definitely willing to know more about those and, more generally, I would be curious to know how you guys use this indispensable Drupal module.
Look forward to seeing you all next Tuesday,
Have a good Week end,
Andrea
Sounds good - any more for any more?
Hi Andrea,
Thanks for your reply and kind words - views is a great topic idea!
Must admit I've used attachments but don't fully know them - apparently there's a whole book about views attachments just been launched...
Any more ideas? If no more replies by the end of tomorrow (Sunday) then views it is, I'll post a reminder to BNM & BFL on Monday.
See you Tues,
Steve
Debugging
If you have a few moments and have PHP debugging working I would like to see what you use and how you have that set up.
Martin.
Re: Debugging
Hi Martin
Thanks for your reply - it's not an area I'm an expert in - perhaps someone else on this list might be able to chip in here??...
Re: Debugging
Hi Martin,
I use Eclipse PDT with xdebug. Unfortunately I don't have a machine I can readily transport to demo it to you, but this tutorial gives some idea of setup/usage:
http://devzone.zend.com/article/2930
-alx
I've struggled with this method
I have occasionally had it working that way, but it never seemed to be reliable and setting it up looks like a black art. I'll study the article you linked to and see if I can do any better.
Martin.