Drupal Dojo CoffeeTalk
This Sunday, the Drupal Dojo group will hold a group meeting (a.k.a. Coffeetalk) to discuss the future of the Dojo initiative. Unlike the last meeting (two weeks ago), I will actually be present for this one.
There's a lot to discuss -- see add1sun's agenda wiki -- and I think now is an important time to solidify and stabilize what we've created together over the past couple months. Join us in #drupal-dojo and on Skype at 11am PST / 2pm EST / 8pm CET
(The Drupal Dojo is a group dedicated to developing more drupal talent through documentation and mentorship, and widening the circle of participation in the developer community. Check out drupaldojo.com for some examples of what we do.)
Read moreLesson #7 and #12 Class Notes wiki -- simple jQuery magic!
jQuery background:
http://jquery.com/
http://drupal.org/node/88978
http://15daysofjquery.com/
http://www.eyecon.ro/interface/
http://visualjquery.com/index.xml
http://drupal.org/node/88978 - Using jQuery
Code from the class:
Attached is a single text file, which contains four javascript files (dojo01.js, dojo02.js, dojo03.js, dojo04.js: to be placed into the dojo module directory) together with the dojo.module file.
Read moreLesson #5 Class Notes wiki -- Get your CVS on!
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This lesson is not redundant with respect to the excellent handbook entries on CVS in general and in terms of using it for Drupal development. Rather it is a relatively short (and illustrated) way of providing an overview on CVS for Drupal development, with all the references in a single handy place, and all the FAQ answered.
Dojo Lesson #7 -- jQuery Magic
I'm back on to give another Dojo Lesson this coming Sunday at the usual time: 11am PST / 2PM EST / 4PM Buenos Ares / 8PM Belgium/Hungary. We'll convene in #drupal-dojo, and on our Skype/VNC lesson session and spend a couple hours addressing topics of concern to up-and-coming Drupalists.
Possible topics I'm thinking about: Node access, and simple jQuery magic. I'm relatively new to both of these, but I can show you what I know and it's enough to get started. Feel free to chime in with comments.
The Drupal Dojo is a relatively new community group dedicated to spreading best-practices and helping developers who are new to the system get up to speed and become masters in their own right. We hold virtual lessons and produce practical developer documentation in both written and screencast form. If you're a newcomer looking for help in grokking the system or an old hand who's tired of being told to clone yourself, consider joining us in the Dojo!
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What international time zone group are you in?
Lesson #6 Class Notes wiki -- Theming and the Themer Pack
The first place to go for anything is the Drupal Handbooks section. Theming is no exception:
The Drupal Handbook: Customization and Theming
Go to the Customization and Theming section of the handbooks for the best basic overview of Drupal theming, and to obtain a great deal of helpful information.
The concept of theming in Drupal very much follows the MVC design pattern. See Wikipedia article on Model-View-Controller pattern. Basically it says that the way stuff looks doesn't need to be connected to what it does. So you can take some functionality that you want to use, and you can make it look the way you want it to look. Drupal does a pretty good job of this in terms of following through in separating the display logic from data processing and business logic, so to speak.
Read moreDrupal Dojo CoffeeTalk
Hey everybody. This weekend I am on the road, meaning I'm not going to be able to give a lesson on Sunday. I also haven't hustled up a substitute, although anyone is welcome to jump in.
What I wanted to propose as an alternative, if no guest-teacher emerges, is that the group gather on IRC, moderated skype, and whatever VNC screensharing seems appropriate, and have a community meeting to talk about how things are going. I think this has been a great success, and I think with a little planning and cohesion, we can really take it to the next level.
Suggested topics:
- How to better organize group activity on g.d.o. (brainstorm, don't be held back by existing functionality)
- Promoting the group?
- How to best present the group and existing materials (screencasts, documentation, etc) to new members?
- Future lesson topics?
- Dojo Projects?
Any feedback on this idea? Even if it doesn't happen on Sunday, I still think a real-time conversation about the Dojo's future is a good thing to do.
Read moreDojo Lesson #6 -- Theming and the Themer Pack
I'm back on to give another Dojo Lesson this coming Sunday at the usual time: 11am PST / 2PM EST / 4PM Buenos Ares / 8PM Belgium/Hungary. We'll convene in #drupal-dojo, and on our Skype/VNC lesson session and spend a couple hours addressing topics of concern to up-and-coming Drupalists.
UPDATE: Screencast torrent for this lesson is available.
UPDATE: Sunday's Lesson Will Be Focused On The Drupal 5 Themer Pack. There's also another g.d.o group for this if you find it very exciting. We'll talk about the aims of the project, cover drupal theme concepts in general, and get down and dirty with some template files.
The Drupal Dojo is a new community group dedicated to spreading best-practices and helping developers who are new to the system get up to speed and become masters in their own right. There's a shortage of Drupal talent, and everybody knows it. If you're a newcomer looking for help in grokking the system or an old hand who's tired of being told to clone yourself, consider joining the Dojo!
Read moreLesson #4 Class Notes wiki -- Module Mashups!
Contribution Module Rock Star Roundup! CCK, views, panels... oh my!
Today we will be seeing what we can do, creating rich content layouts with modules such as CCK, views, panels, and how to make use of some of the core modules, such as taxonomy. And as we shall see, you can use views within panels...
Comment: It would be helpful to have an abstract of what will be accomplished, or even a demo of the end results for those who get scared browsing half way down and seeing all that code.
First step is to install the relevant modules.
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Dojo Lesson #5 -- Get your CVS on
Here's an event to track the class about CVS and the Project module on Drupal.org. If you've always wondered what everyone is talking about when they say "dww is the coolest for the new project release system" then this is for you: dww will be joining the call. If you have a module or theme that you would like to release on Drupal.org then you will learn how to add it, branch it, tag it, and create a project node.
Take a look at the class agenda to see the topics that will be covered.
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