Help for a module dev noob!
Posted by jcl324 on October 4, 2011 at 5:33pm
I've jumped in the deep end of module dev by trying to hack a contrib module. I've learned a lot by dissecting almost every line of code. The module (tablefield) basically just creates a new CCK type and widget of type table so you can have a grid of data within a node. Pretty simple, it allows you to import a CSV file and has a button to rebuild the table adding either rows or columns. I've added a new button to swap the bottom row (when you add a new row it creates a blank at the bottom) to the second row (1st row is always the header).
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