Curriculum and Training

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Discussion about Drupal training programs and training opportunities
Links or information about courseware & learning materials for training (tag as "materials")
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Discussions related to an open curriculum (tag as "open curriculum")
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Open Curriculum: Definitions – Scenarios – Roadmap – Skill sets – Open certification – References - Roles
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Advanced Drupal coding

Posted by kulcsi on November 27, 2011 at 11:08am
Last updated by DSquaredB on Thu, 2011-12-08 17:48

This page relates to the Skill sets described in the open curriculum project, and tries to describe one of the skill sets. See this page as a collaborative notebook, and feel free to edit and improve it.

Someone with Advanced Drupal coding skills:

knows how to define and use entities (CRUD)
knows how to work with databases
understands the Database Abstraction Layer
knows how to use the schema API
knows how to handle the login process programmatically
knows how to work with nodes programmatically

Secure coding

Posted by kulcsi on November 27, 2011 at 10:52am
Last updated by greggles on Mon, 2011-11-28 02:04

Someone with Writing secure code skills:

knows how to handle user input securely (using check_plain() and t(), using filter_xss(), using filter_xss_admin(), ...)
knows how to handle URLs securely
is able to make queries secure against SQL Injection by using the database API: e.g. db_query(), adding the node_access tag

Front end development

Posted by kulcsi on November 27, 2011 at 10:33am
Last updated by DSquaredB on Thu, 2011-12-08 17:47

Someone with front end development skills:

knows how to declare new renderable elements
knows how to write theme functions
knows how to create preprocess functions, form_alters
knows how to add/change theme settings
knows how to show/hide functions
knows how to write layout plugins to contrib modules (?)

Advanced theming

Posted by kulcsi on November 27, 2011 at 10:07am
Last updated by DSquaredB on Thu, 2011-12-08 17:44

Someone with advanced theming skills:

is able to create grid based layouts (960 grid systems)
is able to create themes/design that responds to size, orientation and other relevant properties of the browser + media being used (responsive layout design).
knows how to create jQuery based interactions
*...

Basic theming

Posted by kulcsi on November 27, 2011 at 9:50am
Last updated by heather on Fri, 2011-12-09 10:01

Someone with basic theming skills knows how to:

Install existing themes, subthemes
Create custom themes, subthemes
Declare regions and assign blocks to the region
Override core and contributed CSS declarations
Override markup in core and contributed template files
Alter markup through configuration of core and contributed markup

Requirements analysis

Posted by kulcsi on November 23, 2011 at 10:09pm
Last updated by DSquaredB on Thu, 2011-12-08 17:42

The goal of requirement analysis is determining the needs or conditions to meet for a new or altered product, taking account of the possibly conflicting requirements of the various stakeholders, such as beneficiaries or users.

Someone with requirement analysis skills:

knows how to identify the stakeholders of a project

Usability testing

Posted by kulcsi on November 22, 2011 at 10:24am
Last updated by DSquaredB on Thu, 2011-12-08 17:41

Usability testing is a technique used in user-centered interaction design to evaluate a product by testing it on users.

Someone with usability testing skills:

knows how to observe people using the software to discover errors and areas of improvement
knows how to measure efficiency, accuracy, recall and emotional response of the users

Interaction design

Posted by kulcsi on November 22, 2011 at 10:08am
Last updated by DSquaredB on Thu, 2011-12-08 17:40

Interaction design is heavily focused on satisfying the needs and desires of the people who will use the product.

Someone with interaction design skills:

knows how to define the workflow for website users as they interact with the website to perform specific tasks

User assistance

Posted by kulcsi on November 22, 2011 at 9:51am
Last updated by DSquaredB on Thu, 2011-12-08 17:37

User assistance provides information to help a person to interact with software.

Someone with user assistance skills:

knows the field of UI design, usability testing, localization, testing, quality assurance, instructional design, scripting or programming and accessibility

Axis12 is now providing expert Drupal Training

Posted by karolinapopova on November 10, 2011 at 2:41pm

We’ve all seen the increase in demand for quality Drupal skills, which is why we have put together a comprehensive 12 course syllabus of Drupal training courses. These courses cover all levels of Drupal development, for both Drupal 6 and 7. We’ve tailored these courses so that you can get your condensed, high quality Drupal training at a venue that suits you.

Description of skill set "Active community contribution"

Posted by DSquaredB on November 9, 2011 at 6:01pm
Last updated by Itangalo on Fri, 2011-11-11 07:15

Someone with active community contribution skills:

Organizes drupal.org groups
Organizes Drupal meetups
Coordinates community projects
Actively contributes to community projects
Maintains drupal.org (code) projects
Assists or mentors people less experienced with Drupal

Description of skill set "Community participation"

Posted by DSquaredB on November 9, 2011 at 4:42pm
Last updated by Itangalo on Fri, 2011-11-11 07:18

Someone with community participation skills:

Has joined a regional or interest group (or groups) on groups.drupal.org
Takes part in discussions in groups to which they belong
Participates in Drupal meetups
Answers questions in forums
Contributes to/edits drupal.org documentation

Description of skill set "Basic drupal.org skills"

Posted by DSquaredB on November 9, 2011 at 4:41pm
Last updated by Itangalo on Fri, 2011-11-11 07:19

Someone with basic drupal.org skills:

Has an account on drupal.org
Knows how to search issue queues to determine if their questions have already been posed and/or answered
Knows how to report bugs and issues in proper form in the proper queues

Description of skill set "Simple site configuration"

Posted by DSquaredB on November 9, 2011 at 4:20pm
Last updated by Itangalo on Sun, 2011-12-11 23:15

Someone with simple site configuration skills is able to:

Create blocks
Enable and disable blocks (placing them in regions)
Set up roles and permissions
Set front page, set site name
...

Move to content management?

Add, delete, or edit users
Create and edit menu links

Move to basic site building?

Drupal Trainings and Workshops in Pune

Posted by maxbohr on November 9, 2011 at 2:37pm

Event type:

Training (free or commercial)

Max Bohr (www.maxbohr.com) conducts regular trainings and workshops on Drupal in Pune. You can contact us at info@maxbohr.com or +91 8698378321 for more details.

Description of skill set "Configuration export"

Posted by Itangalo on November 9, 2011 at 7:34am
Last updated by Itangalo on Wed, 2011-11-09 07:34

This page relates to the Skill sets described in the open curriculum project, and tries to describe one of the skill sets. See this page a collaborative notebook, and feel free to edit and improve it.

Configuration export is the art of making site building configuration exported to code. This is useful from (at least) two perspectives:

Making it possible/easier to version control it
Making it possible/easier to move configuration between different sites/environments

The configuration export skill set includes the following skills:

Description of skill set "Coding for major contrib projects"

Posted by Itangalo on November 9, 2011 at 7:12am
Last updated by Itangalo on Wed, 2011-11-09 07:12

This skill set could include the following skills (in no particular order):

Writing Views handlers
Writing Views plugins
Writing CTools plugins
Writing Rules extensions
Declaring new entities to Entity API
Writing Context plugins
Writing Feeds plugins
…

It might also include things that are Drupal core stuff, and not contrib:

Description of skill set "Basic Drupal coding skills"

Posted by Itangalo on November 9, 2011 at 7:01am
Last updated by cedewey on Fri, 2012-03-30 20:51

Some things that could fit into this skill set:

Basic PHP skills

Using variables, including the most common variable operators
Using arrays, including associative arrays and nested arrays
Using conditional statements (including alternative syntax for assigning new values to variables)
Basic object handling
Declaring functions

Description of skill set "PHP coding for theming"

Posted by heather on November 8, 2011 at 4:27pm
Last updated by heather on Tue, 2011-11-08 16:27

Typical new themers may come from both a programming background or a design background. Someone with previous PHP skills can hop right in, but someone who is new to PHP might stumble and get lost a bit. This skill set outlines the essential PHP a themer would need to know.

Description of skill set "Setting Up Drupal Servers"

Posted by rickumali on November 7, 2011 at 5:27pm
Last updated by gurubydesign on Tue, 2012-02-21 04:25

"Setting Up Drupal Servers" is an umbrella skill that could probably be described as "system administration".

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