Enjoy Drupal: Module Development Jumpstart

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2014-05-15 13:00 - 16:00 America/Chicago
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Training (free or commercial)

Have you ever wanted to unlock Drupal's full potential? Ever been told that you need to create a custom module to make the change you want, but feel like creating your own module is intimidating? If you know the basics of PHP, the power of Drupal is at your fingertips just waiting to be tapped into.

Have you ever wanted to unlock Drupal's full potential? Ever been told that you need to create a custom module to make the change you want, but feel like creating your own module is intimidating? If you know the basics of PHP, the power of Drupal is at your fingertips just waiting to be tapped into.

This event is going to be an half day training event on the afternoon of May 15th, 2014 in one of UMN's excellent active learning classrooms.

Agenda:

  • Discover how to let Drupal know about your custom code.

  • Learn best practices for coding in Drupal.

  • Override forms, change core behavior, display your content is custom blocks or panes, create new field formatters, and more.

  • Learn how to create, reroll, review and apply patches.

  • Find out how to get involved with the local Drupal community code sprints and coder meetups.

  • Leave with a custom module that you can continue to experiment with and learn from.

Only local images are allowed.