Pro Drupal as an Enterprise Development Platform

In Pro Drupal as an Enterprise Development Platform authors Jamie Kurtz and Thomas Besluau explain how developers can save themselves time and money, and build their applications faster with fewer bugs by using the Drupal CMS as a foundation for their projects. The days when custom client applications were built entirely from scratch are over. Today, it makes business sense to use a flexible, highly scalable framework such as Drupal, Joomla or DotNetNuke as a foundation. This book focuses on why Drupal makes a particularly strong choice for the majority of developers.

With an unprecedented level of community support, tens of thousands of well-proven plug-ins and modules available for download, and advanced content management rules and configuration engines Drupal is flexible enough to provide a firm base upon which almost all enterprise application developers can build their own custom solutions.

As this book will make clear, it is no longer necessary for developers to write complex applications entirely from scratch for each of their clients. Instead,they should begin by using an enterprise-class CMS like Drupal to provide a robust foundation for them so that they can concentrate their time and skills into solving the business-specific problems of each individual client maximizing the value that they add to each assignment.

Pro Drupal as an Enterprise Development Platform

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Drupal Creating Blogs, Forums, Portals, and Community Websites

An entire guide to every aspect of creating a number of different websites using Drupal. A trove of well-considered and useful information is presented within a logical and intuitive manner so that you can either build-up your site step by step by reading from cover to pay for or, alternatively, focus on your particular needs by diving into each chapter as required. This guide will suit those who have a need to produce a content rich website. If you are: Adding a personal web page. Creating a forum. Writing a collaborative book. Retailing goods. Making a blog. Launching a residential area Website. This book will prove to be an essential companion. Both experts and beginners to computing alike will discover the information contained herein to be accessible and simple to intuit.
Drupal Creating Blogs, Forums, Portals, and Community Websites

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A Programmer's Guide to Drupal

If you’re a web programmer new to Drupal, this book shows you which programming techniques you can use—and which you should avoid—when building custom web applications with this content management framework. Drupal has its own set of programming principles that require a different approach, and many programmers make mistakes when relying on skills they’ve used for other projects. The guidelines in this book help you through the transition by demonstrating which programming practices conform to the “Drupal way,” and which don’t.

If you’re familiar with PHP, you’ll quickly learn how to take advantage of the powerful Drupal API.
Get a complete overview of Drupal, including Drupal core and add-on modules and themes
Learn Drupal’s basic programming principles, such as the ability to customize behavior and output with hooks
Discover common Drupal programming mistakes—and why hacking is one of them
Explore specific areas where you can put your programming skills to work
Learn programming tips and tools to help you perfect and debug your applications

A Programmer's Guide to Drupal

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