Drupal Best Practices

We are going to cover... ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Installation ,[object Object],[object Object]

Geting Drupal from CVS ,[object Object],http://drupal.org/node/93966

Getting contibuted modules ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],http://drupal.org/node/93966

Now updates are a snap ,[object Object],[object Object]

Updating to new Drupal version ,[object Object],[object Object]

Revision Control you project ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],YOU CANNOT USE CVS HERE

Best Practices so far ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Module Development ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Make sure you understand ,[object Object],[object Object]

Understand hooks ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

And obiviously ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Ask questions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],`

Code you own modules when needed ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

If it is a Node Module ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

With CCK ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

While writing module ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Use the Form API ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Convention over Configuration ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Validate ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Input validation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Othe use full functions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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SQL ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

BAD SQL... ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Good SQL ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

printf style convervsion specs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Avoid queries in loop ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Bewre of QUERY HELL ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Reloading user again

Modules and HTML ,[object Object],Never output html directly from module functions BUT DON'T MAKE IT A RELIGION

Example of Module + HTML ,[object Object],Generates HTML directly Learn from it

One tip ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],use print statement from inside functions

Themes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Theme engines ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

PHPTemplate ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

TPL Magic ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Learn the variables available to tpl page.tpl.php node.tpl.php $head $styles $scripts $head_title $is_front $footer ... ... $node $links $posted $$page ... ... ...

Override anything themeable theme_pager() phptemplate_pager()

Rule of Thumb is ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Blocks/Regions are good ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

defining regions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What we did not cover ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

But you know where to go ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Thank You for your time ,[object Object],Mir Nazim Xensoft Labs www.xensoftlabs.com [email_address]

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