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Widely praised for its in-depth coverage of Drupal internals, bestselling Pro Drupal Development has been completely updated for Drupal 6 in this latest edition, and there are even more tricks of the trade to help you further yourself as a professional Drupal developer.
Assuming you already know how to install and bring a standard installation online, John K. VanDyk gives you everything else you need to customize your Drupal installation however you see fit. Pro Drupal Development, Second Edition delves deep into Drupal internals, showing you how to take full advantage of its powerful architecture.What you'll learn Find out how to create your own modules, develop your own themes, and produce your own filters. Learn the inner workings of each key part of Drupal, including user management, sessions, the node system, caching, and the various APIs available to you. Discover how to optimize your Drupal installation to perform well under high-load situations. Gain the knowledge needed to secure your Drupal installation and other best practice techniques. Learn to integrate Ajax into and internationalize your Drupal web site. Who this book is for
Web developers maintaining and creating sites with Drupal. It is assumed that you already know the basics of Drupal and are able to install and bring up a basic installation. This book takes you deeper into the internals of Drupal and teaches how to tweak and modify it in order to create that perfect web site. Simply put, if you are working with Drupal, you need Pro Drupal Development, Second Edition.
Synopsis
Widely praised for its in?depth coverage of Drupal internals, bestselling Pro Drupal Development has been updated for Drupal 6 in this edition, and provides are even more tricks of the trade to help you further yourself as a professional Drupal developer.
Assuming you already know how to install and bring a standard installation online, John K. VanDyk gives you everything else you need to customize your Drupal installation however you see fit. Pro Drupal Development, Second Edition delves deep into Drupal internals, showing you how to take full advantage of its powerful architecture. What you?ll learn Find out how to create your own modules, develop your own themes, and produce your own filters. Learn the inner workings of each key part of Drupal, including user management, sessions, the node system, caching, and the various APIs available to you. Discover how to optimize your Drupal installation to perform well under high?load situations. Gain the knowledge needed to secure your Drupal installation and other best practice techniques. Learn to integrate Ajax into and internationalize your Drupal web site. Who this book is for
Web developers maintaining and creating sites with Drupal. It is assumed that you already know the basics of Drupal and are able to install and bring up a basic installation. This book takes you deeper into the internals of Drupal and teaches how to tweak and modify it in order to create that perfect web site. Simply put, if you are working with Drupal, you needPro Drupal Development, Second Edition.
Synopsis
Now completely updated for Drupal 6, this latest edition contains even more tricks of the trade to help professional Drupal developers enhance their skills. The author provides everything readers need to customize their Drupal installation, and delves deep into Drupal internals, showing how to take full advantage of its architecture.
Synopsis
Drupal is the premier open source content management system available. It is used for high profile sites such as TheOnion.com and has been deployed by organizations such as NASA. Utilizing Drupal, you can create your own personal blog, a community driven site like Slashdot, or any other content oriented web site you can imagine. Building upon the success of the first edition, this second edition is updated completely to cover the newest version of Drupal, version 6.
Pro Drupal Development is a book geared to professionals that need to deploy and customize Drupal. This book delves deep into the internals of the Drupal system and teaches the reader everything they will need to know to deploy a highly customized and optimized Drupal installation. Every web developer looking to deploy web sites quickly to their clients while still being able to harness the power of an excellent content management system needs this book.