Building Your First Module

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Code & Development
Intermediate
Site Building

Logistics

Duration:

One hour

This session will be appropriate for those who are already familiar with Drupal and its terminologies, and want to get into the exciting art of developing a new module. Will also provide a greater understanding of existing modules- how they work and how to work with them.

Agenda

Where custom modules fit in the scheme of Drupal customizations
How to figure out if you need a new module
How to store data
Basic Hooks
Advanced Hooks
Coding Standards and best practices
Using the theme layer
Updated for Drupal 7

Goals

An initial grasp of the hook system and theming layer and module files. Will be able to start writing a simple node module and other types of modules. Will be able to evalute and understand contrib and core modules to a greater degree.