Pro Drupal 7 Development 3rd Edition

Description

Pro Drupal 7 Development updates the most popular development reference for therelease of Drupal 7. With several new and completely-rewritten essential APIs and improvements in Drupal 7, this book will not only teach developers how to write modules ranging from simple to complex, but also how Drupal itself works.
* Learn the Drupal APIs and major changes in Drupal 7
* Learn how to write Drupal modules using the APIs
* Learn proper development practices and how to become a contributing community member

   What you'll learn
* How to get started with writing basic modules
* The flexible Drupal APIs and how they interact with modules
* How new features in Drupal 7 make modules even more powerful and sophisticated
* Best practices when developing in Drupal (coding standards, help developer modules)
* How to write safe, secure, and tested code
* How to contribute modules back to the Drupal community and maintain their modules using the Concurrent Versions System (CVS) Who this book is for

    This book is for existing Drupal module developers wanting to learn about Drupal 7 and people already knowledgeable in PHP who are interested in developing for Drupal. Simply put, if you are working with Drupal, then you need this book.

    Table of Contents
* How Drupal Works
* Writing a Module
* Hooks, Actions, and Triggers
* The Menu System
* Working with Databases
* Working with Users
* Working with Nodes
* Working with Fields
* The Theme System
* Working with Blocks
* The Form API
* Manipulating User Input: The Filter System
* Searching and Indexing Content
* Working with Files
* Working with Taxonomy
* Caching
* Sessions
* Using jQuery
* Localization and Translation
* XML-RPC
* Writing Secure Code
* Development Best Practices
* Optimizing Drupal
* Installation Profiles
* Testing
* Database Table Reference
* Resources

CONTENTS:

1. How Drupal Works

   2. Writing a Module

   3. Hooks, Actions, and Triggers

   4. The Menu System

   5. Working with Databases

   6. Working with Users

   7. Working with Nodes

   8. Working with Fields

   9. The Theme System

  10. Working with Blocks

  11. The Form API

  12. Manipulating User Input: The Filter System

  13. Searching and Indexing Content

  14. Working with Files

  15. Working with Taxonomy

  16. Caching

  17. Sessions

  18. Using jQuery

  19. Localization and Translation

  20. XML-RPC

  21. Writing Secure Code

  22. Development Best Practices

  23. Optimizing Drupal

  24. Installation Profiles

  25. Testing

  26. Database Table Reference

  27. Resources