Intro to the Field API for Module Developers

Submitted by bjaspan on July 3, 2009 - 17:34

Your session in a few words:

Learn to use the Field API to add custom content to anything

Date:

September 2, 2009 - 17:15 - 18:00

Room:

Adenauer

Track:

Code it, test it, deploy it

Session Type:

Lecture

Level of expertise:

Intermediate

Language:

English

Drupal 7 includes the new Field API which provides "CCK functionality" in core. The Field API supports attaching custom data fields to nodes, users, remote data objects, and any other type of entity. This session introduces the Field API for module developers and shows how it differs from Drupal 6's "hook_nodeapi" approach.

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Barry Jaspan

Barry Jaspan has been a Drupal contributor and core developer for over three years. He developed the Schema API and is the team leader for Field API. He is a Principal Engineer at Acquia, Inc. and is an entrepreneurially-minded computer programmer with a strong focus on computer security and privacy. Prior to Acquia, Barry created interMute, the first commercial web annoyance blocker, and Spamnix, a spam-blocking product. Barry is a maniacal whitewater kayaker and rock climber and generally spends his time wherever rocks, water, and gravity meet.