DrupalConParis2009 - drupal 7

Coder Module: Easily Port Modules to Drupal 7

stella — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:19:52 +0000

Drupal has a number of coding standards that all contributed Drupal modules and themes should be using. Instead of each developer coding in their own preferred style, they are asked to write all code according to the standards outlined in the document. This ensures that all of Drupal's code is written to a consistent standard, making it easier to understand and modify. Drupal also provides its own set of API functions, and as the drop is always moving, a large number of these API functions can change between major releases of Drupal.

Speaker bio:

Stella Power starting using Drupal over 3 years ago. Since then she has contributed the FAQ and Avatar Selection modules, and is maintainer of the popular Lightbox2 and Code Review modules. She operates Annertech Ltd and now works for CivicActions, one of our DrupalCon sponsors. She is also a keen photographer and ceramic artist.

Co presenters:

douggreen

solotandem

Drupal 7 Status Update and Next Steps

webchick — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:39:26 +0000

This talk will provide an overview of the state of Drupal 7 and what our next steps as a community will be in order to see this fantastic new release come to fruition. Topics will include things such as:

* Overview of Drupal 7 development cycle.
* Shout-outs to the core development team.
* New and exciting features to look forward to for end users, designers, and developers.
* Advice for those who wish to start porting their modules and themes.
* What's left to do before release, and how you (yes, you!) can help.

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Day 2

Speaker bio:

Angela "webchick" Byron is the Drupal 7 core maintainer, a Lullabot, co-author of the O'Reilly book Using Drupal, and recipient of the Google-O'Reilly Open 2008 Source Award for Best Contributor. She got her start as a Google Summer of Code student in 2005 and since then has completely immersed herself in the Drupal community.

Drupal's new database layer

Crell — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:47:17 +0000

Drupal's database layer has undergone a major overhaul in Drupal 7 to take advantage of new and powerful features in PHP 5. The new system includes over a dozen new features, from a query builder in core to support for Master/slave replication. As with most major overhauls, however, that means API changes. This session will cover the challenges of database abstraction, Drupal's approach, and how to fully leverage the new system in your own code and sites.

Agenda

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Database abstraction: Why it's hard and even an unsolvable problem.

Speaker bio:

After four years working with Drupal, Larry Garfield is the Senior Lead of Programming at Palantir.net. He also serves as the Director of Legal Affairs for the Drupal Association, and since 2008 has been the Drupal database system maintainer. He also maintains a number of modules, including several Views plugins. When he's not leading a crack team of Drupal gurus to build sites for universities and art museums, he can often be found gutting and rewriting major Drupal subsystems for fun, or visiting his therapist about that issue.