The Drupal Toolbox - get your Drupal on like Donkey Kong!

Track: 
Coder
Experience: 
Beginner

When it comes to Drupal, you have a lot of choices in how you set up your development environment. The options can be mind-boggling, and it is difficult to find the tools that are right for you. In this session, I will give you the highlights of some of the best options out there and teach you how to build a development environment that is right for you.

TOPICS
IDE tips and tricks – E.g. Zend Studio, Eclipse, NetBeans.
Browser Plugins – E.g. Firebug, Webdeveloper, Debugger.
Debugging - how to wrangle WSOD's and other such mischief.
Modules – E.g. drush, coder and devel modules.
Contributing - Drupal needs you!
Question Time – Of course I'll let you ask some questions :)

By the end of the session you will have a much broader knowledge of the tools available to help you be successful developing with Drupal!

Intended audience: 

New and junior developers. Themers who want to delve into templates would also get some benefit from the session.

Questions answered by this session
Question 1: 
Why do I need unix line endings?
Question 2: 
How do I debug my javascript?
Question 3: 
Where do I look when I get a WSOD? (white screen of death)
Question 4: 
What is all the fuss about drush?
Question 5: 
How do I submit my awesome module/theme to drupal.org?
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