A peek into Drupal Coding, how to get started when you know PHP already

Track: 
Coder
Experience: 
Intermediate

This session is all about getting into Drupal with code. You already know PHP/MySQL may have even written your own CMS before waking up and realizing there are better ideas.

The session will cover Drupal 6 and 7 so you can skip the road bumps so many hit. Learn the Drupal way, how to hook into the systems available and the best ways to manipulate without hacking core.

An open discussion will also be a part of this session where potential use cases can be put forth and then disected as to how they could be implemented in a modular way.

Intended audience: 

Newbie Drupal coders, Drupal implementers wanting to learn what is possible, Others who know how to program, but want to get kickstarted into Drupal coding

Questions answered by this session
Question 1: 
How do preprocess functions work?
Question 2: 
How can I customize Views output/functionality?
Question 3: 
How do I start coding with Drupal?
Question 4: 
How can I control access to my module/custom code?
Question 5: 
How can I create my own forms and data storage?
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