Views for hackers

Views is a query generator and renderer. Its open internal architecture allows 3rd-party modules to extend its capabilities almost infinitely.

In this session, I will present Views from an architectural, top-down perspective. Starting with the 10,000-feet-high conceptual view, we will progressively drill down on the details until we hit the code.

Here are some of the topics covered in the talk:

• Adding new tables for Views consumption
• Writing plugins and handlers for all sorts of Views entities
• Hacking Views internals when needed

I will base the presentation on real-life modules and puzzles where we examine existing solutions to gain an understanding of Views programming.

Video available at Archive.org.