Pro Drupal 7 Development [electronic resource] / by Todd Tomlinson, John K. VanDyk ; edited by Michelle Lowman, Steve Anglin, Mark Beckner, Ewan Buckingham, Gary Cornell, Jonathan Gennick, Jonathan Hassell, Michelle Lowman, Matthew Moodie, Duncan Parkes, Jeffrey Pepper, Frank Pohlmann, Douglas Pundick, Ben Renow-Clarke, Dominic Shakeshaft, Matt Wade, Tom Welsh, Anita Castro, Mary Ann Fugate.

How Drupal Works -- Writing a Module -- Hooks, Actions, and Triggers -- The Menu System -- Working with Databases -- Working with Users -- Working with Nodes -- Working with Fields -- The Theme System -- Working with Blocks -- The Form API -- Manipulating User Input: The Filter System -- Searching and Indexing Content -- Working with Files -- Working with Taxonomy -- Caching -- Sessions -- Using jQuery -- Localization and Translation -- XML-RPC -- Writing Secure Code -- Development Best Practices -- Optimizing Drupal -- Installation Profiles -- Testing.

Pro Drupal 7 Development updates the most popular development reference for therelease of Drupal 7. With several new and completely-rewritten essential APIs and improvements in Drupal 7, this book will not only teach developers how to write modules ranging from simple to complex, but also how Drupal itself works. Learn the Drupal APIs and major changes in Drupal 7 Learn how to write Drupal modules using the APIs Learn proper development practices and how to become a contributing community member

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