Based on a presentation at Florida Drupalcamp 2011
Drupal's code involves many common coding techniques that make your code more readable, maintainable, and efficient. Although there are countless PHP tricks that could be used, I will focus on helper functions and other common methods used specifically by Drupal developers when writing good code.
- Creating your own hooks
- Effectively using static variables
- Utilizing Drupal's cache
- Storing objects in the database
- Making the most of menus
Drupal design patterns
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When I was starting out in
Submitted by alejandro.garza on
When I was starting out in Drupal development, confronting the dreaded learning curve, I just wanted to know: where do I *start*? This write-up helps out enormously, although maybe is meant for those farther along the curve than pure beginners. =)
Absolutely not for beginners.
Submitted by erikwebb on
Absolutely not for beginners. Either for experienced programmers of other languages or intermediate Drupal developers.
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