Drupal 7 Custom Module Development

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Extend your Drupal 7 sites with custom modules, which allow you to create everything from admin interfaces to forms. Author Jon Peck describes how modules extend your base Drupal installation, then walks through how to write your own module with a practical example featuring geo-positioned alternative energy centers. The course also describes how to control access to site features, create new content types, build forms, understand data persistence, embrace coding standards, and much more.

Topics include:

Creating your first module

Interacting with hooks

Working with permissions and roles

Controlling access

Adding a menu item to an admin interface

Using the Form API (FAPI) to quickly create a form

Creating custom form validation

Manually creating a custom content type

Validating user input

Importing content using feeds

Creating a block

Understanding best practices and coding standards

Introduction 4m 51s

Welcome 39s

Using the exercise files 3m 30s

Understanding what you should know 42s

1. Key Concepts 24m 55s

What are modules and why use them? 6m 1s

Creating your first module 10m 13s

Interacting with hooks 8m 41s

2. Creating an Administrative Interface 53m 14s

Working with permissions and roles 2m 1s

Creating a custom permission 3m 28s

Adding a menu item for an admin interface 8m 32s

Using the Form API (FAPI) to create a form quickly 14m 29s

Creating custom form validation 8m 30s

Handling successful form submissions and saving variables 6m 45s

Exploring best practices with variable persistence 9m 29s

3. Creating a New Content Type Programmatically 46m 36s

Introduction to content types 2m 17s

Creating a custom content type manually 3m 44s

Fleshing out a content type with fields 18m 36s

Validating user input for a content type 13m 12s

Removing a content type 8m 47s

4. Extending the Module Functionality 40m 41s

Importing content using feeds 10m 14s

Adding a Google Map using theming 12m 49s

Creating a block 17m 38s

Conclusion 6m 52s

Exploring best practices and coding standards 4m 1s

Next steps 2m 11s

Goodbye 40s