Drupal 7 Custom Module Development

Extend your Drupal 7 sites with custom modules, which allow you to create everything from admin interfaces to forms.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