Books : New Drupal Book - Learning Drupal 6 Module Development

Developing new modules for Drupal 6? Porting older modules? Packt Publishing has just released a new book, Learning Drupal 6 Module Development, by Matt Butcher. This book is targeted toward PHP programmers interested in Drupal 6 module development....[..]

The book deals with numerous topics, and introduces the prominent Drupal APIs. Here are some of the major topics covered:

• Creating new modules from scratch.
• Using Drupal's JavaScript library and jQuery to add AJAX functionality.
• Creating custom content types.
• Working with hooks.
• Handling forms with the Forms API.
• Making use of common core Drupal functions.
• Using the Drupal 6 menu subsystem.
• Working with the database APIs (including the new Schema API).
• Using the Theme API to add default theming into your modules.
• Sending mail using the improved Drupal 6 mail API.
• Using the Node API.
• Working with actions and triggers.
• Creating a custom installation profile to package your own Drupal suite.
  
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