Gerald Z. VillorenteDrupal | Linux | DevOps Engr. | Consultant | Open-Source Advocate

Drupal 101

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more

time.

- T.A Edison

Infuse your life with action. Don't wait for it to happen.

Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope.

Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively

waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can to make grace

happen... yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.

- Bradley Whitford

How The Internet Works?

Desktop vs Web App

● Maintenance● Ease of use● Security● Connectivity● Cost factor

Web App Requirements

● Browser● Network Connectivity● Server (HTTP/S, DB)

Things You Should Know

● IP Address● Domain Name● DNS● Port● Protocol

Introducing Drupal

What is Drupal?

What is Drupal?

● Drupal is not a CMS.● Drupal is a Content Management Framework (CMF),

from which you can build a CMS tailored specifically for your needs.

What is Drupal?

● Originally created by Dries Buytaert.● Drupal is written in PHP.

What is Drupal?

● Drupal is modular.● Drupal is cross-platform.

What is Drupal?

● Drupal is FREE as in FREE beer.● Drupal is one of the oldest PHP CMF (2001).● Drupal is AWESOME!

What's new in Drupal?

What's new in Drupal?

● Drupal 8 is coming● Performance enhancements (cache, DB transactions)

What's new in Drupal?

● New UX● Responsive

What's new in Drupal?

● Learnability● Mobile Initiative

What's new in Drupal?

● Javascript (pluggable js, js module) ● Symfony2 is now part of Drupal 8

What Drupal Can Do?

What Drupal Can Do?

● File Storage Site

What Drupal Can Do?

● Social Network

What Drupal Can Do?

● News Portal

What Drupal Can Do?

● Travel Portal

What Drupal Can Do?

● Blog Network

What Drupal Can Do?

● Video-Sharing Site

What Drupal Can Do?

● Image-Sharing Site

What Drupal Can Do?

● Online Store

What Drupal Can Do?

● Government Site

What Drupal Can Do?

and more...

The only limitation is your imagination.

Why Drupal?

Why Drupal?

DRUPAL IS POPULAR- job, resources

Why Drupal?

ACTIVE COMMUNITY- Drupal.org, drupal.stackexchange.com, IRC, local groups

Why Drupal?

DRUPAL IS FREE AND OPEN-SOURCE

Why Drupal?

DRUPAL IS FREE AND OPEN-SOURCE- quality

Why Drupal?

DRUPAL IS FREE AND OPEN-SOURCE- quality

- security

Why Drupal?

DRUPAL IS FREE AND OPEN-SOURCE- quality

- security

- availability of the source code and the right to modify it

Why Drupal?

DRUPAL IS FREE AND OPEN-SOURCE- quality

- security

- availability of the source code and the right to modify it

- right to redistribute modifications and improvements to the code

Why Drupal?

DRUPAL IS FREE AND OPEN-SOURCE- quality

- security

- availability of the source code and the right to modify it

- right to redistribute modifications and improvements to the code

- right to use the software in any way

Why Drupal?

MANY FREE TRAININGS AND TUTORIALS AVAILABLE- Drupalize.me, Lullabot, Tutr.tv, BuildAModule.com, DrupalPilipinas, Me

Why Drupal?

METICULOUSLY CRAFTED AND WELL-DESIGNED CODE- hooks and API's

Why Drupal?

DRUPAL IS FLEXIBLE AND EASY TO EXTEND- hooks, API's, thousands of FREE modules and themes available

Why Drupal?

DRUPAL IS ADMINISTRABLE VIA TERMINAL- Drush, SSH

Why Drupal?

DRUPAL DEPLOYMENT IS EASY- hook_update_N, Feature, Drush, Git

Why Drupal?

CODE SNIPPETS' REPOSITORIES- dropbucket.org, drupal.stackexchange.com

Why Drupal?

DRUPAL MODULES AND THEMES ARE ALWAYS FREE- 30189 modules, 2127 themes, 922 distributions

Why Drupal?

Drupal is used by some of the biggest sites on the Web, like The Economist, Examiner.com, The White House, CNN,

Warner Brothers Records, Fox, RIOT Games and Data.gov.uk.

Drupal Secret Weapons

Drupal Secret Weapons

● Security - Authentication Brute Force Attack, DDOS, XSS, CSRF, SQL Injection

● Taxonomy

Drupal Secret Weapons

● CCK and Views● Versatile Theming System

Drupal Secret Weapons

● Feature | Config Management Initiative (CMI)● Drush

Drupal Secret Weapons

● Drupal.behaviors● Drupal.settings

Drupal Infrastructure

I have no programming background, can I still use Drupal?

YES!- Views, CCK, Features, OpenLayers, Gmap, Leaflet, etc.

Where to start?

● WebEnabled.com● GetPantheon.com● Acquia.com● DrupalGardens.com

Want to make your hands dirty?

● Windows:- Native, XAMPP Stack, Acquia Dev Desktop, WAMP Stack

● Linux/Unix:- Native, LAMP Stack

● Mac:- Native, MAMP Stack, Acquia Dev Desktop

What other things, technology, tools, programming languages that I should learn apart from

Drupal?

Programming Languages– PHP scripting– Javascript/jQuery– HTML/CSS

Version Control– Git– SVN– Mercurial– CVS

Servers– Web Server (Apache, Nginx, Lighttpd, IIS)– Database (MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB)– Performance Scaling (Caching, CDN, Server Tuning)

And how about Drupal developer salary range?

And how about Drupal developer salary range?

Between P40,000 to P350,000

Roles in Drupal Shops

Roles in Drupal Shops

● Designer/Graphics● Themer

Roles in Drupal Shops

● Front End Developer● Developer

Roles in Drupal Shops

● DevOps● Project Manager

I am ready to take a challenge. Where can I get a project to start?

● groups.drupal.org/jobs● Freelancer.ph● Odesk.com● Onlinejobs.ph

In case you need more help

● We (DrupalPilipinas) provide beginners to advanced trainings (Drupal Apprentice program).

● We need more volunteers, which will undergo FREE intensive training from us.

● Me...

Question?

Contact

● Skype : gerald.villorente● E-Mail | Hangout : geraldvillorente@gmail.com● Github: https://github.com/geraldvillorente● DrupalPilipinas FB: http://facebook.com/phdrug● Mobile: 09167332641

Disclaimer

All images used in this presentation are borrowed from the internet. Therefore, all rights reserved to the

original owner.