A Pragmatic Look at Drupal Development

DrupalCamp Chicago 2013

About Me

Will Long

Agenda

  • What a "web app" is and does.
  • Data modeling in and out of Drupal.
  • Using Drupal to render data.

Traditional Web App

Drupal as a Web App

Drupal as a Web App

Basic Responsibilities

  • Data modeling
  • Data rendering

Traditional Data Modeling

Drupal Data Modeling

Data Rendering

  • Rendered entities
  • Views

It's time to look at some code.

Questions

Thanks for attending.