http://london2011.drupal.org/taxonomy/term/1494/0 en http://london2011.drupal.org/conference/sessions/living-breathing-drupal-biology-request <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-presenters"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/users/webkenny" class="user-name">Kenny Silanskas</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Taken in its simplest form, Drupal is a linear system that starts at line 1 of index.php and executes its code line-by-line until it outputs what a user asked for. What if we could visually explore that process to help us understand exactly how Drupal core actually works? Join webkenny and his zany cast of explorers as we take this journey together and learn the inner workings of the drop.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-audience"> <div class="field-label">Intended Audience:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Existing Drupal developers who want to understand the system and graduate from roadie to rock star. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-answered"> <div class="field-label">Questions answered by this session:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> What is the bootstrap? Laying the groundwork in index.php </div> <div class="field-item even"> What is the hook system and how does it work? </div> <div class="field-item odd"> How does a preprocess preprocess its preprocessors? The theme system. </div> <div class="field-item even"> What is update.php and how does it &quot;know&quot; what to do? </div> <div class="field-item odd"> Who cares? Using this information to build better sites. </div> </div> </div> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-schedule"><legend>Schedule info</legend><div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-session-slot"> <div class="field-label">Time slot:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/timeslot/23-august-1045-1145">23 August 10:45 - 11:45</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-session-room"> <div class="field-label">Room:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/room/arnhem-gallery">Arnhem Gallery</a> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-session-slides"> <div class="field-label">Slides:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-pdf" alt="application/pdf icon" src="http://london2011.drupal.org/sites/all/modules/contrib/filefield/icons/application-pdf.png" /><a href="/sites/default/files/DCL2011-BIO-KS.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=8263626">DCL2011-BIO-KS.pdf</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://london2011.drupal.org/conference/sessions/living-breathing-drupal-biology-request" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://london2011.drupal.org/conference/sessions/living-breathing-drupal-biology-request#comments Code & Coders Intermediate bootstrap Hook system lifecycle patterns Tue, 10 May 2011 15:29:09 +0000 webkenny 1079 at http://london2011.drupal.org