Drupal Zombie

Dezombifying Drupal developers since 2011

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If you're not a full-time programmer, learning Drupal development is hard. Look at the API docs, and you feel your brain slow-i--n---g. Zombification! Here are some things one part-time Drupaler has learned. Maybe they'll help you stay among the unundead.

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Learn how to install Drupal on a shared hosting account.

January 6, 2012

Entities, bundles, field types, fields, instances... ARGH! Too confusing! My brain is slowing down! Together, we can fight the zombification. The first round: field types.

August 25, 2011

Tags: Fields, Field API, Widgets, Formatters

GIT is complicated, hard to learn fully, and confusing at times. But it can help, too. You can experiment with your code, confident that GIT has your back. This article shows how to use GIT with NetBeans, to let you safely mess with your Drupal code.

August 21, 2011

Model-view-controller (MVC) is one of the best-known software design patterns. Drupal uses it, in core and in modules. Learn what MVC is.

August 15, 2011

Tags: MVC, Pattern, Bears

Tutorials are key weapons in the fight against Drupal zombie-itis. Here's advice on how to write good ones.

August 11, 2011