Drupal in a Day

By Nitesh Sethia, 18 September, 2024

Drupalers Association Pune (DAP) invites you to kickstart your Drupal journey with an intensive "Drupal in a Day" workshop at DrupalCamp Pune, organized by Digital Polygon. This hands-on event offers attendees the opportunity to gain practical experience with Drupal's core features, learn best practices for site building and development, and network with industry professionals. By attending, you will not only accelerate your Drupal skills but also contribute to the growth of the local Drupal community. Join us to supercharge your web development capabilities and connect with the vibrant Drupal ecosystem! Read till the end for an exclusive bonus for the students attending the workshop.

Outcome of the workshop

  • Implementation of data architecture
  • When & how to create taxonomies, media types, block types, and more!
  • Building dynamic views of content
  • Creating various user roles and accounts with differing levels of access

Target Audience

  • This session is designed for people fitting at least one of the following criteria:
    • Non-Drupal developers at any level of experience.
    • People looking to better communicate with Drupal developers, such as project managers or content editors
    • Anyone considering a career change into the web development field
    • People interested in learning how to manage more than just content on their Drupal websites

Topics to be covered

  • Setting Up a Drupal Development Environment
  • Creating Users
  • Creating Content Types and Fields
  • Creating Views
  • Theming with Drupal

Agenda / Schedule

  • Setting Up a Drupal Development Environment
    • Installing Drupal locally
    • Understanding Drupal's file structure
    • Configuring basic site settings
  • Creating Users
    • Create and Manage users
  • Creating Content Types and Fields
    • Defining custom content types for the demo site
    • Adding relevant fields (text, images, links, etc.)
  • Creating Views
    • Introduction to Views
    • Building basic views (listing, grid, table) for the demo site
    • Filtering, sorting, and paging views
  • Theming with Drupal
    • Understanding Drupal's theming system

Key takeaways

  • An understanding of how sites are built with Drupal
  • Exposure to Drupal's developer interface
  • Understand why Drupal is a great choice for building websites

Prerequisites

  • Simply knowing how to use a web browser will suffice!
  • Attendees should have a laptop

Exclusive offer for student attendees:
Drupalers Association Pune(DAP) has partnered with Forcontu to offer the Drupal 10 site-building course as an exclusive bonus for students participating in the workshop.