For more on this talk, see these links: http://dc2009.drupalcon.org/session/beyond-web-drupal-meets-desktop-and-mobile http://codesorcery.net/dcdc

1. Beyond The Web
Drupal Meets The Desktop (And Mobile)
Justin Miller
Code Sorcery Workshop, LLC
http://codesorcery.net/dcdc
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

2. Introduction
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3. Introduction
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4. Introduction
Personal introduction
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5. Introduction
Personal introduction
Format & conventions for this talk
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6. Introduction
Personal introduction
Format & conventions for this talk
Assume familiarity with core/contrib, modules, hooks
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7. Introduction
Personal introduction
Format & conventions for this talk
Assume familiarity with core/contrib, modules, hooks
Functions & other code like_this()
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

8. Introduction
Personal introduction
Format & conventions for this talk
Assume familiarity with core/contrib, modules, hooks
Functions & other code like_this()
Modules represented {like_so}
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

9. Introduction
Personal introduction
Format & conventions for this talk
Assume familiarity with core/contrib, modules, hooks
Functions & other code like_this()
Modules represented {like_so}
http://drupal.org/project/{foo}
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

10. Introduction
Personal introduction
Format & conventions for this talk
Assume familiarity with core/contrib, modules, hooks
Functions & other code like_this()
Modules represented {like_so}
http://drupal.org/project/{foo}
Twitter hashtag #drupalbeyond
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

11. Introduction
Personal introduction
Format & conventions for this talk
Assume familiarity with core/contrib, modules, hooks
Functions & other code like_this()
Modules represented {like_so}
http://drupal.org/project/{foo}
Twitter hashtag #drupalbeyond
Q&A at the end
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12. Who are you?
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13. Who are you?
A Drupal developer
What’s out there? Does it work?
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14. Who are you?
A Drupal developer
What’s out there? Does it work?
A desktop or mobile developer
Can I use Drupal as a backend? How? Why?
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

15. Who are you?
A Drupal developer
What’s out there? Does it work?
A desktop or mobile developer
Can I use Drupal as a backend? How? Why?
A non-developer
Will Drupal play nice with my existing systems?
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16. Focus Of This Talk
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17. Focus Of This Talk
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18. Focus Of This Talk
Direct concerns for desktop & mobile
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19. Focus Of This Talk
Direct concerns for desktop & mobile
Standards-based exchange
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20. Focus Of This Talk
Direct concerns for desktop & mobile
Standards-based exchange
Authentication & security
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21. Focus Of This Talk
Direct concerns for desktop & mobile
Standards-based exchange
Authentication & security
Building on what is available
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22. Today’s Roadmap
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23. Today’s Roadmap
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24. Today’s Roadmap
Putting Data In
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25. Today’s Roadmap
Putting Data In
Getting Data Out
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26. Today’s Roadmap
Putting Data In
Getting Data Out
Authentication
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27. Today’s Roadmap
Putting Data In
Getting Data Out
Authentication
Advanced Interop (XML-RPC, Services)
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28. Putting Data In
Putting Data In
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29. Putting Data In
Putting Data In
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30. Putting Data In
Desktop Publishing
Putting Data In
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31. Putting Data In
Desktop Publishing
File Uploads & Attachments
Putting Data In
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32. Putting Data In
Desktop Publishing
File Uploads & Attachments
Files: The Next Level (File Framework)
Putting Data In
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

33. Putting Data In
Desktop Publishing
File Uploads & Attachments
Files: The Next Level (File Framework)
WebDAV For Fun & Profit
Putting Data In
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

34. Desktop Publishing
Putting Data In ➔ Desktop Publishing
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35. Desktop Publishing
Basic support made available by Blog API
Putting Data In ➔ Desktop Publishing
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36. Desktop Publishing
Basic support made available by Blog API
Optional core module {blogapi}
Putting Data In ➔ Desktop Publishing
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37. Desktop Publishing
Basic support made available by Blog API
Optional core module {blogapi}
Implementation of hook_xmlrpc() (more later)
Putting Data In ➔ Desktop Publishing
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

38. Desktop Publishing
Basic support made available by Blog API
Optional core module {blogapi}
Implementation of hook_xmlrpc() (more later)
Blogger, MetaWeblog, & Movable Type
Putting Data In ➔ Desktop Publishing
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

39. Desktop Publishing
Basic support made available by Blog API
Optional core module {blogapi}
Implementation of hook_xmlrpc() (more later)
Blogger, MetaWeblog, & Movable Type
Google Docs can publish to this!
Putting Data In ➔ Desktop Publishing
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

40. Desktop Publishing
Basic support made available by Blog API
Optional core module {blogapi}
Implementation of hook_xmlrpc() (more later)
Blogger, MetaWeblog, & Movable Type
Google Docs can publish to this!
Clients available for every platform
Putting Data In ➔ Desktop Publishing
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

41. File Uploads & Attachments
Putting Data In ➔ File Uploads & Attachments
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

42. File Uploads & Attachments
Core support with {upload}
Putting Data In ➔ File Uploads & Attachments
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

43. File Uploads & Attachments
Core support with {upload}
Files go into a folder on the server
Putting Data In ➔ File Uploads & Attachments
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

44. File Uploads & Attachments
Core support with {upload}
Files go into a folder on the server
Basic metadata is stored in the DB
Name, path, type, size
Putting Data In ➔ File Uploads & Attachments
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45. File Uploads & Attachments
Core support with {upload}
Files go into a folder on the server
Basic metadata is stored in the DB
Name, path, type, size
Can limit upload types accepted by extension
Putting Data In ➔ File Uploads & Attachments
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

46. File Uploads & Attachments
Core support with {upload}
Files go into a folder on the server
Basic metadata is stored in the DB
Name, path, type, size
Can limit upload types accepted by extension
Can enable private download method
Store files out of site root
Drupal becomes the gatekeeper for file permissions
Putting Data In ➔ File Uploads & Attachments
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

47. File Framework
Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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48. File Framework
Contrib module suite called {fileframework}
Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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49. File Framework
Contrib module suite called {fileframework}
Provides a ‘file’ content type to Drupal
Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

50. File Framework
Contrib module suite called {fileframework}
Provides a ‘file’ content type to Drupal
Remember: normally, files are not nodes
Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

51. File Framework
Contrib module suite called {fileframework}
Provides a ‘file’ content type to Drupal
Remember: normally, files are not nodes
Advanced feature set
Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

52. File Framework
Contrib module suite called {fileframework}
Provides a ‘file’ content type to Drupal
Remember: normally, files are not nodes
Advanced feature set
Virus scanning on upload
Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

53. File Framework
Contrib module suite called {fileframework}
Provides a ‘file’ content type to Drupal
Remember: normally, files are not nodes
Advanced feature set
Virus scanning on upload
Automatic conversion
Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

54. File Framework
Contrib module suite called {fileframework}
Provides a ‘file’ content type to Drupal
Remember: normally, files are not nodes
Advanced feature set
Virus scanning on upload
Automatic conversion
Example: MPEG to FLV or HTML to TXT
Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

55. File Framework
Contrib module suite called {fileframework}
Provides a ‘file’ content type to Drupal
Remember: normally, files are not nodes
Advanced feature set
Virus scanning on upload
Automatic conversion
Example: MPEG to FLV or HTML to TXT
Metadata extraction (EXIF, ID3, PDF properties, etc.)
Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

56. File Framework
Contrib module suite called {fileframework}
Provides a ‘file’ content type to Drupal
Remember: normally, files are not nodes
Advanced feature set
Virus scanning on upload
Automatic conversion
Example: MPEG to FLV or HTML to TXT
Metadata extraction (EXIF, ID3, PDF properties, etc.)
AHAH-enabled inline previews
Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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57. Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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58. Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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59. Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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60. Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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61. Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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62. Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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63. Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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64. Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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65. File Framework
Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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66. File Framework
Efficient
Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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67. File Framework
Efficient
File nodes can be reused
Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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68. File Framework
Efficient
File nodes can be reused
Re-attached again and again
Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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69. File Framework
Efficient
File nodes can be reused
Re-attached again and again
Autocomplete search field
Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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70. File Framework
Efficient
File nodes can be reused
Re-attached again and again
Autocomplete search field
Backend is distributed & content-addressable
Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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71. File Framework
Efficient
File nodes can be reused
Re-attached again and again
Autocomplete search field
Backend is distributed & content-addressable
Repositories on Memcached, SFTP, Amazon S3
Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

72. File Framework
Efficient
File nodes can be reused
Re-attached again and again
Autocomplete search field
Backend is distributed & content-addressable
Repositories on Memcached, SFTP, Amazon S3
See {bitcache} for more on the specifics
Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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73. Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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74. Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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75. Putting Data In ➔ File Framework
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76. WebDAV
Putting Data In ➔ WebDAV
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77. WebDAV
Putting Data In ➔ WebDAV
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78. WebDAV
File Server {fileserver}
Putting Data In ➔ WebDAV
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79. WebDAV
File Server {fileserver}
Based on {dav}
Putting Data In ➔ WebDAV
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80. WebDAV
File Server {fileserver}
Based on {dav}
Browse file nodes by taxonomy
Putting Data In ➔ WebDAV
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81. WebDAV
File Server {fileserver}
Based on {dav}
Browse file nodes by taxonomy
File Relations Server {filerelationsserver}
Putting Data In ➔ WebDAV
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82. WebDAV
File Server {fileserver}
Based on {dav}
Browse file nodes by taxonomy
File Relations Server {filerelationsserver}
Also based on {dav}
Putting Data In ➔ WebDAV
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83. WebDAV
File Server {fileserver}
Based on {dav}
Browse file nodes by taxonomy
File Relations Server {filerelationsserver}
Also based on {dav}
Browse file nodes by:
Putting Data In ➔ WebDAV
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

84. WebDAV
File Server {fileserver}
Based on {dav}
Browse file nodes by taxonomy
File Relations Server {filerelationsserver}
Also based on {dav}
Browse file nodes by:
MIME type
Putting Data In ➔ WebDAV
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

85. WebDAV
File Server {fileserver}
Based on {dav}
Browse file nodes by taxonomy
File Relations Server {filerelationsserver}
Also based on {dav}
Browse file nodes by:
MIME type
Attached-to node type (page, story, etc.)
Putting Data In ➔ WebDAV
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

86. WebDAV
File Server {fileserver}
Based on {dav}
Browse file nodes by taxonomy
File Relations Server {filerelationsserver}
Also based on {dav}
Browse file nodes by:
MIME type
Attached-to node type (page, story, etc.)
Group (via Organic Groups)
Putting Data In ➔ WebDAV
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

87. WebDAV
File Server {fileserver}
Based on {dav}
Browse file nodes by taxonomy
File Relations Server {filerelationsserver}
Also based on {dav}
Browse file nodes by:
MIME type
Attached-to node type (page, story, etc.)
Group (via Organic Groups)
WebDAV {webdav}
Putting Data In ➔ WebDAV
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

88. WebDAV
File Server {fileserver}
Based on {dav}
Browse file nodes by taxonomy
File Relations Server {filerelationsserver}
Also based on {dav}
Browse file nodes by:
MIME type
Attached-to node type (page, story, etc.)
Group (via Organic Groups)
WebDAV {webdav}
Access to textual nodes (pages, stories, etc.)
Putting Data In ➔ WebDAV
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89. Putting Data In ➔ WebDAV
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90. Putting Data In ➔ WebDAV
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91. Putting Data In ➔ WebDAV
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92. Putting Data In ➔ WebDAV
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93. Putting Data In ➔ WebDAV
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94. Putting Data In ➔ WebDAV
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

95. Getting Data Out
Getting Data Out
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96. Getting Data Out
Getting Data Out
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97. Getting Data Out
Feeds
Getting Data Out
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98. Getting Data Out
Feeds
Email
Getting Data Out
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99. Getting Data Out
Feeds
Email
Popular Formats
Getting Data Out
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100. Getting Data Out
Feeds
Email
Popular Formats
Other Projects of Note
Getting Data Out
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

101. General Feed Needs
Getting Data Out → Feeds
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102. General Feed Needs
Getting Data Out → Feeds
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103. General Feed Needs
Core
Getting Data Out → Feeds
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104. General Feed Needs
Core
Automatic node aggregation (e.g., blog)
Getting Data Out → Feeds
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105. General Feed Needs
Core
Automatic node aggregation (e.g., blog)
Create views with {views}
Getting Data Out → Feeds
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

106. General Feed Needs
Core
Automatic node aggregation (e.g., blog)
Create views with {views}
Create displays for pages, blocks
Getting Data Out → Feeds
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

107. General Feed Needs
Core
Automatic node aggregation (e.g., blog)
Create views with {views}
Create displays for pages, blocks
Also create displays for feeds
Getting Data Out → Feeds
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

108. General Feed Needs
Core
Automatic node aggregation (e.g., blog)
Create views with {views}
Create displays for pages, blocks
Also create displays for feeds
“List, in table form, all comments on a node,
then provide an RSS feed of those comments.”
Getting Data Out → Feeds
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

109. Feed Needs: Authentication
Getting Data Out → Feeds
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110. Feed Needs: Authentication
Getting Data Out → Feeds
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111. Feed Needs: Authentication
Token authentication {tokenauth}
Getting Data Out → Feeds
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

112. Feed Needs: Authentication
Token authentication {tokenauth}
Checks for token present in URL
Getting Data Out → Feeds
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

113. Feed Needs: Authentication
Token authentication {tokenauth}
Checks for token present in URL
User is automatically logged in as token owner
Getting Data Out → Feeds
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

114. Feed Needs: Authentication
Token authentication {tokenauth}
Checks for token present in URL
User is automatically logged in as token owner
Server-based authentication
Getting Data Out → Feeds
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

115. Feed Needs: Authentication
Token authentication {tokenauth}
Checks for token present in URL
User is automatically logged in as token owner
Server-based authentication
.htaccess, database-backed, LDAP
Getting Data Out → Feeds
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

116. Feed Needs: Authentication
Token authentication {tokenauth}
Checks for token present in URL
User is automatically logged in as token owner
Server-based authentication
.htaccess, database-backed, LDAP
Applies to non-feed URLs too
Getting Data Out → Feeds
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

117. Feed Needs: Authentication
Token authentication {tokenauth}
Checks for token present in URL
User is automatically logged in as token owner
Server-based authentication
.htaccess, database-backed, LDAP
Applies to non-feed URLs too
Covered in more general terms later
Getting Data Out → Feeds
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

118. Other Feed Needs
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119. Other Feed Needs
Atom in addition to RSS using {atom}
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120. Other Feed Needs
Atom in addition to RSS using {atom}
Provides node, blog, user blog, & taxonomy feeds
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

121. Other Feed Needs
Atom in addition to RSS using {atom}
Provides node, blog, user blog, & taxonomy feeds
Feed Path Publisher {feed_path_publisher}
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

122. Other Feed Needs
Atom in addition to RSS using {atom}
Provides node, blog, user blog, & taxonomy feeds
Feed Path Publisher {feed_path_publisher}
Adds <link> tags to pages based on path
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

123. Other Feed Needs
Atom in addition to RSS using {atom}
Provides node, blog, user blog, & taxonomy feeds
Feed Path Publisher {feed_path_publisher}
Adds <link> tags to pages based on path
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

124. Email
Getting Data Out → Email
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125. Email
Getting Data Out → Email
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126. Email
Core includes drupal_mail()
Getting Data Out → Email
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127. Email
Core includes drupal_mail()
Important since it abstracts sending
Getting Data Out → Email
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

128. Email
Core includes drupal_mail()
Important since it abstracts sending
Uses PHP mail() by default
Getting Data Out → Email
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

129. Email
Core includes drupal_mail()
Important since it abstracts sending
Uses PHP mail() by default
Allows swapping the backend
Getting Data Out → Email
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

130. Email
Core includes drupal_mail()
Important since it abstracts sending
Uses PHP mail() by default
Allows swapping the backend
Example: development site holding email
Getting Data Out → Email
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

131. Email
Core includes drupal_mail()
Important since it abstracts sending
Uses PHP mail() by default
Allows swapping the backend
Example: development site holding email
More robust emailing with {smtp}
Getting Data Out → Email
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

132. Email
Core includes drupal_mail()
Important since it abstracts sending
Uses PHP mail() by default
Allows swapping the backend
Example: development site holding email
More robust emailing with {smtp}
Centralize your outgoing mail
Getting Data Out → Email
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

133. Email
Core includes drupal_mail()
Important since it abstracts sending
Uses PHP mail() by default
Allows swapping the backend
Example: development site holding email
More robust emailing with {smtp}
Centralize your outgoing mail
Send mail over SSL
Getting Data Out → Email
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

134. Email
Core includes drupal_mail()
Important since it abstracts sending
Uses PHP mail() by default
Allows swapping the backend
Example: development site holding email
More robust emailing with {smtp}
Centralize your outgoing mail
Send mail over SSL
Identify mailing sites by username (via SMTP auth)
Getting Data Out → Email
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

135. Popular Formats
Getting Data Out → Popular Formats
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

136. Popular Formats
CSV, Word, TXT with {views_bonus}
Getting Data Out → Popular Formats
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

137. Popular Formats
CSV, Word, TXT with {views_bonus}
Simple read-only JSON with {views_json}
Getting Data Out → Popular Formats
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

138. Popular Formats
CSV, Word, TXT with {views_bonus}
Simple read-only JSON with {views_json}
KML map data with {kml}
Getting Data Out → Popular Formats
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

139. Other Projects of Note
Getting Data Out → Other Projects
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

140. Other Projects of Note
Print & PDF with {print}
Getting Data Out → Other Projects
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

141. Other Projects of Note
Print & PDF with {print}
Force file downloads with {file_force}
Getting Data Out → Other Projects
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

142. Other Projects of Note
Print & PDF with {print}
Force file downloads with {file_force}
Backup & migrate with {backup_migrate}
Getting Data Out → Other Projects
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

143. Authentication
Authentication
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144. Authentication
Authentication
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145. Authentication
OpenID & OAuth
Authentication
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146. Authentication
OpenID & OAuth
LDAP
Authentication
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147. Authentication
OpenID & OAuth
LDAP
HTTP
Authentication
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148. Auth: OpenID & OAuth
Authentication → OpenID & OAuth
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149. Auth: OpenID & OAuth
Authentication → OpenID & OAuth
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150. Auth: OpenID & OAuth
Login and a “valet key” for many websites
Authentication → OpenID & OAuth
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

151. Auth: OpenID & OAuth
Login and a “valet key” for many websites
OpenID login support
Authentication → OpenID & OAuth
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

152. Auth: OpenID & OAuth
Login and a “valet key” for many websites
OpenID login support
Included in core as of D6 {openid}
Authentication → OpenID & OAuth
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

153. Auth: OpenID & OAuth
Login and a “valet key” for many websites
OpenID login support
Included in core as of D6 {openid}
Allows one or more identities
Authentication → OpenID & OAuth
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

154. Auth: OpenID & OAuth
Login and a “valet key” for many websites
OpenID login support
Included in core as of D6 {openid}
Allows one or more identities
OpenID provider support
Authentication → OpenID & OAuth
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

155. Auth: OpenID & OAuth
Login and a “valet key” for many websites
OpenID login support
Included in core as of D6 {openid}
Allows one or more identities
OpenID provider support
Contrib module {openid_provider}
Authentication → OpenID & OAuth
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

156. Auth: OpenID & OAuth
Login and a “valet key” for many websites
OpenID login support
Included in core as of D6 {openid}
Allows one or more identities
OpenID provider support
Contrib module {openid_provider}
See James Walker’s talk happening right now!
Authentication → OpenID & OAuth
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

157. Auth: OpenID & OAuth
Login and a “valet key” for many websites
OpenID login support
Included in core as of D6 {openid}
Allows one or more identities
OpenID provider support
Contrib module {openid_provider}
See James Walker’s talk happening right now!
Don’t hate me for not telling you earlier
Authentication → OpenID & OAuth
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

158. Auth: OpenID & OAuth
Login and a “valet key” for many websites
OpenID login support
Included in core as of D6 {openid}
Allows one or more identities
OpenID provider support
Contrib module {openid_provider}
See James Walker’s talk happening right now!
Don’t hate me for not telling you earlier
OAuth support with {oauth}
Authentication → OpenID & OAuth
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

159. Auth: OpenID & OAuth
Login and a “valet key” for many websites
OpenID login support
Included in core as of D6 {openid}
Allows one or more identities
OpenID provider support
Contrib module {openid_provider}
See James Walker’s talk happening right now!
Don’t hate me for not telling you earlier
OAuth support with {oauth}
Gives users control over apps that use their data
Authentication → OpenID & OAuth
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

160. Auth: OpenID & OAuth
Login and a “valet key” for many websites
OpenID login support
Included in core as of D6 {openid}
Allows one or more identities
OpenID provider support
Contrib module {openid_provider}
See James Walker’s talk happening right now!
Don’t hate me for not telling you earlier
OAuth support with {oauth}
Gives users control over apps that use their data
Can use this in your own services (including with {services})
Authentication → OpenID & OAuth
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

161. Auth: LDAP
Authentication → LDAP
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162. Auth: LDAP
Authentication → LDAP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

163. Auth: LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Authentication → LDAP
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164. Auth: LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Enterprise-level solution (client integration, replication)
Authentication → LDAP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

165. Auth: LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Enterprise-level solution (client integration, replication)
Integration with {ldap_integration}
Authentication → LDAP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

166. Auth: LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Enterprise-level solution (client integration, replication)
Integration with {ldap_integration}
Authentication into a Drupal site
Authentication → LDAP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

167. Auth: LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Enterprise-level solution (client integration, replication)
Integration with {ldap_integration}
Authentication into a Drupal site
Roles based on group
Authentication → LDAP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

168. Auth: LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Enterprise-level solution (client integration, replication)
Integration with {ldap_integration}
Authentication into a Drupal site
Roles based on group
Some support for working with LDAP data
Authentication → LDAP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

169. Auth: LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Enterprise-level solution (client integration, replication)
Integration with {ldap_integration}
Authentication into a Drupal site
Roles based on group
Some support for working with LDAP data
Provisioning with {ldap_provisioning}
Authentication → LDAP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

170. Auth: LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Enterprise-level solution (client integration, replication)
Integration with {ldap_integration}
Authentication into a Drupal site
Roles based on group
Some support for working with LDAP data
Provisioning with {ldap_provisioning}
Integrates Drupal’s user registration process with LDAP
Authentication → LDAP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

171. Auth: LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Enterprise-level solution (client integration, replication)
Integration with {ldap_integration}
Authentication into a Drupal site
Roles based on group
Some support for working with LDAP data
Provisioning with {ldap_provisioning}
Integrates Drupal’s user registration process with LDAP
Optional approval queue
Authentication → LDAP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

172. Auth: LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Enterprise-level solution (client integration, replication)
Integration with {ldap_integration}
Authentication into a Drupal site
Roles based on group
Some support for working with LDAP data
Provisioning with {ldap_provisioning}
Integrates Drupal’s user registration process with LDAP
Optional approval queue
Does the LDAP account creation dirty work
Authentication → LDAP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

173. Auth: HTTP
Authentication → HTTP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

174. Auth: HTTP
Authentication → HTTP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

175. Auth: HTTP
{securesite} & {webserver_auth}
Authentication → HTTP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

176. Auth: HTTP
{securesite} & {webserver_auth}
Both protect resources at the HTTP level
Authentication → HTTP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

177. Auth: HTTP
{securesite} & {webserver_auth}
Both protect resources at the HTTP level
Both integrate with Drupal user database
Authentication → HTTP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

178. Auth: HTTP
{securesite} & {webserver_auth}
Both protect resources at the HTTP level
Both integrate with Drupal user database
Differ in scope: Drupal vs. Apache
Authentication → HTTP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

179. Auth: HTTP
{securesite} & {webserver_auth}
Both protect resources at the HTTP level
Both integrate with Drupal user database
Differ in scope: Drupal vs. Apache
IP-based login {ip_login}
Authentication → HTTP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

180. Auth: HTTP
{securesite} & {webserver_auth}
Both protect resources at the HTTP level
Both integrate with Drupal user database
Differ in scope: Drupal vs. Apache
IP-based login {ip_login}
Associate single or ranges of IPs to users
Authentication → HTTP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

181. Auth: HTTP
{securesite} & {webserver_auth}
Both protect resources at the HTTP level
Both integrate with Drupal user database
Differ in scope: Drupal vs. Apache
IP-based login {ip_login}
Associate single or ranges of IPs to users
Certificates with {certificatelogin}
Authentication → HTTP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

182. Auth: HTTP
{securesite} & {webserver_auth}
Both protect resources at the HTTP level
Both integrate with Drupal user database
Differ in scope: Drupal vs. Apache
IP-based login {ip_login}
Associate single or ranges of IPs to users
Certificates with {certificatelogin}
Assumes web server is handling cert auth
Authentication → HTTP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

183. Auth: HTTP
{securesite} & {webserver_auth}
Both protect resources at the HTTP level
Both integrate with Drupal user database
Differ in scope: Drupal vs. Apache
IP-based login {ip_login}
Associate single or ranges of IPs to users
Certificates with {certificatelogin}
Assumes web server is handling cert auth
Looks for environment variable(s) to figure out who you are
Authentication → HTTP
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

184. Advanced Interop
Advanced Interop
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

185. Advanced Interop
Advanced Interop
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

186. Advanced Interop
XML-RPC
Advanced Interop
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

187. Advanced Interop
XML-RPC
Services
Advanced Interop
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

188. XML-RPC
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

189. XML-RPC
Remote Procedure Calls
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

190. XML-RPC
Remote Procedure Calls
In core now (and always has been)
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

191. XML-RPC
Remote Procedure Calls
In core now (and always has been)
Start here for basic custom APIs
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

192. XML-RPC: Status
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

193. XML-RPC: Status
Has been in Drupal since the beginning
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

194. XML-RPC: Status
Has been in Drupal since the beginning
Effectively a subset of SOAP
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

195. XML-RPC: Status
Has been in Drupal since the beginning
Effectively a subset of SOAP
Security fears? Not so fast
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

196. XML-RPC: Status
Has been in Drupal since the beginning
Effectively a subset of SOAP
Security fears? Not so fast
Widely accessible
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

197. XML-RPC: Status
Has been in Drupal since the beginning
Effectively a subset of SOAP
Security fears? Not so fast
Widely accessible
PHP, Perl, Python, C, C++, Objective-C, Ruby, Java,
JavaScript, Flash, .NET, Erlang
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

198. XML-RPC: Status
Has been in Drupal since the beginning
Effectively a subset of SOAP
Security fears? Not so fast
Widely accessible
PHP, Perl, Python, C, C++, Objective-C, Ruby, Java,
JavaScript, Flash, .NET, Erlang
You get the idea
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

199. XML-RPC: Basics
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

200. XML-RPC: Basics
XML encoding
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

201. XML-RPC: Basics
XML encoding
HTTP transport
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

202. XML-RPC: Basics
XML encoding
HTTP transport
Can use HTTPS for security
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

203. XML-RPC: Basics
XML encoding
HTTP transport
Can use HTTPS for security
Authentication options at HTTP layer
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

204. XML-RPC: Basics
XML encoding
HTTP transport
Can use HTTPS for security
Authentication options at HTTP layer
Custom authentication in the method layer
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

205. XML-RPC: Basics
XML encoding
HTTP transport
Can use HTTPS for security
Authentication options at HTTP layer
Custom authentication in the method layer
Send credentials as argument(s)
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

206. XML-RPC: Basics
XML encoding
HTTP transport
Can use HTTPS for security
Authentication options at HTTP layer
Custom authentication in the method layer
Send credentials as argument(s)
Custom API key solution
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

207. XML-RPC: Format
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

208. XML-RPC: Format
<methodCall>
<methodName>
sandwich.makeMeOne
</methodName>
<params>
<param>
<value>
<string>ham and swiss</string>
</value>
</param>
<params>
</methodCall>
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

209. XML-RPC: Customizing
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

210. XML-RPC: Customizing
hook_xmlrpc()
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

211. XML-RPC: Customizing
hook_xmlrpc()
Map exposed methods & parameters
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

212. XML-RPC: Customizing
hook_xmlrpc()
Map exposed methods & parameters
Write those methods in straight Drupal
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

213. XML-RPC: Customizing
hook_xmlrpc()
Map exposed methods & parameters
Write those methods in straight Drupal
Encoding is taken care of for you
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

214. XML-RPC: The Work
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

215. XML-RPC: The Work
function sandwich_make($type) {
switch ($type) {
case ‘ham and swiss’:
/**
* sandwich making code goes here
*/
break;
}
return TRUE;
}
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

216. XML-RPC: Mapping
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

217. XML-RPC: Mapping
function sandwich_xmlrpc() {
return array(
array(
‘sandwich.makeMeOne’,
‘sandwich_make’,
array(
‘boolean’,
‘string’,
),
t(‘Drupal sandwich factory’),
),
);
}
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

218. XML-RPC: Mapping
function sandwich_xmlrpc() {
return array(
RPC method name
array(
‘sandwich.makeMeOne’,
‘sandwich_make’,
array(
‘boolean’,
‘string’,
),
t(‘Drupal sandwich factory’),
),
);
}
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

219. XML-RPC: Mapping
function sandwich_xmlrpc() {
return array(
RPC method name
array(
‘sandwich.makeMeOne’,
Module function name
‘sandwich_make’,
array(
‘boolean’,
‘string’,
),
t(‘Drupal sandwich factory’),
),
);
}
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

220. XML-RPC: Mapping
function sandwich_xmlrpc() {
return array(
RPC method name
array(
‘sandwich.makeMeOne’,
Module function name
‘sandwich_make’,
array(
Module function return type
‘boolean’,
‘string’,
),
t(‘Drupal sandwich factory’),
),
);
}
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

221. XML-RPC: Mapping
function sandwich_xmlrpc() {
return array(
RPC method name
array(
‘sandwich.makeMeOne’,
Module function name
‘sandwich_make’,
array(
Module function return type
‘boolean’,
‘string’,
Module function argument type(s)
),
t(‘Drupal sandwich factory’),
),
);
}
Advanced Interop → XML-RPC
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

222. Services
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

223. Services
Works similarly to core’s XML-RPC
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

224. Services
Works similarly to core’s XML-RPC
Extends the basic concept in several key ways
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

225. Services
Works similarly to core’s XML-RPC
Extends the basic concept in several key ways
Pluggable server backends
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

226. Services
Works similarly to core’s XML-RPC
Extends the basic concept in several key ways
Pluggable server backends
Comes with XML-RPC using hook_xmlrpc()
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

227. Services
Works similarly to core’s XML-RPC
Extends the basic concept in several key ways
Pluggable server backends
Comes with XML-RPC using hook_xmlrpc()
Modules exist for SOAP, REST, JSON
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

228. Services
Works similarly to core’s XML-RPC
Extends the basic concept in several key ways
Pluggable server backends
Comes with XML-RPC using hook_xmlrpc()
Modules exist for SOAP, REST, JSON
Pluggable data libraries
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

229. Services
Works similarly to core’s XML-RPC
Extends the basic concept in several key ways
Pluggable server backends
Comes with XML-RPC using hook_xmlrpc()
Modules exist for SOAP, REST, JSON
Pluggable data libraries
Introspection tool (web service browser/tester)
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

230. Services
Works similarly to core’s XML-RPC
Extends the basic concept in several key ways
Pluggable server backends
Comes with XML-RPC using hook_xmlrpc()
Modules exist for SOAP, REST, JSON
Pluggable data libraries
Introspection tool (web service browser/tester)
API key support
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

231. Services: Libraries
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

232. Services: Libraries
Get file info or by node
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

233. Services: Libraries
Get file info or by node
Get menu trees
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

234. Services: Libraries
Get file info or by node
Get menu trees
Get/save/delete nodes
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

235. Services: Libraries
Get file info or by node
Get menu trees
Get/save/delete nodes
Search nodes & users
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

236. Services: Libraries
Get file info or by node
Get menu trees
Get/save/delete nodes
Search nodes & users
Get system variables & modules; send email
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

237. Services: Libraries
Get file info or by node
Get menu trees
Get/save/delete nodes
Search nodes & users
Get system variables & modules; send email
Get taxonomy trees & nodes
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

238. Services: Libraries
Get file info or by node
Get menu trees
Get/save/delete nodes
Search nodes & users
Get system variables & modules; send email
Get taxonomy trees & nodes
Get/delete/login/logout/save user
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

239. Services: Libraries
Get file info or by node
Get menu trees
Get/save/delete nodes
Search nodes & users
Get system variables & modules; send email
Get taxonomy trees & nodes
Get/delete/login/logout/save user
Get/import/export views
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

240. Services: Example
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

241. Services: Example
Send HTTP POST to /services/json
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

242. Services: Example
Send HTTP POST to /services/json
method: search.nodes
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

243. Services: Example
Send HTTP POST to /services/json
method: search.nodes
search keys: foo bar
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

244. Services: Example
Send HTTP POST to /services/json
method: search.nodes
search keys: foo bar
Get back JSON data
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

245. Services: Example
Send HTTP POST to /services/json
method: search.nodes
search keys: foo bar
Get back JSON data
Array of node objects matching search
Advanced Interop → Services
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

246. Other Talks This Week
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

247. Other Talks This Week
Using SMS For Data Communicating Data
Collection Online: Data
Visualizations and
The Future of Files and
Opening Data
Media in Drupal 7
Flash CMS: Drupal as
Media Mover: File
an Adobe Flex Backend
Processing and
Storage Promiscuous Drupal:
Building Your Site With
Mailing Strategies For
Web APIs
Drupal
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

248. Conclusions
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

249. Conclusions
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

250. Conclusions
Drupal is ready for integration now
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

251. Conclusions
Drupal is ready for integration now
Rich toolset for social sites + remote clients
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

252. Conclusions
Drupal is ready for integration now
Rich toolset for social sites + remote clients
There are many ways to extend existing integration
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

253. Resources
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

254. Resources
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

255. Resources
http://codesorcery.net/dcdc
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

256. Resources
http://codesorcery.net/dcdc
Will contain these slides
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

257. Resources
http://codesorcery.net/dcdc
Will contain these slides
Will have full list of modules mentioned today
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

258. Resources
http://codesorcery.net/dcdc
Will contain these slides
Will have full list of modules mentioned today
How to reach me
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

259. Resources
http://codesorcery.net/dcdc
Will contain these slides
Will have full list of modules mentioned today
How to reach me
Twitter: incanus77
Tuesday, March 10, 2009

260. Resources
http://codesorcery.net/dcdc
Will contain these slides
Will have full list of modules mentioned today
How to reach me
Twitter: incanus77
Q&A
Tuesday, March 10, 2009