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9 Essential Tools for Professional Drupal Development

Submitted by Norman Bucknor on 26 September 2011
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Here is a list of my favorite Drupal tools that aid in developing, managing, and maintaining a Drupal website.

Drush

Versions supported: All Drupal versions

To quote the module description for drush:

A list of  web programmer Norman Bucknor's  top nine favorite Drupal development tools and modules that he uses to build large, complex drupal sites.

Mobile: Getting Started Guide

Submitted by Colleen Gray on 20 September 2011
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When it comes to communication channels...

The PC is a bit like George Clooney — been around a long time, tried and true, and still very relevant.

Given the rise in adoption of mobile devices, especially among populations that were traditionally hard to reach because of the digital divide, it is not surprising that organizations are looking to incorporate mobile into their communication strategies, processes, and offerings.

5 Reasons Why Mobile Matters: Swaying the Skeptics

Submitted by Colleen Gray on 14 September 2011
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30% social network usage is from mobile (source)

Mobile matters. This is true for nonprofits and commercial organizations alike. It isn’t just about mobile’s projected market growth, it is also about impact. 

Life with Quercus: PHP Via Java

Submitted by William Hurley on 12 July 2010
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There has been a lot of (virtual) ink spilled over HipHop, Facebook's new PHP-to-C compiler; but a similar approach has flown a little more under the radar.  I'm talking about Quercus, a PHP interpreter/compiler written in Java by Caucho, the makers of the Resin app server.

DrupalCon Re-Cap: Accessibility in Drupal 6 & 7

Submitted by Norman Bucknor on 4 May 2010
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Web Population by browser. 20 percent of internet users have a disability

How to Create a Simple WordPress Plugin

Submitted by Matt Gibbs on 16 March 2010
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Creating a plugin in WordPress is easier than you might think. There are currently over 8,500 plugins in the wordpress.org repository (not including paid plugins), so that should say something.

For starters, WordPress has a fairly extensive plugin API system, granting you the ability to hook into various parts of WordPress without needing to touch the core code directly.

WordPress 2.9: Custom Post Types Explained

Submitted by Matt Gibbs on 17 December 2009
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WordPress 2.9 is ramping up support for custom post types. It's an improvement, but not nearly as exciting as you've probably been led to believe.

For starters, what is a custom post type in WordPress?

Eclipse Works With Preexisting Code, But Not Well

Submitted by Sandy Smith on 8 October 2009
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LegiStalker: Getting People Engaged with Congress

Submitted by Matt Gibbs on 26 April 2009
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There's a lot of people out there wanting to keep up with Congress.

Many people just want to know what their representatives are doing in Congress, how they're voting, and who they're interacting with. Unfortunately, that's pretty hard to find, especially from several different angles.

We at Forum One felt that exposing this information was a pretty good idea, so we ran with it. The final result is the site LegiStalker.

Yahoo Provides an Alternative to Google Analytics

Submitted by Oscar Merida on 10 October 2008
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Although it is still in beta and not available to the general public, Yahoo! will be rolling out its own web analytics service in the near future. The service addresses some perceived shortcomings of Google's Analytics package. First, Yahoo! will provide data in near-real time, which can be a boon for stats junkies and, more practically, for monitoring campaign, outreach traffic closely. For developers, they promise to offer an API for retrieving data.

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