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Meet Hekyll, Markdown Presentations for Hackers

Brian McMurray — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:11:25 +0000

Perhaps you've heard about [Jekyll][jekyll], the simple static site generator that powers [Github Pages][gh-pages] and a number of other sites including our friends at Development Seed. Jekyll is great because you can write a whole collection of items in [Markdown][markdown] and then easily turn it into a website.

Heykll and Jekyll[^1]

'OR' Queries with EntityFieldQuery

Fredric Mitchell — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:19:31 +0000

As we outlined in a previous post about building the Energy.gov platform without Views, extending EntityFieldQuery (EFQ) is essential to our development philosophy.

February Drupal Playday, DrupalCon site usability testers needed!

Amy Cham — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:11:35 +0000

Ever wish you could spend a Saturday hanging out and working on your projects with other Drupal folks? New to Drupal and wish you could just turn to the expert sitting next to you and ask questions?

EntityFieldQuery: Let Drupal Do The Heavy Lifting (Pt 1)

Tim Cosgrove — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:32:38 +0000

Drupal 7 introduced the EntityFieldQuery API. This class is a mechanism for quickly building queries of entities and fields - typically nodes, but of course not limited to that.

Drupal 7 features a much richer database abstraction layer than previous versions of Drupal, but in the end you are still more or less building SQL. EntityFieldQuery allows you to construct queries without much knowledge of SQL at all.

Coat Your Website with Varnish at DrupalCamp MD

Steven Merrill — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:04:54 +0000

The Drupal community is exploding! I've had the pleasure to speak at two nascent Drupal camps (New Jersey and Maryland) in as many weeks.

Today I gave a revamped version of my "Coat Your Website with Varnish" session at DrupalCamp MD. I updated some of the information about Drupal configuration and an overview section going over some of the basics of headers and caching.

Call for portfolios: freelance marketing communications designer

Amy Cham — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:09:00 +0000

Presentations make you feel all zen inside? Did Nancy Duarte change your life? We want to talk to you!

We are looking for freelance marcomm designers with a particular knack for designing kick-ass presentations along with other content and collateral.

Strategic Management of Multiple Concurrent Projects (aka Project Whispering) at DrupalCamp NJ

Amy Cham — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:31:22 +0000

Wish you knew a better way to manage your concurrent Drupal projects? Check out this intro to program management and project portfolio management, presented by Nicole Lind at DrupalCamp NJ:

Let's Be Upfront About Performance at DrupalCamp NJ

Steven Merrill — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:13:37 +0000

I just presented "Let's Be Upfront About Performance" as a session at the inaugural DrupalCamp NJ.

My presentation is embedded below. Go forth and make fast websites!

On the road: SANDCamp!

Amy Cham — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:11:40 +0000

As I write this, Friday's weather forecast for NYC calls for a high of 47 degrees and rain. For San Diego, it's expected to be 69 and sunny.

Hmmm.

This week, Mike (Caccavano), Joe (Caccavano) and Nicole (Lind) are off to San Diego for the four-day blow out that is SANDCamp!

Keep an eye out for them at the Distro Summit, Business Summit, and the camp itself.

Loosely-coupled module integration

Roger Lopez — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:15:43 +0000

Drupal often makes certain things so easy to do, that we as developers don't take the time to consider the alternatives. Lately I've been giving a lot of thought to the module dependency system and possible alternatives. The main reason for this is that dependencies create a more brittle overall system which in turn makes the code more difficult to maintain and re-use.