DrupalCamp Montreal: Simplifying Drupal Development with Subversion
Submitted by andrew on Sun, 10/18/2009 - 14:32
I just finished giving a presentation at DrupalCamp Montreal about using Subversion to manage Drupal development and deployment. I've attached the slides and code I mentioned during the seminar; video will be posted by the DCM DBN team soon.
Waterloo Region DUG Meeting: Simplifying Drupal Development with Subversion
Submitted by andrew on Fri, 07/17/2009 - 13:31
Yesterday I gave a presentation to the Waterloo Region Drupal User Group about the basics of using Subversion to manage a Drupal website. Most of the presentation applies to any use of Subversion, though I do touch on a few specifics relating to Drupal. If you're interested in learning about using version control to manage any website or project, this is a great place to start.
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Updating Drupal using SVN Vendor Branches 5 Tips for Integrating Rating Scales Into Your Surveys
Submitted by andrew on Tue, 06/09/2009 - 20:51
For my masters work, I'm currently focusing on creating a framework for classifying computers users as experts or novices. I was very surprised that such a framework or template didn't all ready exist. In most cases, researchers will choose a single attribute and use that to classify users as "experts" or "novices". For example, the most common selection criteria I've seen is to use Web developers as "internet experts", and computer science students and professors as "computer experts".
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Rating The Rating Scales Site showcase: Pinchin Environmental
Submitted by andrew on Wed, 04/22/2009 - 20:38
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Pinchin Environmental is a Canadian company specializing in environmental consulting. Launched in October of 2008, this project involved replacing the previous DreamWeaver-based site with a modern, standards compliant website. Using Drupal 5, the site offers features and functionality impossible to implement with the previous system. To read the full case study, or to see screenshots of the site in action, please see the Pinchin Environmental project page.
Waterloo Region Meetup: Painless JavaScript with jQuery
Submitted by andrew on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 22:24
Tonight I gave the Waterloo Region User Group a presentation introducing jQuery and it's use within Drupal websites. Topics covered included:
- What JavaScript is and isn't
- How JavaScript empowers developers to transform web pages into web applications
- Why many developers have avoided JavaScript in the past, and how jQuery addresses those issues
- JavaScript developer tools
- Introduction and live demos using jQuery
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jQuery Documentation
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jQuery UI
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Drupal JavaScript Startup Guide
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JavaScript group on groups.drupal.org 