Andrew Berry Development - waterloo region

Waterloo Region DUG: Contributing to Drupal

andrew — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:52:45 +0000

One of the most difficult hurdles for new members of the Drupal community to overcome is making the jump from a "user" to a "contributor". Many associate "contributor" with core hackers, PHP gurus, and CSS wizards. In reality, any Drupal user or site builder can easily become a contributor, through support, advocacy, documentation, and so on. For more information, check out the attached slides, or see the Drupal.org Contribution page.

Waterloo Region DUG Meeting: Simplifying Drupal Development with Subversion

andrew — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:31:36 +0000

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.

Related Links:

Version Control with Subversion (online book in HTML, PDF, or hardcopy)

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Updating Drupal using SVN Vendor Branches

Waterloo Region Meetup: Painless JavaScript with jQuery

andrew — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:24:11 +0000

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

Related Links:

jQuery Documentation

Related Links:

jQuery UI

Related Links:

Drupal JavaScript Startup Guide

Related Links:

JavaScript group on groups.drupal.org

Waterloo Region December Meeting: Drupal Hosting

andrew — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:26:06 +0000

Tonight I gave a presentation to the Waterloo Region User Group about choosing a host for a Drupal based site. We talked about the essential requirements on top of the Drupal requirements, types of hosting, and our experiences with various hosts. I think the results of the discussion can be summed up as "you get what you pay for"! I've attached the presentation slides for anyone interested.

The essential features I noted as being important include:

Related Links:

Waterloo Region Drupal User Group

Related Links:

Drupal Hosting Forum