Building Websites Using JavaScript and jQuery with New Drupal Book

By Anonymous - Posted on 16 April 2009

Packt is pleased to announce a new book that guides users to integrate JavaScript into themes and modules using the Drupal CMS platform. Written by Content Management expert, Matt Butcher, Drupal 6 JavaScript and jQuery will give users the keys to the toolbox, detailing how to use Drupal’s JavaScript libraries to make modules and themes more dynamic, interactive and responsive.

Drupal is a free Open Source modular framework and Content Management System (CMS). Drupal is extremely scalable, making it ideal for both a simple personal website as well as an industrial strength commercial or institutional web presence. Written in the programming language PHP/MySQL, its power and flexibility combined with its exceptional design means it is one of the most popular choices for creating a CMS website.

Through this book users will learn to create powerful AJAX-enabled scripts, striking visual effects, and view-enhancing behaviours using jQuery. This book is written for themers and module developers interested in building richer front ends with Drupal 6 and JavaScript. This book will guide users in incorporating AJAX technologies, developing themes in JavaScript, and using the JavaScript translation system. In addition to incorporating JavaScript into the Drupal modules, users will learn how to design and authorize simple PHPTemplate files in order to maximize scripting potential.

This is a project-based book wherein each chapter begins with an introduction to a new topic and, by combining with short projects, illustrates aspects of Drupal's JavaScript capabilities. Using JavaScript in themes is covered extensively and for more advanced developers, later chapters cover the process of creating a JavaScript-centred module.

This book is out now and is available from Packt. For more information please visit http://www.packtpub.com/drupal-6-javascript-and-jquery/book