Talking Drupal #089 - Patch, Build, or Cannibalize

www.TalkingDrupal.com/089


Topics


What does Patch, Build Punt mean?

Challenges we face when building a website

Searching and selecting contrib modules

The module is not quite doing it for you

Does it provide the hooks to modify easily?

Recommending a change to the project in the issue queue

Building yourself - searching api.drupal.org



Examples


(Patch)RESTWS

(Build)Switching views displays based on session variable

(Patch)Wanting to change the ip banned message

(Build)Using a Mandrill Template

(Build)Setting up statistics based on metrics specific to
your site

(Build)Creating a table with values from three entities

(Patch) Fixing bugs that cause usability errors (Popup On
Load)

(Cannibalize)Copying a module and customising it to your
needs (Topbar Messages)

(Build)Building your own module even though one exists
(Hreflang)

(Cannibalize)FB Post



Modules


https://www.drupal.org/project/topbar_msg

https://www.drupal.org/project/popup_onload



Module of the Week


Hacked! https://www.drupal.org/project/hacked


This module scans the currently installed Drupal, contributed
modules and themes, re-downloads them and determines if they have
been changed. Changes are marked clearly and if the diff module
is installed then Hacked! will allow you to see the exact lines
that have changed.


Hacked! also provides drush integration so that you can see what
files have changed from the command line.


This is primarily a developer tool and should never ever (don't
even think it) be installed on a production site.


Hosts


Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLightened.net @nicxvan