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