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1. Introduction to Module Development for Drupal 7 FREE 5m
2. Helpful tools for module development 6m
3. An overview of the Devel module 14m
4. Drupal API documentation FREE 10m
5. Anatomy of a Drupal module 7m
6. The event-driven hook system 16m
7. Tips for writing secure code 8m
8. Overview of the Drupal menu system 19m
9. Using URL arguments in page callback functions 20m
10. Adding contextual menu links and using menu autoloaders 15m
11. Using the Drupal Render API 14m
12. Attachments and caching with the Render API 10m
13. Altering the page array 7m
14. Integrating with the theme system 28m
15. An Overview of the Form API 10m
16. Creating, submitting and validating a simple form 17m
17. Organizing collections of form elements 8m
18. Creating dynamic forms with the states system 8m
19. Altering forms with hook_form_alter() 11m
20. Altering specific forms and customizing validation 14m
21. Creating a configuration settings form for your module 24m
22. An overview of the database layer in Drupal 7 18m
23. Querying the database with db_select() 17m
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This chapter walks through the process of adding links to the contextual drop-down widgets new in Drupal 7. It also shows how using menu autoloaders can help simplify the code that you write in your page callback function since you won't have to do extra checking on the data.

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yanniboi on April 24, 2012 - 12:07pm

Is there any way of getting that text inverter function?

miche on April 26, 2012 - 9:39am

Hi yanniboi! The inverter function that is mentioned halfway through the video is available in menu_magic.context.inc. All related files are located in the Downloads tab. ~Michelle

yanniboi on April 26, 2012 - 9:58am

Hey Michelle,

Not really that urgent any more. I ended up using the strtoupper function to see it the module did what I wanted it to. Just out of curiosity though, where can I find the 'download tab'. I'm probably making a bit of a fool out of myself, but I didn't know there was such a resource available. (I even searched the page source in case I just wasn't seeing it :P )

Thanks for the help!

miche on April 26, 2012 - 10:24am

Not every video has companion files, but if the video does, a Downloads tab appears in the left sidebar, just above Discussion. Often, for a series, we will attach the files to the first video in the series.

yanniboi on April 26, 2012 - 10:39am

Ahhh I get it!
Well that's good to know, I'll keep my eyes peeled for the future.
Thanks for the help! :D

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