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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
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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
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This chapter shows how to cluster different form elements into fieldsets as well as how to expand the Forms API renderable array a tree that preserves the structure and hierarchy of the form. We'll expand the Form Fun example module and talk about the #tree property.

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pmol123 on March 7, 2012 - 4:28pm

Joe:

I am am having a major bug implementing the concepts of this video. I cannot get the dsm or krumo messages to appear.
ARe there any known conflicts?

Patrick

pmol123 on March 7, 2012 - 4:31pm

I am using:
Drupal 7.12

You can go to FindExperts.net to see the both your examples and mine with "Resume Add" ?

Patrick

miche on March 7, 2012 - 11:40pm

Hi Patrick!
Both krumo() and dsm() require that the devel module is enabled. So check that first. Also, the point of using those functions is to see what variables are available to you. You can also type drupal_set_message('' . print_r($vars, true) .''); to accomplish the same task.
~Michelle

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