Drupal Expert Todd Tomlinson Launches 'Pro Drupal 7 Development, 3rd Edition'

PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Todd Tomlinson, Solutions Architect at ServerLogic, has just launched his 3rd in a series of technical books that focus on the increasingly popular Drupal web content management software, and it has already reached 29th in Amazon's list of most popular books on Internet tools. Pro Drupal 7 Development, 3rd Edition (Apress Publishing) updates the most popular development reference for the newest major release of Drupal. With several new and completely-rewritten essential APIs and improvements in Drupal 7, this book will teach developers how to write modules ranging from simple to complex, as well as allow developers to learn how Drupal itself works. This book is for existing Drupal developers wanting to learn about Drupal 7 and people already knowledgeable in PHP who are interested in developing for Drupal. The book covers some of the following topics:

• How to get started with writing basic Drupal modules
• The flexible Drupal APIs and how they interact with modules
• How new features in Drupal 7 make modules even more powerful and sophisticated
• Best practices when developing in Drupal (coding standards, help developer modules)
• How to write safe, secure, and tested code
• How to contribute modules back to the Drupal community and maintain their modules using CVS

ABOUT TODD TOMLINSON

Todd Tomlinson is a 32-year veteran of the IT industry and is responsible for ServerLogic's eGovernment Solutions group. Todd has a long track record of helping public and private sector clients through the process of defining, designing, developing, deploying, and supporting web based solutions and architectures. Over his career Todd has led organizations around the globe with strategic online initiatives. He is widely recognized for his expertise in eGovernment, Libraries, Higher Education, K-12 and web content management solutions – and is the author of the recently published book Beginning Drupal 7 (Apress Publishing).

ABOUT SERVERLOGIC

ServerLogic is a premier provider of Information Technology services to businesses and public sector organizations wishing to leverage the Internet to expand their markets, deliver better service, and reduce their costs. Based in Portland OR, ServerLogic specializes in building innovative, cost-effective web solutions for government and private sector clients.

For more information about ServerLogic, visit www.serverlogic.com.

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