Entities in Drupal 7 & the Entity API, JD Leonard

Track B Session - Entities in Drupal 7 & the Entity API, JD Leonard

With every major version of Drupal comes a wealth of improvements. Some of these are easily visible to site administrators and end users, while others are more "under the hood". The concept of entities, introduced in Drupal 7, is definitely an "under the hood" improvement: one that offers Drupal developers a new set of tools to build complex web applications more quickly and help ensure scalability and performance.

In this interactive developer-oriented talk, we will:

Compare data storage options in Drupal 6 to those in Drupal 7 (there are more in Drupal 7!)
Explore what entities are and how they relate to nodes, content types, users, taxonomies, fields, bundles, and more
Walk through defining a custom entity
Discuss how to leverage the Entity API contrib module to take full advantage of entities including integration with Views, Rules, and more
Learn how to use EntityFieldQuery
Leverage Entity Metadata Wrappers to write cleaner code
We'll start at a high-level and finish looking at some heavy code examples.

DrupalCamp Michigan was held on Saturday January 31st at Henry Ford College in Dearborn Michigan.

Complete session information is available online at.

[garypigott]

Great video, I was wondering if the module code for tbm was available anywhere for use as an example. Thanks

[lukemargules]

Love the video, but the camera is so frustrating!!! it keeps panning out and looking away from the projector screen when there's important information!!! Why not just keep it focused on the info? Just a thought.

Great video with lots of useful stuff in it. You really know your drupal, JD