Objectifying PHP
Day:
Monday
Time:
4:15 PM - 5:15 PM
Room:
303 Chapter Three Presented by
Under the HoodTechnical details: Study servers, Drupal core, module building, and more.
After years of being a strictly-procedural framework, Drupal is starting to embrace object-oriented programming in a big way. Views is now mostly object-oriented. The Drupal 7 database layer is entirely object-oriented, with a thin procedural veneer. Unit testing is object-oriented. Various other efforts at media handling, plugins and handlers, and more are leveraging objects.
Of course, Drupal has attracted lots of developers who may not understand object-oriented coding, and how to do it well. This session will act as an introduction to the concepts behind objects, classes, interfaces, and other mainstays of PHP object-oriented development. It will start with the basics of the concept of object-oriented programming and cover the syntax, theory, and "how to not do it wrong".
If your eyes cross when seeing code like this:
$plugin->doSomething()->doSomethingElse($plugin);
then this session is for you.
Experience: Beginner, Intermediate
Industry: education, entertainment, library, marketing, media, non-profit
Industry: education, entertainment, library, marketing, media, non-profit
Submitted by Senpai on February 16, 2010 - 7:19pm.
I voted for Crill, :)
Submitted by peach on March 22, 2010 - 2:39am.
Very cool. Since Im not able to go to DC I'm looking forward to the video of this session!
Submitted by lelizondo on March 24, 2010 - 9:23am.
Oh yes, the ones who can't come to drupalcon want video (hopefully with good quality audio).
Submitted by Crell on April 13, 2010 - 2:07pm.
Based on the feedback I've gotten (http://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/drupal-oo-feedback-dcsf), this session is going to move "up" a bit: Less basic syntax, and a lot more "and how do we use this in Drupal?"
I always seem to shift the target of these sessions. :-)
This stuff is essential. Looking forward to it!