Tag Archives: development

Drush Make: Avoid the Unexpected

There are two things that are no secret and which form the basis for this post: Using the development versions of Drupal modules is sometimes the best choice. Using development versions as the project[module_name][version] parameter in a Drush Make file is always a bad choice. How can we reconcile these two seemingly irreconcilable truths? The [...]
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How-to: Create Drupal development sites in Quickstart

Yesterday, I felt like reviewing some patches, so I fired up my Quickstart-based virtual machine and set about creating some Drupal development sites. I realized I first had to create Drush Make files to get the proper development versions installed. So I did that. However, I also realized that, despite cloning the code via Git [...]
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Drupal Camp Sacramento Area 2011 Conference Report

This weekend, I attended the first DrupalCamp in the Sacramento, California area. It happened to be held in Davis, a location which worked for me. Some of you might know that I was talking about taking Amtrak’s Coast Starlight up to the Bay Area. I indeed did. Here’s some pictures: (flickr link coming soon; I [...]
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Developer musings – should I put them here or on a separate site?

Hi there – a question for you! Answer it in the comments. I have lots of stuff I could potentially share and that I run into all the time. I’ve been holding off on blogging too much here because I’m not sure if it would fit the page. I see on other developer’s sites though [...]
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