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This page relates to the Skill sets described in the open curriculum project, and tries to describe one of the skill sets. See this page a collaborative notebook, and feel free to edit and improve it.
Some things that could fit into this skill set:
Basic PHP skills
- Using variables, including the most common variable operators
- Using arrays, including associative arrays and nested arrays
- Using conditional statements (including alternative syntax for assigning new values to variables)
- Basic object handling
- Declaring functions
- Using loops (including foreach loops)
- Knowing the difference between passing a variable and passing a variable by reference
- Using include, include_once, require and require_once
Drupal coding
- Knowing and following Drupal coding standards
- In particular, knowing how to use doxygen commenting according to Drupal standards
- Using and partly understanding the Drupal hook system
- Using and partly understanding the Drupal hook_alter system
- Being able to create new modules from scratch
- Basic familiarity with the form and render system (including knowledge about some of the form/render elements, and the hook_form_alter and hook_form_FORM_ID_alter functions)
- Knowing how to look up API documentation for Drupal core, and the most-used modules
- Being able to interpret well-documented Drupal code examples (at a reasonably complex level)
Other
- Being comfortable with version control of code
- Being familiar with what integrated development environments are, and in particular knowing how to get a coding environment that supports syntax highlighting and function documentation
Categories: open curriculum