Drupal 6 JavaScript and jQuery

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Drupal and JavaScript
  • Do you speak...?
    • PHP
    • SQL
    • HTML
    • CSS
    • XML
    • JavaScript
  • Drupal's architecture
    • The Drupal Core
    • The Theme Engine
    • Modules
  • Users, nodes, and blocks
    • Users
    • Blocks
    • Nodes
  • Drupal JavaScript development tools
    • A good editor
    • Firebug
    • The Drupal Devel package
  • Summary

• Chapter 2: Working with JavaScript in Drupal
  • How Drupal handles JavaScript
    • Where Drupal JavaScript comes from?
  • Project overview: printer-friendly page content
  • The printer script
    • Drupal coding standards
      • Stylistic differences between PHP and JavaScript
    • The first lines
    • The print() function
  • Creating a theme
    • Full themes and subthemes
    • Creating a theme: first steps
      • Creating a theme directory
      • Creating the .info file
      • Adding files to the theme
    • The CSS file
    • Adding JavaScript to a theme
      • Overriding a template
      • Adding the script file
  • Summary

• Chapter 3: jQuery: Do More with Drupal
  • jQuery: the write less, do more library
    • A first jQuery script
      • Getting jQuery
      • Starting with a basic HTML document
      • Querying with jQuery (and the Firebug console)
      • Bye bye, jQuery(); hello $()
      • Doing more with jQuery
  • Using jQuery in Drupal
    • Don't do it yourself!
  • Project: rotating sticky node teasers
    • The StickyRotate functions
      • The init() function
      • The periodicRefresh() function
      • Adding an event handler with jQuery
  • A brief look backward
  • Summary

• Chapter 4: Drupal Behaviors
  • The drupal.js library
  • Drupal JavaScript behaviors
    • Defining a behavior to handle repeatable events
    • Telling Drupal to attach behaviors
      • Context and behaviors: bug potential
  • Project: collapsing blocks
  • Utilities
    • Checking capabilities with Drupal.jsEnabled
    • The Drupal.checkPlain() function (and the jQuery alternative)
    • The Drupal.parseJson() function
    • The Drupal.encodeURIComponent() function
    • The Drupal.getSelection() function
  • Project: a simple text editor
    • The main behavior
      • Step 1: find text areas that need processing
      • Step 2: add event handlers
      • Step 3: attach the button bar
  • Summary

• Chapter 5: Lost in Translations
  • Translations and drupal.js
  • Translation and languages
    • Turning on translation support
    • Getting and installing translations
    • Configuring languages
      • Adding the language
      • Configuring languages
  • Using the translation functions
    • The Drupal.t() function
    • The Drupal.formatPlural() function
  • Adding a translated string
  • Project: weekend countdown
    • Translating the project's strings
    • Changing a translation file
  • Summary

• Chapter 6: JavaScript Theming
  • Theming in PHP, theming in JavaScript
  • The Drupal.theme() function
  • Project: menus and blocks
    • Adding a block with a menu in it
    • Theming a block
    • Theming a menu
  • The JavaScript theming module
    • Theming tables
    • Sending notifications to the user
    • Adding links
  • Project: templates for JavaScript
    • The node template
    • From a template to a system: what next?
    • A template system
    • Theming with templates
    • Using the template system
    • A word of warning
  • Summary

• Chapter 7: AJAX and Drupal Web Services
  • AJAX, JSON, XHR, AHAH, and Web 2.0
    • Web application and Web 2.0
      • The position of AJAX in Web 2.0
    • Getting technical
    • Move over, XML
  • Project: web clips with RSS and AJAX
    • Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
    • The project goals
    • Creating the web clips tool
      • The WebClips behavior
      • The WebClips.showItem() function
  • Project: real-time comment notifications
    • Displaying comments as notifications
    • Installing Views and Views Datasource
    • Creating a JSON view
    • The comment watcher
      • The comment watcher behavior
      • The CommentWatcher.check() function
      • Theming the comment notification
      • Managing cookies
  • Summary

• Chapter 8: Building a Module
  • How modules work
    • The module structure
      • The directory
      • The .info file
      • The .module file
      • Where do modules go?
  • Project: creating a JavaScript loader module
    • Creating the module directory
    • A JavaScript sample
    • The module's .info file
      • A custom addition
    • The .module file
      • The jsloader_help() function
      • The jsloader_init() function
  • Project: the editor revisited
    • First step: creating the module
    • The CSS file
    • The bettereditor.module file
    • The bettereditor.js script
      • The editor() behavior
      • The insertTag() function
      • The addTag() theme
      • The button() theme function
      • The buttonBar() theme function
    • A last question
  • Summary

• Chapter 9: Integrating and Extending
  • Project: autocompletion and search
    • The theory
    • Our plan
    • First step: creating the taxonomy
    • The new module
    • The search autocomplete JavaScript
  • Project: jQuery UI
    • What is jQuery UI?
    • Getting jQuery UI
    • The accordion module
    • The .info and .module files
    • The accordion JavaScript
  • Project: writing a jQuery plug-in
    • The plug-in code
      • A brief introduction to closures
      • The divWrap() function
  • Summary

• Index

Matt Butcher

I think any Drupal developer who wants to get into using JS in their sites/projects would benefit from reading this book.

This book is a good comprehensive guide for a more advanced knowledge building.

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