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Description of  Drupalize.me : jQuery and JavaScript in Drupal Series (2011)

Learn how to integrate jQuery scripts into Drupal, and how to leverage the javascript capabilities of the Drupal API in both 6.x & 7.x If you've been itching to add more whiz-bang excitement to your Drupal website but felt like you just don't understand all this Ajax/javascript stuff, then this video is for you! This video builds off of concepts covered in videos such as Theming Basics for Drupal, Advanced Theming for Drupal, Drupal Module Development and Introduction to jQuery. This video ties together these concepts as we delve into Drupal's javascript and Ajax APIs. jQuery & javascript in Drupal carefully walks you through all of the Drupal-specific javascript conventions that you'll need to know to begin integrating jQuery scripts into your Drupal 6 or Drupal 7 websites. You'll get a brief introduction to jQuery and learn how to add javascript code through the theme layer as well as via a module. You'll also learn how to pass variables from PHP into your javascript files through the Drupal-specific Drupal.settings variable. We've written six example modules in this video and we walk you through each one in order to demonstrate how to integrate jQuery scripts into your Drupal website. This hands-on approach will help you learn how to leverage Drupal's javascript-related Form API properties, how to create sortable table forms, and how to leverage the AHAH framework in Drupal 6 as well as the powerful Ajax framework in Drupal 7. This video will teach you everything you need to know to start creating fully Ajax-enabled Drupal websites. In this video we also explore the new javascript states system in Drupal 7, which allows you to create dynamic form dependencies and increase the usability of forms in Drupal. Finally, we'll take a look at some of the ways to keep your jQuery version up to date and some of the other popular javascript-related Drupal contributed modules. Here are the chapters included in this video 1. Introduction to jQuery and javascript in Drupal 3m 2. jQuery Overview 11m 3. Adding javascript through a theme 15m 4. The jQuery Macro Maker demonstration module 12m 5. Adding javascript and variables through a module 19m 6. Drupal.behaviors and Drupal-specific javascript 15m 7. Making tables sortable with jQuery 16m 8. javascript-related Form API properties 8m 9. Dynamic forms in Drupal 6: AHAH framework 15m 10. Ajax framework in Drupal 7 16m 11. Creating Ajax-enabled links in Drupal 7 32m 12. javascript form dependencies with the States System 24m 13. javascript-related Drupal Contrib Modules 7m 14. jQuery and javascript in Drupal Review 15m