Lesson 37: Basics of Form API 3 in 30 minutes or less

This week in the dojo, Dmitrig01 takes us down memory lane with a look at FormAPI 3. Wait, that's a futuristic look at FormAPI 3. Anyway, this will be a Basics Of..." lesson, so you'll want to be there if you need to build or change forms in Drupal websites. Ok, that means all of you slackers. Come join http://webavant.com/dojo1 at 7:00pm UTC on Sunday the 9th.

Lesson 21: Drupal6 FormAPI redux by CHX!

Chx, who wrote much of the Drupal 6 FormAPI, explains the changes and updates to the latest version of the FormAPI. He covered six distinct examples, and the code will be available as a downloadable module soon.

Lesson 11: FormAPI Extravaganza

Chx has bravely volunteered to show us the ins and outs of FormAPI, the critical element in creating new modules and extending and theming the input forms of existing modules. This is a vital part of Drupal, so you better not miss this lesson!

Lesson 01: Drupal Basics, FormAPI, and CCK

After some discussion in IRC, it seems that there's definitely interest in having "lessons" here at the Dojo. Ideas range from HowTo on specific features or topics to having creators of interesting sites lead the group in an under-the-hood tour. Really, the sky is the limit.

It is with this intention that we will try and make lesson-time be a recurring weekly feature. To that end Josh will run the first few sessions. Hopefully within a couple weeks we will have a format that works and other experts can step in/step up.

For the first lesson, we will try to cover the basics: drupal terminology and what it means, the basic module hooks, good coding style and best practices.

Since this is of high value to all dojo members -- and it's a lesson that should be repeated many times as new developers join -- we're also going to try and create good documentation out of this. A primer for new Drupal coders, so to speak.

Hook_form_alter breakdown

Dmitri walks us through some sample form_alters. If you want to customize how your forms look and feel, this is a good start.

Edit: Thanks to Dipen for transcribing the lesson!