Tutorials, Guides, and Videos

Drupal resources, tutorials, and documentation available online (both free and paid).

Resources Free to the Georgia Tech Community

• http://lynda.gatech.edu - Lynda's self-paced, introductory videos guide through most of Drupal's general functionality. A good starting point is their Drupal 7 essential training.

• Drupal Camps (local, smaller conferences). Highlights include:

  • Welcome to Drupal!
  • Introduction to Content Types
  • Fields and Views...The building blocks of Drupal
  • R.E.A.D: Four steps for selecting the right modules
  • Secrets for Successful Migrations
  • Drupal 8 Migrate - Great or Hype
  • One-Hour Drupal 8 Theming

• Drupal Association (usually from the big conference, DrupalCon). Highlights include:

  • Views for Beginners (in Drupal 8)
  • How NOT to build and maintain a Drupal site
  • Inclusive Design: an Introduction to Accessibility Whys and Hows

• OSTraining "The Drupal 8 Beginner Class": very similar to Drupal 7 for this kind of introduction

• http://nodeone.se/sv/learning-library

• http://drupal.org/videocasts

Resources Available for Purchase

• http://drupalize.me - Built by Lullabot, focused on being more detail-oriented.

• http://buildamodule.com/ - Chris Shattuck's tutorials that focus on training, not developing.

• Acquia - a prominent Drupal support agency - offers training sessions for module development, layout and theming, panels, and site building. (A 2-day module development course may cost $900, a 5-day site building and layout essentials course may be closer to $2,000).

• OSTraining - a training company with an excellent reputation and offers on-site Drupal training sessions. They have a local office, could bring their experts to campus, and actively participate in the local development community.