What does Drupal adoption mean for UCAR web developers?
Drupal is ideal for creating websites with complex architectures, such as those involving multilingual support, large-scale e-commerce, or intricate content workflows. With thousands of contributed modules, developers can extend the platform to meet almost any requirement without reinventing the wheel.
A. For web developers that work in organizations that choose to adopt Drupal, they will need to learn how Drupal administration, development and content creation works. Much of this is done via point and click in Drupal’s web based interface. The UCAR Drupal Users Group (UDUG) provides a community where developers can get oriented to Drupal, dig into specific Drupal topics, and share tips and tricks with each other. The NCAR Library has numerous books on Drupal. UCAR web developers will be able to find a level of engagement with Drupal that is appropriate to their skill level. Web Developer I staff may focus on content creation and development of basic pages and views, while Web Developer II staff may get into theme customization, more complex views and form building, while Web Developer III staff may develop new themes from scratch, administer their own Drupal instance, install and update modules, and write custom modules to extend Drupal functionality, even develop entire web applica
