Flash with Drupal [Paperback]

Travis Tidwell Tidwell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 27, 2009 | ISBN-10: 1847197582 | ISBN-13: 978-1847197580

This book takes a step-by-step approach to building Flash applications for use with the Drupal Content Management System. In each chapter, you walk through the evolution of a real Flash application designed for Drupal. Every chapter builds on the previous one by presenting a more challenging feature for each additional chapter. This book is written for developers who wish to build dynamic flash applications. Although we will be using Drupal for our Content Management System, the lessons learned within this book can easily be applied to other content management systems such as Joomla or WordPress. Because of this, you are not assumed to be familiar with Drupal. Any interaction with Drupal will be described in full detail so that anyone can follow along. As for Flash, it is not necessary to be familiar with how to use Flash since that too will be covered within this book. However, it is recommended that you have some modest understanding of ActionScript and PHP since there are many code examples within this book.

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About the Author

Travis Tidwell is the founder and CTO for TMT Digital (http://www.tmtdigital.com), a company that specializes in the development of Flash applications for the Drupal content management system. He is also the sole developer for the Dash Media Player (http://www.tmtdigital.com/project/dash_player, http://www.drupal.org/project/dashplayer), which is a media player built specifically for Drupal. As well as contributing this media player, Travis is also the author and co-maintainer for the FlashVideo module (http://www.drupal.org/project/flashvideo), which is a complete video solution for Drupal. Travis graduated with a Bachelors of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Oklahoma State University and has worked as an Embedded Systems Engineer for companies specializing in automotive and agricultural GPS products. Travis then fell in love with web development and more specifically with Drupal and Flash, where he has developed numerous sites including http://www.delicioso.com for Food Network's Ingrid Hoffmann. Travis is happily married to his beautiful wife, Erin, and is the proud parent of a feisty one-year-old named Brycen. When Travis isn't working on the computer (which is rare these days), he enjoys the performing arts including playing guitar, singing, and tap dancing (Search for "Soul Man Tap" at http://www.youtube.com to see him in action).

Product Details

• Paperback: 380 pages
• Publisher: Packt Publishing (May 27, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1847197582
• ISBN-13: 978-1847197580
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,213,216 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars great..just great, December 6, 2009

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K. Addaquay (New York) - See all my reviews
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all i can say..what an excellent book. recommend this to all intermediate/advanced flash developers that want to have a more solid backend... rather than using static xml files. book is very well written.

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! travis put it all toether, February 26, 2010

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This review is from: Flash with Drupal (Paperback)

I would rate this book higher than 5 stars if i could. drupal is a great cms and is hot. flash is the way to go as far as digital video is concerned. travis connects the two, makes it clear, fun and uses best practices to boot. really incredible, powerful and unique. great job!! i am really grateful for this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book!, February 15, 2010

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Christopher Aceves "Christopher Aceves" (Rowland Heights, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

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Dear Travis Tidwell,

This book was very good. It really shines a light where I did not understand much of Flash with Drupal. Of course this book is not one you can just zip through and comprehend it all in one sitting. It takes some work and dedication to really understand the inner workings of Flash with Drupal. I am very happy that I finished this book. It gives me the freedom to achieve what I believe is possible with these web technologies. Also, Travis is a good person. We talked a couple of times and he helped me out!

Take Care,