Become a drupal developer - how mutch experience need ?

Posted by mikedrupalfan on November 24, 2012 at 3:58am

Hi,

I'm a new PHP developer, just finished to learn PHP and wrote my first PHP & mysql app.
I also studied to ZEND PHP exame.

I read that people start with drupal after 2 years of experience in PHP.

Can i start learning drupal development even if i'm a newbie ?
with lullabot videos and the Pro Drupal Development book ?

i don't have a degree in computer science, i have in economy.

Comments

There is a lot more to

Posted by nevets on November 24, 2012 at 4:10am

There is a lot more to developing sites in Drupal than knowing PHP. While useful, I would say knowing Drupal, html and css is more important.

thanks for the answer. but

Posted by mikedrupalfan on November 24, 2012 at 5:30pm

thanks for the answer.

but what about drupal module development?
how much experience in PHP in needed ?

I personally recommend

Posted by nevets on November 24, 2012 at 8:15pm

I personally recommend understanding what Drupal can do without creating modules first.

As for how much PHP, it depends, the first thing is to have a solid understand of PHP and what you can do with. That is more important than experience, though it through experience you put that understanding to work. You can build the experience with Drupal though you add the complexity of learning Drupal API's.

So you have the great

Posted by Ayesh on November 25, 2012 at 3:43am

So you have the great answer.
Knowing php is essential to module development but without any module, you can create many types of common sites. Views, Panels, Rules, etc modules reduces the need of a module when adding new features.

Learn what we call hooks in Drupal and get addicted to drupal coding standards. If you know php and not respect drupal hooks, you will end up with a messy hacked site (don't hack core. That's why we have hooks).

If you need any example, http://drupal.org/project/examples

Good luck!

// Ayesh