Major Revamp (Drupal 6)

This module is currently built for Drupal 4.7 (ouch), and requires a huge update of the API to the new GData API, which now uses the Zend Framework. There are a number of things we'll have to do in order to achieve this:

1. The Zend Framework

Since the GData API is part of the Zend Framework, we'll have to make this module require the installation of the Zend Framework. Since the Zend Framework is another API, it would make sense to abstract this out of GData and have a new module to manage the proper installation of it. So, I created a new Zend Framework module. The GData Drupal module will have to depend on it.

2. Architecture

Since the GData API can do so much, we have to re-evaluate the design structure of the GData module.

• GData Module: Base module to ensure that the GData API is available, as well as provide some configuration options
• GData Service/Server: Instead of providing its own hook, it might be worth investigating the Services module to communicate with a large amount of modules and protocols. This would turn GData into a web service server to provide a way of communicating GData information instead of its own module/hook.

3. Sample Module

Create a simple module that would use the GData module. Maybe retrieve a list of published Google documents? Get analytics information about your Drupal website? Perform an AJAX search on of code on Google Code?