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Standards, security and best practices

Last updated November 13, 2009. Created by LeeHunter on January 17, 2009.
Edited by jhodgdon. Log in to edit this page.

This section outlines the Drupal standards for writing code and maintaining security. It also looks at a number of best practices that will help you optimize the speed and performance of your application.

There is a separate section for User Interface guidelines.

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