What are the skills a Drupal Developer needs?

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Published on 2010-05-13T08:20:13Z Indexed on 2010/05/13 8:24 UTC
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I'm trying to write out a list of key Drupal competencies, mainly so I can confirm what I know, don't know and don't know I don't know. (Thanks D. Rumsfeld for that quote!)

I think some of these are really broad, for instance there's quite a difference between making a functional theme and creating a theme with good SEO, load times and so on, but I'm hoping you could assume that a half decent web developer would look after that anyway.

Just interested to see what people here feel is also important.

  • Able to install Drupal on a server (pretty obvious).
  • Able to research and install modules to meet project requirements
  • Able to configure all the basic modules and core settings to get a site running
  • Able to create a custom Theme from scratch which validates with good HTML/CSS and also pays attention to usability and accessibility. (Whilst still looking kick-ass).
  • Able to use Hooks in the theme template.php to alter forms, page layout and other core functionality
  • Can make forms from scratch using the API - with validation and posting back to the DB/email
  • Can use Views to create blocks or pages, use php snippets as arguments, etc.
  • Can create custom modules from scratch utilising core hooks and other hooks.

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