Hi, If you want to attend this event, fill in this form: http://events.mountbatten.net
On February 24, 2012 we're joining forces with our friends at Bantalabs (Senegal) for a full day of professional Drupal training. The event is taking place simultaneously in Kampala (Uganda), Nairobi (Kenya), Dakar (Senegal) and Saint-Louis (Senegal). The Kenyan and Ugandan program will have 2 seperate sessions. The morning session is based on Acquia's Hello Drupal course and will be a great introduction for anyone who is thinking of starting a career in Drupal. No programming skills are required! In the afternoon we will dive under the hood of Drupal and provide an introduction to module development to get a good technical insight into Drupal's internals. For this sessions PHP skills are necessary. PROGRAM 9:00 - 12: 'Hello Drupal' - An Introduction to Drupal After this session you will be able to: Explain how Drupal sites are built Use specific Drupal terminology such as views, nodes, blocks, entities and fields Determine how to decide if Drupal is the right solution for your project requirements Know where to go to find career opportunities in Drupal. Experience using Drupal, and learn about the community 13:00 - 14:30: Break 14:45 - 18:00: Introduction to Module Development' At the end of this session you will: know how to build a module from scratch understand the hook system know how to manipulate Drupal's internal workings gain insight into Drupal's performance and caching mechanism learn how to connect to external systems and call webservices from within your module PRICE Totally Free, but registration is required. For people who would like to follow both sessions, there are several places closeby that provide lunch. LOCATION Dakar: (Jokkolabs) (http://jokkolabs.net)], 65/66 Résidence Machala, Nord Liberté 6 Ext. Saint-Louis: (Bantalabs) (http://bantalabs.com), Ndiolofène-Sor, Saint-Louis Kampala: Mountbatten HQ http://www/mountbatten.net, Muyenga, Kampala (Directions) Nairobi: The iHub (http://ihub.co.ke/), 4th Floor, Bishop Magua Centre (Ngong Road) REGISTRATION Dakar/Saint-Louis: [email protected] - +221 70 405 12 70 Kampala/Nairobi: http://events.mountbatten.net -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 758 801749 _______________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
