Appendix A. Exercises and Answers

  1. What website can you use to connect with other Drupal users, developers, and professionals with similar interests or who are located near you?

    http://groups.drupal.org (aka: GDO) is where thousands of Drupal users, developers, and professionals self-organize into special interest or geographic groups.

  2. Where can you communicate with other Drupal users or developers in real time over the Internet?

    You can use Internet Relay Chat (IRC) in #drupal-support and #drupal channels to communicate in real time with users and developers from all over the world. Learn more about IRC at http://drupal.org/irc.

  3. What nonprofit organization helps to protect the Drupal community's code from GPL copyright infringement, protects the Drupal trademark, and supports the http://drupal.org infrastructure?

    Created to support the Drupal community the nonprofit Drupal Association (http://association.drupal.org) defends against infringements of the Drupal community's GPL-licensed code, manages the hardware infrastructure that powers the http://drupal.org websites, and puts on the annual Drupalcon conference. Find out more about how you can get involved at http://association.drupal.org.

  4. Drupal is a great CMS, but developers also love it because of its great ____? (three letter acronym)

    Drupal's API (Application Programming Interface) really helps Drupal stand out from other CMSs because it helps developers extend and customize Drupal to meet their website's needs.

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