Utilizing Drupal, an Open Source Web Framework to Support Science 2.0 Projects

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Utilizing Drupal, an Open Source Web Framework to Support Science 2.0 Projects March 21, 2012

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• Web Developer (or Research Associate) at Information Technology and Systems Center , University of Alabama in Huntsville • Front end and back end Drupal developer since December 2009 (2+ years) Ajinkya Kulkarni #Drupal, #JavaScript, #PHP, #CSS [email protected] www.ajinkyakulkarni.com www.uah.edu www.itsc.uah.edu

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• What I will cover: ▫ What is Drupal? Content management system or an application development framework? (Hint: both) ▫ Building Science 2.0 applications using Web 2.0 features of Drupal ▫ Showcase of few Science 2.0 applications built using Drupal at University of Alabama in Huntsville • What I will not cover: ▫ Drupal vs. other content management systems ▫ Drupal vs. other application development frameworks

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What is Drupal? Drupal is a free and highly configurable open source content management system (CMS) written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. and an application development framework New to Drupal? Know what is Drupal in 57 seconds: http://youtu.be/rF1X12PE6PY

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Building Science 2.0 applications using Web 2.0 features

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Some Web 2.0 Features of Drupal • User management (including registration, permissions) • Content management • Tagging • Social sharing • Email notifications • Searching • Threaded comments • Analytics • Caching • RSS • Mashups • Maps • Blogs

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Drupal : Not just a CMS!

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Beyond CMS: Using Drupal as Application Development Framework • Started as a CMS but rapidly growing into a full blown application development framework • 7000+ contributed modules • Robust and developer friendly APIs • Follows the best coding practices and guidelines • Active security auditing of modules • Drupal 8: HTML5 and mobile friendly • Freely available open source developer tools (Netbeans, xDebug, PHP, MySQL, Apache, Ubuntu, Drush, Git, Firebug)

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Doing Drupal Development is Easy! • Drupal module development books • Online API reference • Community Support : “Drupal Answers” and “StackOverflow” • Local Drupal groups

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Science on Drupal

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GPM Cold-season Precipitation Experiment (GCPEx) Portal About GCPEx: http://pmm.nasa.gov/GCPEx GCPEx Drupal Portal : http://gpm.nsstc.nasa.gov/gcpex/portal/

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Blocks

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Views

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Roles and Permissions

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Timeline View

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Instrument Data Viewer

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Weather Forecast Content Type

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Documents Sharing

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Real Time Mission Monitor (RTMM)

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Mid-latitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E) Portal About MC3E: http://pmm.nasa.gov/science/ground-validation/mid- latitude-continental-convective-clouds-experiment-mc3e MC3E Drupal Portal: http://mc3e.nsstc.nasa.gov/portal/

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Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) Portal About GRIP: http://grip.nsstc.nasa.gov/ GRIP Drupal Portal: http://grip.nsstc.nasa.gov/reporting/

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Mission Calendar

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AMSR-E Provenance Browser About: http://provenance.itsc.uah.edu/about Website: http://provenance.itsc.uah.edu/

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Browse Images

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Provenance Graph and Metadata

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Product Content Type

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Website: http://acedemo.itsc.uah.edu/

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A Web Based GIS System

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Catalog

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Layer Content Type

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Issue Tracker

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Website: http://ws3.itsc.uah.edu/infocasting/

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Service Entry Content Type

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Service Cast Atom Feed

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Service Catalog

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Talkoot Website: http://miningsolutions.itsc.uah.edu/talkoot/

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Northern Gulf Coastal Hazards Collaboratory Website: http://ngchc.org/

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US IOOS Coastal Modeling Testbed About: http://testbed.sura.org/node/550 Website: http://testbed.sura.org/