The difference between a “normal user” and a “power user” in computer speak is that power users learn to accomplish the same tasks normal users do on a computer, but in a much more efficient manner. For example, learning the short-cut keys on the keyboard for copy and paste (⌘C, ⌘V) can substantially improve your efficiency, as opposed to using your mouse to complete the same task. Essentially, the more you can free yourself from using the mouse on your computer, the quicker you become at completing the same tasks, making you much more efficient. How we can be much more efficient with Drupal? Are there ways we can use shortcuts to complete some of the mundane point and click tasks we do everyday with Drupal? The answer to both those questions is Drush, the DRUpal SHell.

jQuery comes with a lot of functionality right out of the box, and even more in the form of plugins, but sometimes you run into situations where the function you want doesn't exist. Or maybe you just want to create a shortcut for a set of functions you use often. Maybe you even want to write your own jQuery plugin, but you aren't sure where to begin.

I gave a short 5 minute lightning talk at the recent LA Drupal meetup.  I presented on using Drupal.behaviors rather than using $(document).ready().  It was quite a bit of information to fit in five minutes, but I believe I made it with a couple seconds to spare.  I've posted the slides here for anyone interested in looking them over.