I, Drupal: Leveraging Drupal 7's introspective code registry

Overview

Drupal 6 includes a simple lazy-loader for page callback functions. Drupal 7 will feature a completely automated introspective code registry, allowing Drupal to skip the most time consuming part of a page request: The bootstrap. But how can you structure your modules to take full advantage of this new world?

Join Larry Garfield (Crell) and chx (chx) to discuss and develop a set of best practices for module design to take optimal advantage of the registry. Expect some discussion of OOP practices as well, since it's Larry and chx. :-)

Agenda

* What the code registry is and why it is. (Larry and chx)
* What the code registry is not. (Larry and chx)
* OK, so how do we use it? (discussion)
* Draw up recommended guidelines to be included in the handbooks.

Goals

You should come away from this session knowing how to speed up your modules dramatically through a simple cut and paste operation. We also intend to have a publishable set of guidelines for all module developers to help them do the same.

Resources

Past discussion and issues:

http://drupal.org/node/146172 (Drupal 6 page callbacks)
http://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/benchmark-page-split
http://drupal.org/node/221964 (the registry issue)
http://www.garfieldtech.com/drupal-7-registry