About the author
Matt Butcher is a Drupal programmer for Palantir.net. He is a member of the
Emerging Technologies Lab at Loyola University Chicago, where he is currently
nishing a Ph.D. in philosophy. He has written ve books for Packt Publishing,
including Learning Drupal 6 Module Development, Mastering OpenLDAP, Managing
and Customizing OpenCms 6, and Developing Websites with OpenCms. He has also
contributed articles to various web sites and scholarly journals. He is an active
contributor in several Open Source projects.
Thanks to Gábor Hojtsy and Ariel Hitron for helping with the
sections on the JavaScript translation system. Greg Knaddison
and a few others organized DrupalCamp Colorado, which was the
test bed for many of the ideas and examples in the book. Douglas
Paterson and Leena Purkait not only managed the process of putting
this book together, but also worked with me to make this book
the pilot for the RAW program. Thanks also to the DrupalCamp
Chicago crowd, who provided feedback on the later chapters. John
Forsythe was instrumental in getting the early chapters prepared
for the RAW release. Dave Myburgh and Paul Lovvik provided
copious comments on the book. Larry Gareld, Nate Striedinger,
Ken Rickard, Greg Dunlap, John Wilkins, Sam Boyer, and the rest
of the Palantir team, have (wittingly or unwittingly) been great
sources of information and inspiration. Thanks also to Scott Dexter
and Samir Chopra, whose work has continued to fortify my belief in
FOSS ethics. Katherine, Anna, Claire, and Angie had to give up the
occasional Sunday afternoon activities so that I could write this book.
To them, I indubitably owe the greatest debt of gratitude.
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