[consulting] State Of The Art

[Peter Brownell]

As 4.7 approaches maturation, I have found this question increasingly on my
mind, "What is the state of the art?" Where is the real thinking taking
place, where are we pushing forward? 

I have been working with Drupal for about a year now, professionally for 6
months and I am starting to get my head around it! I've poked into enough
modules, hit enough walls to begin to get the big picture. Now I need to
find out what I have missed. 

Where is the major work being done to take Drupal forward ? Where should I
be looking next and where would it be best to lend my efforts ? 

Here is a quick list of my first thoughts, but I would be very interested in
seeing what other professionals have to say. 

MAJOR DRUPAL THINK AREAS 

* CCK 
* Views
* Installation system 
* Node-to-Node relaionships (Ontologies) 
* Uniform Media Management 
* Interoperable Node Access Systems
* "AJAX"   


Cheers
Peter