[consulting] Best way to set up Drupal exercise files?

[Victor Kane]

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 5:08 PM, Tom Geller <tom at tomgeller.com> wrote:

> Hey, Gang. Thanks for all the suggestions! Taking them one at a time:
>


> <snipping so as not to repeate...>
>


> Victor Kane et al. wrote:
>
> > One solution would be to use a Git Repository like GitHub, and version
> > everything (drupal, contrib modules, assets, sql snapshot). Then you make
> a
> > Tag for each Chapter, and on GitHub, for example, it's straightforward to
> > download a TGZ or ZIP snapshot file for each Chapter.
>
> Hmm... I guess that could work. I've never successfully used a VC system...
> shocking, I know. I'll have to play with GitHub to figure out a way to do
> this smoothly. Would the client need to install Git? If so, this is probably
> not going to work... Git is far too complicated for my users. But worth
> exploring, perhaps with a one-click Web interface of some sort.
>

No need for them to have Git, they can just download any tagged package they
like! That's why GitHub.

For an example of what I'm talking about, take a look at Drupal on GitHub:
http://github.com/mikl/drupal

Click on Download source (either in ZIP or TGZ) and take yer choice!

Victor


>
> Side note: Patterns will also be problematic, as I see no plans for a D7
> version. I've posted (http://drupal.org/node/812866) to find out.
>
> Kevin Davison writes:
>
> > If there were also a way to connect the DB to a hosted solution
>
> Nah -- that'll be what's delivered by Lynda.com. Users will have to run
> update.php as the course ages, but that's O.K..
>
> > How do you help with each student's server? Perhaps Acquia's stack
> installer (http://acquia.com/downloads) or MAMP (
> http://www.mamp.info/en/index.html)?
>
> We include installation videos, but can't take responsibility for the AMP
> stack -- there are simply too many variables. For the first two series I
> leaned on MAMP and WAMP, and most of my tech-support questions were about
> WAMP. This time around I'm leaning heavily on DAMP, then importing core D7
> to replace Acquia Drupal.
>
> > I wonder if there's a way to do this in "the cloud" as well, and I still
> have yet to mess with Pantheon.
>
>
> Beyond our scope.
>
> Keep 'em coming! Thanks again,
>
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