Learn how site building and maintenance can benefit from Drush, the Drupal command line shell and scripting interface. Join Jon Peck, author of the lynda.com course Simplified Drupal Sites with Drush as he describes what Drush is, demonstrates how to install it, and how to use it effectively for everyday tasks.

Drush is a fantastic daily-use tool without the overhead of the full Drupal GUI and bootstrap, but it has some drawbacks in terms of approachability. The documentation for drush, while thorough and improving, can be intimidating and obtuse for people who don’t live, breathe and code Drupal. drush.org the home page is an example of this; it’s a very useful source of information, but it’s literally dozens of commands and all their arguments displayed on one page. Where should a new Drush user start?

This session begins with a high-level overview of what Drush is and why it’s useful. With that foundation, Jon will demonstrate:

• Installing Drush
• Site installation and inspection
• Downloading and managing modules
• User management
• Controlling the cache and cron
• Archiving and restoring sites

With this knowledge, site administrators and developers can immediately start using Drush, the Drupal standard tool for managing sites from the command-line.

This session is an introduction for developers and site administrators who have installed and managed a Drupal site; no Drush experience is assumed.

Jon Peck is a lynda.com author, Zend Certified PHP Engineer, and owner of FluxSauce, a web application development firm in Upstate NY.