Views, Panels, CCK, token, and the rest are great for getting most of any project done, but sometimes you need a little custom work to get the last 4% of your needs covered. When that happens, it's time to break out a code editor and write your own module.

John plans to go over how to set up a blank module, the usual basic hooks that you will implement, what to watch out for for security, and ideas on how to nudge and override Drupal to do what you need without having to kill a kitten, aka hack core.

Head to http://www.jcfiala.net/blog/2009/06/27/john-and-ezras-test-code to download the test module I created for the presentation.