The second alpha version of Drupal 7.x was released on February 23, 2010. This version is a test version that was released for further testing and feedback. It is important to note that this alpha version should not be used for production sites. It is expected that there will be at least one more alpha version followed by a few beta versions and at least one release candidate before Drupal 7.0 is finalized.

We will be using Drupal 6 for this class until Drupal 7.0 is finalized and all the modules we use are available.

The Drupal Content Management System uses the LAMP open source software, Cascading Style Sheets, and the web pages are written in PHP. It is a powerful free system that anyone can use in order to create their own web site. It is used to build a wide variety of sites and applications and is used by many companies and also for personal web sites. It can be used for social networking, ecommerce, a photo-sharing site, a blog network, etc. The uses are endless.