There may arise situations when you would want to display the contents of a block inside a template file or along with any other output variables. module_invoke() function can be used for this purpose.
The module_invoke() is a function to invoke a hook in Drupal. The syntax for module_invoke is different for Drupal 6 and Drupal 7.
This article is about creating URL alias for a custom menu that we created in our custom module. This was a requirement in one of my projects, to change the node id to node title in one of the custom created url. I was able to do this by implementing hook_pathauto. This is done on Drupal 7.
This article is about creating a user using a separate registration page other than the default registration page in Drupal. I had done this when I faced a requirement to have a separate registration page for some special users.
Git is one of the most versatile opensource version control systems out there. If you have not already started using Git for your Drupal Development projects, this article should help you get started with it.
Please note: I have been using Linux as my development environment, and almost all my illustrations would be for Linux. Still, the commands for using git should be the same for git implementations on all OSes. Please add in a comment if you have any doubts.