You will need Views, CCK and Link contrib modules so go get them first (need I mention the use of a test site?). This is for Drupal 5.

A weakness of this approach is that it will only display everything as a flat list so you can't nest terms. I am unsure if this can be overcome but it's working for a friend for now while we work out what he ultimately wants on his site.

Thanks to Jeff Eaton for his cryptic comment on how to approach this when I asked him;

use taxonomy, then add an argument for taxonomy term to the view, and use "summary view" for when no term is passed in

and thanks to Earl Miles for pointing out a cleaner approach to first attempt.

So Drupal Dojo was started to help acquaint new and experienced developers to Drupal development. The group welcome message says it all.

Apprentices and Journeymen: Do you want to maintain your own modules or themes, maybe your own distribution? Have a vision of running a killer Drupal site? Think the idea of getting paid to do Drupal sounds like paradise? If you've got big-D dreams, then this is the group for you. We'll make you skilled like a ninja.

Masters: Tired of people telling you to clone yourself? Well lets get started already.

One of the things I was excited to see is a mention from Joshua McCue Koenig about documentation.

we're also going to try and create good documentation out of this. A primer for new Drupal coders, so to speak.

Writing documentation is a good way to make sure you understand a subject and give back to the community. There have been a few false starts at it before but this looks to be hitting the critical mass this time. New complex documentation really needs to come from collaboration with new folks to help get it written, all the existing active developers have a niche that keeps them too busy despite the best of intentions.

From the introductions thread it looks like a good start with a wide variety of talent.

Last night (27dec06) at 23:52 PST, my wife gave birth to our daughter, Erin Madison. She was a healthy 7.7 lbs, 19" baby girl. (My wife says the knitters she knows want the head diameter for hats and such 13-1/2"). Mother is resting fine.

(non-Drupal interested friends can skip the rest)

This is full circle in a way. I started using Drupal because I wanted a setup that my wife and I could post content too, just ended up a little more involved in the community then I planned. So I'll be busy adjusting to my new schedule and helping my wife recover the next little bit. Fortunately we have a lot of folks that will help pick up the support in the forums and such.