Thank you to the many wonderful people who contribute code, fix code, provide help and write books and talk about open source projects. In particular I would like to acknowledge the following resources that I have found very helpful in my quest to learn and understand.

backdrop CMS

A derivative of Drupal CMS.

drupal.org

The Drupal CMS and it's community

Lullabot.com

Their book "Using Drupal" and their video series were very helpful in getting me started thinking about how to build Drupal sites.

Emma Jane Hogbin

A well known author and trainer for Drupal. Her books are easy to understand and her workshops and seminars are always entertaining and full of practical advice.

http://groups.drupal.org/toronto

Drupal Users Group, Toronto. A friendly group of enthusiasts that meet regularly.

Ladies Learning Code

Ladies Learning Code evolved to become a progam within Canada Learning Code a national organization making learning to code a welcoming and fun event for beginners.

alistapart.com

A List Apart is a great source of articles on current topics for people that build websites

http://www.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu is a distribution of the Linux operating system that I use. It gave my old Compaq laptop a new life (after my son discarded it as a Windows machine).