New Drupal users all over the map often face the same challenges in building out their first sites. To help some of of them out, here is a series of screencasts based on use case scenarios that may help Drupal users up on their feet. Each one features two to three modules used in combination to complete a task, such as building an office calendar or playing back video, etc. These are released to the public under a Creative Commons license.
In this article you learn how to create a very simple, custom module to provide announcements on a Web site.