In this chapter we completed the following steps and now have a good understanding of how Memcached API and Integration module works with our Drupal site:
Installed the MoWeS Portable suite of applications and Apache server on our Windows XP local machine
Installed the Memcached service and libraries in order to use the Memcache API and Integration module
Integrated and tested Memcached with our PHP settings
Installed and configured the Memcache API and Integration module into our Drupal site
Enabled the Memcache Admin module in order to display our Memcache statistics on each page load
Checked our Memcache stats on example nodes
Let's take a break! When we come back in Chapter 8, we'll take a look at contributed modules that are built to work along with the Memcache API module and will help us to enhance our caching mechanisms in our Drupal site even further. This will include the Cache Router, Authenticated User Page Caching, Advanced Cache, and File Based Caching modules. See you back...