CKEditor is new favorite rich text editor however I prefer to use the WYSIWYG module because it seems to have better media module support. This module, however, is needed if you plan to use the Scald module. If unsure, then I suggest using the WYSIWYG module instead.

Crop uploaded images using JS.

Let's you use a view as a field in a view. The parent view can pass arguments to the field view. This is kind of like a query within a query.

Let you use node tokens in the title and alt fields for the core image module. Core already comes with the option to use user tokens but not node tokens.

Popular module for making 'flyout' menus. 430,000 downloads and 80,000 current installs.

"The proposed HTML "picture" element (see responsiveimages.org, but has not been accepted for HTML 5) is implemented as a display formatter for image fields. This module is a backport of Drupal 8 picture module. This module will deliver alternate image sources based on device capabilities to prevent wasted bandwidth and optimize display for both screen and print. "

"What you need is indeed a combination of --include and --exclude arguments. For example the following will replicate only mp3 files in a directory named source, or any of its subdirectories, to a directory named target:"

A couple of snippets that I use to sync files from one external drive to another.

Just in case the tutorial is ever taken down, this is copied from: http://getlevelten.com/blog/ian-whitcomb/defining-custom-field-types-drupal . An example of creating a compound field in Drupal.

Here's how to customize CKEditor in Drupal 7. I recommend using the WYSIWYG module instead of the CKEditor module if you plan on having media module integration. I was not able to get media module working with youtube videos and CKEditor 4+ and apparently that's a known issue (Apr 26 2014).