Drush Make allows you to build a Drupal site from a a set of instructions, letting Drush download and install Drupal core and modules. This allows you to describe a Drupal site installation in a simple text file.
Drush Make can:
There are a lot of plug-ins for Drush. I just may get to list them all on one slide but the font would need to be very tiny.
Some plug-ins help with: Deployment, Data, Modules, Themes, Content, SSH, SCM (Source Code Management) like Git/SVN.
With the camp now over I am placing the list of Drush plug-ins with links here:
Drush Cleanup http://drupal.org/project/drush_cleanup
Drush MAMP http://drupal.org/project/mamp
Production check & Production monitor http://drupal.org/project/prod_check
Environment http://drupal.org/project/environment
Site Directory Migrate http://drupal.org/project/sitedir_migrate
Drush Extras (key commands: sql-compare, pushkey) http://drupal.org/project/drush_extras
Git Hook http://drupal.org/project/githook
Drush SQL Extras http://drupal.org/project/drush_sql_extras
Feather http://drupal.org/project/feather
Drush Debug Tools http://drupal.org/project/drush_debug_tools
Cache Warmer http://drupal.org/project/cache_warmer
Drush Rebuild http://drupal.org/project/rebuild
Drush CTools Export Bonus http://drupal.org/project/drush_ctex_bonus
Drush Compass http://drupal.org/project/drush_compass
Drush Deploy http://drupal.org/project/drush_deploy
Drush Theme Builder http://drupal.org/project/drush_theme_builder
Drush Toolbox http://drupal.org/sandbox/snufkin/1328374
Drush Bench http://drupal.org/project/drush_bench
PRESENTATION SLIDES AVAILABLE http://www.slideshare.net/ccharlton/drush-50-drupalcamp-la-2012-chris-ch...
Drush 5.4 is the new current stable release of the pro's Drupal administration tool - and the list of new features is awesome. Come see what Drush is really good at, and what is new in 5.0.
Drush 5 is the new recommended version to manage Drupal 6, 7, 8 sites; Drupal 5 users should stay on Drush 4.5.
A full list of Drush core commands is available at http://www.drush.org
