Make the Leap - The Joy of Drupal 8

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1 Make the Leap - The Joy of Drupal 8 An experience share of working with Drupal 8 for a simple website project Baris Web developer at identum

2 Talk Summary Choosing Drupal 8 Configuration Management Differences (to D7) Some Challenges

3 Sec-on 1: Choosing Drupal 8 Choosing Drupal 8 Configuration Management Differences (to D7) Some Challenges

5 First Drupal 8 Project Small, uncomplicated project Lots of time to completion Need to start somewhere

6 Ques-ons About Drupal 8 What is Twig like to use? Updates to processes? Any negative differences (to Drupal 7)? How ready is Drupal 8 for use?

7 Expecta-ons Challenging Time consuming Missing Contrib Better (somehow)

8 Looking Forward To Using Twig Updated/Improved Interface Dig deeper into Drupal 8

9 Sec-on 2: Configura-on Management Choosing Drupal 8 Configuration Management Differences (to D7) Some Challenges

10 The Problem With Drupal 7 Live Content An updated configuration cannot simply be pushed to production/live. Test Development Configura-on (files) (database)

11 Modern Development Workflow Live Content In Drupal 8, an updated configuration can be imported to a site without overwriting data. Test Development Configura-on (files) (database)

12 SeOng It Up Default configuration directory, after installation.

13 SeOng It Up You can place the folder where you like, keep permissions and ownership in mind.

14 SeOng It Up Used to export site configuration to the config folder. (Alternatively, use the export full archive in the configuration Synchronisation page) $ drush config-export

15 SeOng It Up

16 STOP! DEMO TIME!

17 Config Management Works with almost everything Blocks are a special case Another demo!

18 Sec-on 3: Some Differences Choosing Drupal 8 Configuration Management Differences (to D7) Some Challenges

19 Folder Structure /core /modules /themes /sites/all/* -> still supported

20 SeOngs.local.php

21 SeOngs.local.php - SeOng It Up

22 SeOngs.local.php - SeOng It Up $ cp sites/example.settings.local.php sites/default/settings.local.php

23 Twig barcelona2015/sessions/ mastering-twig Javier Eguiluz Start learning this ASAP Useful Resources rtfm ;) Javier Eguiluz Code comments in templates

24 Twig Debugging Turn on debugging for a smoother theming experience!

25 Twig Debugging

26 Twig Debugging SeOng It Up

27 Twig Debugging SeOng It Up

28 Twig Filters Refer to 23:38,Escaping in the previously mentioned TWIG talk: barcelona2015/sessions/ mastering-twig These filters may be extremely useful

29 Blocks ++ Custom blocks (fieldable) Block instances Entity references (OMFG!)

30 Sec-on 4: Some Difficul-es Choosing Drupal 8 Configuration Management Some Differences Some Challenges

31 Some Difficul-es I wasn t prepared for OOP in PHP! Allow time for adjustment if you are not familiar with namespacing!

32 Some Difficul-es I wasn t prepared for OOP in PHP Code examples are seriously lacking Useful resources include #drupal on irc.freenode.net - Use the [8] filter Forums on drupal.org

33 Some Difficul-es I wasn t prepared for OOP in PHP Code examples are seriously lacking Buggy modules Remember to report them at drupal.org/projects

34 Some Difficul-es I wasn t prepared for OOP in PHP Code examples are seriously lacking Buggy modules Incomplete, alpha/beta status modules If you have time, contribute to core/contrib!

35 Ques-ons About Drupal 8 What is Twig like to use? Updates to processes? Any negative differences (to Drupal 7)? How ready is Drupal 8 for use? Great, once you get used to it CMI, Git based deployment Code examples, modules It depends!

36 Conclusion Part 1 Config Mgt is awesome Consider your modules even more than normal Be prepared for OOP in PHP Add extra time to your time plan Contribute to Drupal.org where possible

37 Conclusion Part 2 Drupal 7 is not going anywhere

39 Danke für die Aufmerksamkeit!

40 Referenzen Git and Drupal Twig Javier Eguiluz Configuration Management Moshe Weitzman, Populist Useful resources include #drupal on irc.freenode.net - Use the [8] filter Forums on drupal.org

41 Questions?

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