Mastering Drupal 8 Development [Video]
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Drupal is one of the most popular web content management systems on the planet and offers an incredible array of features and functionality. Small non-profits and businesses to multi-billion dollar multinational companies are all using Drupal as the core of their presence on the web. This video course will take you step by step through the process of first building a fully-featured, multilingual website using only Drupal 8 core components and no custom coding. You will also learn to use the Views module (now part of core!) and other contributed modules to add a bit of customization to the site. With the “code-free” elements in place, you will take your skills to the next level and begin to develop custom modules that alter the existing functionality of other modules. You’ll also create a new functionality of your own, including providing REST web services. We’ll finish by taking a brief look at how to create a mobile-friendly theme that ensures anybody on any device can take advantage of the amazing site we’ve built. Style and ApproachThis practical step-by-step practical tutorial will ensure you can build a stunning, fully-featured, multilingual, and responsive web-application with Drupal 8. |
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| Course Length | 4 hours 54 minutes |
| ISBN | 9781787124493 |
| Date Of Publication | 20 Nov 2017 |
| Getting the Best out of the Course |
| Exploring the Standard Installation Profile |
| Creating Our Vocabularies |
| Student Exercise – Creating Vocabularies |
| Preparing to Work with Site Content |
| Creating Our First Custom Content Type |
| Creating Our First Piece of Content |
| Student Exercise – Defining Content Type |
| Creating a User Guide with the Book Module |
| Student Exercise – Providing More Content |
| Working with Pages and Menus |
| Using Blocks |
| Using Drupal’s Editing Experience |
| Managing Roles, Permissions, and Users |
| Triggering a Modal Display |
| Student Exercise – Requirements for Building a Controller |
| “GET”ting Data Through Drupal Core |
| “GET”ting Data Through Custom Code |
| “POST”ing Data Through Custom Code |
| Student Exercise - Configure the REST Resource |
| “PATCH”ing Data Through Custom Code |
| Student Exercise - Complete the Steps! |
| Using a Local Settings File |
| Porting Changes from Development to Production |
| Student Exercise - Clone Your Existing Environment into a “Production” Environment |
| Managing Asset Libraries |
| Using Twig Templates |
| Student Exercise – Complete Your Custom Theme |