Writing CLI Commands for Drupal 8

jmolivas
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If you have been developing with Drupal and Symfony, chances are you may already know a great alternative to speed up the development process is to use a CLI tool.

During this session, you will learn how to write commands for a custom Drupal 8 module and theme using Drupal Console the new Drupal CLI based on symfony/console, twig and other third party components.

Topics

  • Creating commands for modules and themes.
  • Creating chain file [A YAML file that allows you to define several commands to run].
  • Calling a chain file and execute commands.
  • Creating global commands.
  • Creating commands for libraries.
  • Registering chain files as commands.
  • Creating commands for DrupalConsole [How to contribute to DrupalConsole].

Session Track

Symfony

Experience Level

Intermediate

Drupal Version