Course description

Module development for Drupal is more powerful than ever with Drupal 8. Object-orientation, the maturity of Drupal's various APIs, Drupal 8's new underlying Symfony (and other) components, and the emergence of Drupal Console means that developing for Drupal 8 requires some new knowledge for existing Drupal developers. This workshop is designed to introduce existing Drupal developers as well as (non-Drupal) PHP developers to some of the techniques and concepts for Drupal 8 module development. The workshop includes an overview of some of the main concepts and tools as well as several hands-on module development exercises designed to build knowledge and confidence.

Learning Objectives

• An understanding of the basic concepts that comprise Drupal 8 module development.
• An understanding of the basic tools that can be used to create Drupal 8 modules including a code editor and Drupal Console.
• The creation of a simple "Hello, world" custom module.
• The creation of an "HTML5 Audio" module that provides a custom field formatter for fields of type "link".
• The creation of a "User blocker" module that provides a mechanism for privileged users to block site users by username.

Syllabus

• Instructor and student introductions
• Review local development tools
• Introduction to Drupal 8 Module Development slides and discussion
• "Hello, World!" example.
• "HTML5 Audio" example.
• "User Blocker" example.

Who will gain the most from this course?

Drupal 7 and PHP developers experienced with PHP, the command-line interface, Git, and working in a local *AMP development environment.

Prerequisites for this course

• Some experience with PHP.
• Some familiarity with object-oriented concepts.
• Experience working in the command-line interface.
• Experience working in a local *AMP development environment.
• Experience with a code editor.
• Existing knowledge of Drupal APIs is helpful, but not necessary.
• An up-and-running local *AMP stack with a fresh Drupal 8 install.

Dev Environments

• Drush is strongly recommended to be pre-installed on each student's machine. For those that don't have it installed, Acquia Dev Desktop provides a complete *AMP stack with Drush installed for both Mac and Windows.
• Drupal Console is used in this workshop, for Windows users that have trouble installing this, alternate methods to complete the exercises will be provided.

Course Information

Date: 26 September 2016
Time: 9:00 - 17:00
Cost: €553.50 early bird rate (through 26 August), €615 regular rate - includes light breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks
Training Company: DrupalEasy
Trainers: Michael Anello, Ryan Weal
Experience Level: Intermediate
Drupal Version: 8.x

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