Extending Views – Views plugins

NickDickinsonWilde

Slides
Views has long been an important component of Drupal - generally regarded as a 'must install' module in Drupal 7. With Drupal 8 it has entered core and been significantly updated to embrace many new paradigms and best practices. This includes using the annotation plugin system.

Views in fact has the most plugins for a (core) system other than Migrate and Fields - and certainly has the most seperate kinds of plugins (NINETEEN!!). These range from small effects such as sorting and fields to a full rewrite of the output such using a style plugin.

Firstly, I'll introduce annotation plugins in brief and then we'll discuss the types of effects and functionalities of the various views plugin types. Finishing off with demonstrating building a few and picking apart the details.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the session, attendes will be able to:

  • Develop custom views plugins to meet complex or non-standard requirements.
  • Choose likely views plugin categories to match needs.

Target Audience

  • Backend Developers implementing complex view requirements
  • Backend Developers interested in the plugin api

Prerequisites

  • Knowledge of object oriented PHP
  • Basic familiarity with views would be beneficial
  • Basic familiarity with Symfony plugins would also be helpful.

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Track

Development & Coding

Tags

back-end development
drupal 8
php

Experience Level

Intermediate

When & Where

Time: 
Wednesday, 15 July, 2020 - 00:15 to 01:00
Room: 
Hopin Sessions

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