AH-HA! Discovery with a debugger

Debugging and profiling tools have been a secret weapon in the back pocket of advanced drupal developers for many years now. Previously the usage of those tools weren't really necessary for beginning module developers who were able to solve pretty much every problem with a well-placed dpm() call.

Now, the repetitive and nested design patterns of Drupal 8 make it tricky for many experienced Drupal developers to determine what is exactly going on during a page request.

Finding bugs the old way can be tricky.

I'll show you how to conqure the new complexities of Drupal 8 using free tools that keep your stress levels and and your remediation ticket count down.