Getting started with drupal 8 code

GETTING STARTED
WITH DRUPAL 8
CODE

D8 Requirements
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● Web Server
o Apache 2.0 or Nginx 1.1 (or greater)
● PHP 5.4.2 (or greater)
● One of the following databases:
o MySQL 5.0.15 (or greater), MariaDB 5.1.44 (or
greater), Percona Server 5.1.70 (or greater),
PostgreSQL 8.3 (or greater), SQLite 3.4.2 (or greater)

Personal Webserver Tools
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● Acquia Dev Desktop
o http://www.acquia.com/downloads
● MAMP
o http://www.mamp.info/en/downloads/ (PHP 5.4.4+)
● XAMPP
o https://www.apachefriends.org/download.html

Drush 7 (D6, D7, D8)
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Drush 7.x (dev) Required
o https://github.com/drush-ops/drush
Install with Composer:
#Download composer
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
#Move it to a global location (sudo might be required)
mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
#Make sure Composer’s global bin directory is on the system PATH (recommended)
Add “PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin” to ~/.bashrc
#Have Composer install drush
composer global require drush/drush:dev-master

Database Setup
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● Create your database
o phpMyAdmin, Sequel Pro or Other
● Make note of:
o Database name
o User Name
o User Password

D8 Install
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● Clone in Drupal from Git
o https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/git-
instructions
o Use the 8.x branch
o git clone --branch 8.x
http://git.drupal.org/project/drupal.git cd drupal
● Typical install.php page
o ex: http://localhost:8888/install.php

D8 Issues Queue
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● Issues Queue
o https://www.drupal.org/project/issues/drupal
● Filters
o Filter Version by 8.x issues
o Issue can be any other status but “Closed” or
“Reviewed by the community”
o Priority is great to follow
o Novice tag for challenge level

D8 Issues Help
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● Re-rolling patches
o https://www.drupal.org/patch/reroll
● Creating an interdiff (patching a patch)
o https://www.drupal.org/documentation/git/interdiff
● Viewing Commit History
o http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Basics-Viewing-the-
Commit-History

D8 Configuration
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● Core Configuration Manager
● Configuration Managed in Code
● Uses human-readable text files in the
YAML (.yml) format
● https://www.drupal.org/documentation
/administer/config

D8 Configuration
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● Supports Import/Export of
configuration
● Binary file imports or direct code
paste
● Only supports configuration import
from same site

D8 Module Configurations
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● Modules (core and contrib) have
configuration files (.yml)
● Most live in the module’s “config”
directory
● Install sub-directory configuration
imported on module install

Path: core/modules/language/config/install/tour.tour.language.yml
id: language
module: language
label: 'Content translation'
langcode: en
routes:
- route_name: system.modules_list
- route_name: language.content_settings_page
tips:
content-translation-settings-enable-module:
id: content-translation-settings-enable-module
plugin: text
label: 'Content Translation'
body: 'Specify the parts of the website that may be translated, and default
languages for them. Now, click to the right on Allows users to
translate content entities, and then click the Next button
below.'
weight: 1
attributes:
data-id: module-content_translation

THANK YOU!
Keenan Holloway
Senior Web Developer
kholloway@forumone.com
www.forumone.com

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