Upgrading Your Modules to Drupal 8 (DrupalCon Portland Session Notes)
When should you upgrade your modules?
- Now: you can still suggest changes to the API
- Wait until beta or RC: Will have less rework. (Beta/RC will be later this summer)
Blog Posts
Upgrading Your Modules to Drupal 8 (DrupalCon Portland Session Notes)
When should you upgrade your modules?
- Now: you can still suggest changes to the API
- Wait until beta or RC: Will have less rework. (Beta/RC will be later this summer)
The Old and New Field API in Drupal 8 (DrupalCon Portland Session Notes)
New Field Types
- More power for site builders out of the box. Moved contrib fields into core.
- EntityReference in core!
- Date and Time fields (Date repeat still in contrib)
- Link
- Email/Phone
CMI
- No more field_config or field_config_instance tables
- Field and instance definitions in YAML files
- Deployment between environments is much easier (No Features module)
- New rule for Drupal 8: "Don't have core" is now "Don't hack your active config"
- field_create_field(), etc functions are gone.
- Create fields with entity_create(). Field configs are entities.
The Old and New Field API in Drupal 8 (DrupalCon Portland Session Notes)
New Field Types
- More power for site builders out of the box. Moved contrib fields into core.
- EntityReference in core!
- Date and Time fields (Date repeat still in contrib)
- Link
- Email/Phone
CMI
- No more field_config or field_config_instance tables
- Field and instance definitions in YAML files
- Deployment between environments is much easier (No Features module)
- New rule for Drupal 8: "Don't have core" is now "Don't hack your active config"
- field_create_field(), etc functions are gone.
- Create fields with entity_create(). Field configs are entities.
Using Backbone.js with Drupal 7 and 8 (DrupalCon Session Notes)
What's new in JS?
- HTML5: LocalStorage, pushState
- JS templating engines: Mustache.js, Twig.js
- Representative State Transfer (REST)
In Drupal core now, with AHAH, FormAPI, etc. you write AJAX callback code in PHP.
Backbone.js
URL: http://backbonejs.org/
Based on Underscore
Features:
- Minimalistic
- Modular
- Perfect OOP design
- Lots of exentions: over 100
Using Backbone.js with Drupal 7 and 8 (DrupalCon Session Notes)
What's new in JS?
- HTML5: LocalStorage, pushState
- JS templating engines: Mustache.js, Twig.js
- Representative State Transfer (REST)
In Drupal core now, with AHAH, FormAPI, etc. you write AJAX callback code in PHP.
Backbone.js
URL: http://backbonejs.org/
Based on Underscore
Features:
- Minimalistic
- Modular
- Perfect OOP design
- Lots of exentions: over 100
Collborative Learning Systems in Drupal: A Case Study (DrupalCon Session Notes)
The client for this project was Population Services International (PSI), an organization who teaches health skills in developing countries.
Collborative Learning Systems in Drupal: A Case Study (DrupalCon Session Notes)
The client for this project was Population Services International (PSI), an organization who teaches health skills in developing countries.
Large Scale Drupal at Oregon State (DrupalCon Session Notes)
OSU managed a lot of Drupal sites:
- Production: 554 sites
- Development: 344 sites
- Training: 244 sites
To mange this, they have a created a custom solution: WebMange (RoR), that can spin up new Drupal sites
Large Scale Drupal at Oregon State (DrupalCon Session Notes)
OSU managed a lot of Drupal sites:
- Production: 554 sites
- Development: 344 sites
- Training: 244 sites
To mange this, they have a created a custom solution: WebMange (RoR), that can spin up new Drupal sites
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