Check and create taxonomy terms programmatically.

Create an install hook to pre-define a list of films to import.

Create a custom Drush command, which makes use of re-usable functions within our Movie Import module.

Create an administration form to save information about how the movie importer works by using variables.

Create a permissions hook to secure access to pages within Drupal.

Learn how to use Features to manage configuration changes and understand the configuration change workflow in a team environment.

Use hooks to update the database tables and alter form elements.

Create autocomplete fields and menu hooks.

Add user data to the database from an existing form.

Display custom content using a render array.

Render content which can be refreshed via Ajax.

Create a custom block with details from the database containing information about user preferences.

Every Drupal module needs a *.info.yml file; the basic structure of a form controller class and related routing is the same for every form; and much of the code required to create a custom content entity type is boilerplate annotations and extending base classes. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to automate some of that repetitive work? Drush can be used to speed up module development by generating scaffolding code for event subscribers, forms, services, module files, routing, and much more. These generators are provided by the Drupal Code Generator project. They're neatly bundled up in Drush under the drush generate command.

In this tutorial we'll:

• Learn about the Drupal Code Generator project
• Learn how Drush integrates with this project
• Demonstrate the drush generate command and its options

By the end of this tutorial, you'll know how to use the drush generate command to speed up development for your Drupal modules.

Drush is the command line shell and Unix scripting interface for Drupal. The most common way to install Drush is to install it on a per-project basis using Composer. We'll walk through the steps to do that, as well as how to make it possible to execute Drush commands without having to specify a full path to the executable every time.

In this tutorial we'll:

• Install Drush
• Verify it worked
• Look at options for adding Drush to your $PATH

By the end of this tutorial, you should be able to install Drush and verify that it is working.