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Module Development

Chapter 4: Services and Dependency Injection

Course
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
6 tutorials
Concept: Services and the Container Free
Concept: Dependency Injection Free
Locate and Identify Existing Services
Use a Service in a Controller
Concept: Creating Custom Services
Define a Weather Forecast Service
Site Administration

Install and Update Drupal

Course
Site Building, Backend and Infrastructure, Site Administration
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
2 tutorials
Install Drupal Locally with DDEV Free
Update Drupal's Minor Version Free
Module Development

Automated Testing in Drupal

Course
Module Development, Backend and Infrastructure
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
6 tutorials
Introduction to Testing in Drupal Free
Software Testing Overview Free
Frameworks for Testing in Drupal
Install Drupal Development Requirements with Composer
Organize Test Files
Create a PHPUnit Config File for Your Project
Module Development

Writing Automated Tests in Drupal

Course
Module Development, Backend and Infrastructure
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
4 tutorials
Implement a Functional Test
Implement Drupal Functional Test Dependencies
Implement a Unit Test in Drupal
Convert Tests from Simpletest to PHPUnit
Module Development

Running Automated Tests in Drupal

Course
Module Development, Backend and Infrastructure
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
5 tutorials
Run Drupal Tests with PHPUnit
Set Up a Functional Test
Run Functional JavaScript Tests Free
Functional JavaScript Testing with Nightwatch.js
Run Drupal Tests with the run-tests.sh Script
Module Development

General Drupal Development

Course
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
5 tutorials
Overview: Info Files for Drupal Modules Free
An Introduction to YAML Free
PHP Attributes
Annotations
Best Practice Drupal Development Free
Module Development

Hooks in Drupal

Course
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
4 tutorials
What Are Hooks? Free
Implement Any Hook
Discover Existing Hooks
Define and Invoke a New Hook
Module Development

Plugin API in Drupal

Course
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
12 tutorials
What Are Plugins? Free
Drupal Plugin Types
Define a New Plugin Type
Discover Existing Plugin Types
Implement a Plugin of Any Type
Implement a Plugin Using PHP Attributes
Implement a Plugin Using Annotations
Implement a YAML Plugin
Plugin Managers
Plugin Discovery
Plugin Factories and Mappers
Plugin Derivatives
Module Development

Services and Dependency Injection in Drupal

Course
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
1 tutorials
Discover and Use Existing Services
Module Development

Events API in Drupal

Course
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
4 tutorials
What Are Events? Free
Discover Existing Events
Subscribe to an Event
Dispatch an Event
Module Development

Routes and Controllers in Drupal

Course
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
10 tutorials
Overview: Routes, Controllers, and Responses Free
How to Find a Route in Drupal Free
Create a Route and Controller
Overview: Parameters and Value Upcasting in Routes
Use Parameters in a Route
Set a Dynamic Title for a Route
Define Permissions for a Module
Add Access Checking to a Route
How Drupal Turns a Request into a Response
Return JSON, Plain Text, and Other Non-HTML Responses
Module Development

Render API Concepts in Drupal

Course
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
7 tutorials
Render API Overview Free
What Are Render Arrays?
What Are Render Elements?
Define a New Render Element Type
Render Pipeline
Render API Renderers
Render API Callback Properties
Theming

Output Themeable Content in Drupal

Course
Theming, Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
10 tutorials
Output Plain Text and Simple HTML Markup
Use #prefix and #suffix Properties to Wrap an Element
Use Render Element Types in a Render Array
Output a List of Items
Output a Table
Output Content with a Template File
Add Classes and HTML Attributes to Render Arrays
Generate URLs and Output Links
Get Information about the Current User
Use #access to Show/Hide Elements in a Render Array
Module Development

Cache API in Drupal

Course
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
3 tutorials
Cache API Overview
Add Cache Metadata to Render Arrays
Use Lazy Builders and Placeholders
Module Development

Field API in Drupal

Course
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
6 tutorials
Field API Overview Free
Field Types
Field Widgets
Field Formatters
Define a Field Formatter Plugin
Field API Hooks
Backend and Infrastructure

Performance and Scalability for Drupal Sites

Course
Site Building, Backend and Infrastructure, Site Administration
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
18 tutorials
Overview: Drupal Performance and Scalability Free
Boost Drupal Performance with Contributed Modules Free
Drupal Performance Profiling: Tools and Methodologies
What Are Core Web Vitals?
Analyze Drupal Site Performance with Lighthouse
Analyze Drupal Site Performance with WebPageTest
Overview: Drupal's Cache Modules and Performance Settings
Overview: Drupal's Caching System
Debug Drupal Cache Misses and Low Hit Rates
Extend Drupal Site Monitoring with Contributed Modules
Set Up Advanced Caching on Pantheon Hosting
Set Up Advanced Caching on Acquia Cloud Hosting
Overview: Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and Drupal
What Is Server Scaling?
Overview: Benchmarking and Performance Budgets
Profile a Drupal Site with Apache Bench
Overview: New Relic as a Drupal Performance Monitor
Profile a Drupal Site with New Relic
Site Administration

Content Moderation and Workflows in Drupal

Course
Site Administration
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
8 tutorials
Overview of Workflows and Content Moderation Free
What Are Revisions? Free
Plan an Editorial Workflow
Create a Custom Workflow
Apply an Editorial Workflow to a Content Type
Manage Moderated Content
Moderated Content and Views
Create a View of Moderated Content
Module Development

Learn Drush: The Drupal Shell

Course
Module Development, Backend and Infrastructure, Site Administration
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
21 tutorials
What Is Drush? Free
Install Drush Using Composer Free
Enable, Update, and Manage Modules and Themes with Drush Free
Use Drush for Common Site and Environment Management Tasks
Use Drush to Speed up Common Drupal Development Tasks
Use Drush to Deploy Drupal Updates
Overview: Drush's Output Formatting System
Automating Drupal Tasks with Drush and Bash Scripts
Drush Site Aliases
Drush Configuration
Develop Drupal Modules Faster with Drush Code Generators
Create a Custom Drush Code Generator
Overview: Creating Your Own Custom Drush Commands
Create a Custom Drush Command
Use Command Line Arguments with a Custom Drush Command
Add Options to a Custom Drush Command
Add an Interactive Prompt to a Drush Command
Logging and Error Handling in Drush Commands
Create Site-Wide Custom Drush Commands
Overview: Drush Hooks
Alter an Existing Drush Command
Backend and Infrastructure

Introducing Docker for Drupal Developers

Course
Backend and Infrastructure
18 tutorials
What Is Docker? Free
Install Docker Free
Run a Container Interactively
What Is a Container?
What Is an Image?
Use a Detached Container
Run Sets of Containers
Create a Compose File
Start, Stop, and List Container Sets
Get Data into Containers
Use Bind Volumes
Set Environment Variables
Expose Ports
Import and Export Databases into a Container
Docker Hub
List, Delete, and Update Images
Use Tags in Docker
Run Drupal in Docker
Backend and Infrastructure

Customizing Docker Images

Course
Backend and Infrastructure
8 tutorials
Custom Docker Images
Add Files to an Image
Install Applications in a Container
Application Configuration
Default Applications in Docker
Custom Entrypoints
Customize an Existing Image
Container Security

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