Services are objects that encapsulate the code for performing specific tasks in a reusable and decoupled way.

Plugins are one of the ways that module developers can write code that extends Drupal. The Drupal Plugin API allows a module to provide functionality in an extensible, object-oriented way.

Dependency injection is a design pattern commonly used in object-oriented software architectures in order to support Inversion of Control.

A reliable backup will allow you to restore your site if something goes wrong.

Use the Configuration API to access configuration data stored by a module, provide default configuration, create settings forms, and other tasks such as overriding settings for a local environment.

Debugging your Drupal codebase can be made substantially easier by learning how to enable and configure the Xdebug PHP extension.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) files are added as an asset library through a theme’s libraries configuration file. HTML attributes, including classes and IDs, are commonly added in template files with Twig.

The Render API consists of a standard format for describing data using structured arrays and a process for converting those arrays into the HTML a user sees when interacting with a Drupal site.

Themes provide the HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other assets that are responsible for the look and feel of your site.

Twig is a template engine for PHP, which is the language used in Drupal. Twig can be used to design templates in generic PHP applications as well as Drupal themes.

Object-oriented PHP utilizes classes and objects to organize code into reusable chunks. This approach helps us organize complex applications, such as Drupal, into modular code called classes that can be reused across the entire system.

Drupal's content moderation and workflow tools allow you to configure and support a flexible multistep publication process.

An overview of some of our favorite Drupal documentation resources.

Fields are the building blocks of Drupal's powerful content modeling system. The Field API allows for the development of custom field types to suit almost any data display and collection needs.

Many sites require the ability to upload, manage, and display various assets like files, images, videos, and audio.

A multilingual site has more than 1 language that users interact with, either through the content, the user interface, or both.

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of optimizing your online content, so that your content will rank higher in organic (non-paid) search engine results.

Debugging is the practice of troubleshooting an application through the use of tools and processes in order to find and fix bugs, or better understand the underlying code.

Taxonomy in Drupal provides a way to classify your site’s content. Taxonomy vocabularies are created with terms within those vocabularies.

Upgrading is the process of moving your site from a previous major version of Drupal to a newer version, for example from Drupal 7 to Drupal 11.