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Module Development

Routes and Controllers in Drupal

Course
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
7 tutorials
Overview: Routes, Controllers, and Responses
Create a Route and Controller
Overview: Parameters and Value Upcasting in Routes
Use Parameters in a Route
Set a Dynamic Title for a Route
Add Access Checking to a Route
How Drupal Turns a Request into a Response
Module Development

Learn to Migrate to Drupal

Guide
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
Module Development

Migrating to Drupal Essentials

Course
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
5 tutorials
Introduction to Migrations with Drupal Free
Migrate System: Terms and Concepts Free
Migrate to Drupal: Documentation and Examples
Core Migration Modules
Migration-Related Contributed Modules
Module Development

Explore Source, Process, and Destination Migrate API Plugins

Course
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
10 tutorials
Set up Migrate Demo Site and Source Data
Source Plugins
Write a Custom Source Plugin
Process Plugins
Write a Custom Process Plugin
Destination Plugins
Write a Custom Migration
Run Custom Migrations
Use Highwater Marks to Limit What Gets Imported
Track Changes to Source Data During a Migration
Module Development

Drupal-to-Drupal Migrations (Drupal 7 Upgrade)

Course
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
15 tutorials
Prepare for a Drupal-to-Drupal Migration
Upgrade to a New Version of Drupal with a Drupal-to-Drupal Migration
Drupal-to-Drupal Migration Planning: Code Inventory
Use Upgrade Status and Contrib Tracker
Check for Alterations with Hacked
Drupal-to-Drupal Migration Planning: Content Inventory
Common Issues with Migrations
Drupal-to-Drupal Migration with the UI
Drupal-to-Drupal Migration with Drush
Custom Drupal-to-Drupal Migrations
Why Use Migrate Upgrade and Migrate Plus?
Create Migrations from Core Templates
Export Migration Configuration Entities into a Module
Customize an Existing Source Plugin
Use hook_migrate_prepare_row()
Module Development

Learn Drush: The Drupal Shell

Course
Module Development, Backend and Infrastructure, Site Administration
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
22 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
Scaffold a Custom Content Entity Type with Drush 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
Module Development

Views for Developers

Course
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
18 tutorials
Introduction to the Views API Free
Understand the Views Build and Render Cycle
Alter a View before It's Rendered
Alter a View after the Render Process
Alter the Query Used for a View
Expose a Custom Database Table to Views
Add Relationships Between 2 Tables in Views
Expose Custom Entities to Views
Overview: Theming Views Free
Override a View's Wrapper Template
Overview: Views Plugins Free
Define a Views Field Handler Plugin
Define a Custom Views Pseudo Field Plugin
Define a Custom Views Filter Plugin
Define a Custom Views Sort Plugin
Define a Custom Views Area Handler Plugin
Define a Custom Views Access Plugin
Define a Custom Views Style Plugin
Module Development

Configuration Entities

Course
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
9 tutorials
What Are Configuration Entities? Free
Configuration Data Types Free
Default Configuration in a Module
Provide Initial Settings with Simple Configuration
Create a Settings Form in a Module
Use Simple Configuration in a Form
Create a Configuration Entity
Add Properties to a Configuration Entity
Load and Save Configuration Entity Data
Theming

Get Started Using React and Drupal Together

Course
Theming, Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
14 tutorials
Introduction to React and Drupal Free
React Basics
Decoupled vs. Progressively Decoupled
Connect React to a Drupal Theme or Module Free
Create a React Component
Add Webpack Hot Module Replacement (HMR) to a Drupal Theme
Retrieve Data from an API with React
Use React to List Content from Drupal
Create, Update, and Delete Drupal Content with JavaScript
Build an Interface to Edit Nodes with React
Create a Fully Decoupled React Application Free
Use create-react-app to Start a Decoupled React Application
Make API Requests with OAuth
Use Fetch and OAuth to Make Authenticated Requests
Module Development

Automated Testing in Drupal

Course
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
15 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
Run Drupal Tests with the run-tests.sh Script
Run Drupal Tests with PHPUnit
Convert Tests from Simpletest to PHPUnit
Create a PHPUnit Config File for Your Project
Set up a Functional Test
Implement a Functional Test
Implement Drupal Functional Test Dependencies
Implement a Unit Test in Drupal
Functional JavaScript Testing
Functional JavaScript Testing with Nightwatch.js
Module Development

Web Services in Drupal

Course
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
24 tutorials
What Are Web Services? Free
Separation of Concerns: Content vs. Presentation
Detect Presentation in Your Data Model
Modern Web Services with JSON:API and GraphQL
Install JSON:API Module
JSON:API Resource Requests Free
JSON:API Relationships
JSON:API Collections
JSON:API Includes
JSON:API Sparse Fieldsets
JSON:API Filtering Collections
JSON:API Filters on Nested Relationships
Web Service Documentation
Automatic Documentation with Schemata
API Authentication and Authorization
Install and Configure Simple OAuth
Get a Token for OAuth 2 Requests
Make an Authenticated Request Using OAuth 2
Access an API from the Browser with Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
JSON:API POST Requests: Create an Entity
JSON:API PATCH Requests: Update an Entity
JSON:API DELETE Requests: Delete an Entity
JSON:API: Error Handling
JSON:API Security Considerations
Theming

Coding Standards in Drupal

Course
Theming, Module Development
Drupal 7, 8, 9, and 10
7 tutorials
What Are Drupal Code Standards? Free
Drupal Code Standards: Formatting Free
Drupal Code Standards: Documentation Free
Drupal Code Standards: Object-Oriented Programming Free
Drupal Code Standards: The t() Function Free
Drupal Code Standards: Twig Free
How to Implement Drupal Code Standards Free
Site Building

Learn Drupal

Guide
Site Building, Theming, Module Development, Backend and Infrastructure, Site Administration
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
Module Development

Develop Drupal Sites

Guide
Module Development, Backend and Infrastructure
Drupal 7, 8, 9, and 10
Module Development

Drupal Module Development

Course
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
88 tutorials
Create a Drupal Module with an Info File Free
How to Find a Route in Drupal
Overview: Routes, Controllers, and Responses
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
What Are Hooks? Free
Implement Any Hook
Discover Existing Hooks
Define and Invoke a New Hook
What Are Plugins? Free
Drupal Plugin Types
Define a New Plugin Type
Discover Existing Plugin Types
Implement a Plugin of Any Type
Plugin Managers
Plugin Discovery
Plugin Factories and Mappers
Plugin Derivatives
What Are Events? Free
Discover Existing Events
Subscribe to an Event
Dispatch an Event
Discover and Use Existing Services
Annotations
Drupal Console Free
Add New Theme Hook Suggestions
Make Strings Translatable
Overview: Menu Links in a Module Free
Add a Menu Link in a Module
Add an Action Link in a Module
Add a Contextual Link in a Module
Add a Local Task Link in a Module
Render API Overview Free
What Are Render Arrays?
What Are Render Elements?
Output Plain Text and Simple HTML Markup
Add Classes and HTML Attributes to Render Arrays
Output a List of Items
Output a Table
Use #prefix and #suffix Properties to Wrap an Element
Output Content with a Template File
Use Render Element Types in a Render Array
Use #access to Show/Hide Elements in a Render Array
Render API Callback Properties
Use Lazy Builders and Placeholders
Render Pipeline
Define a New Render Element Type
Generate URLs and Output Links
Render API Renderers
Field API Overview Free
Field Types
Field Widgets
Field Formatters
Define a Field Formatter Plugin
Field API Hooks
Cache API Overview
Add Cache Metadata to Render Arrays
Get Information about the Current User
Form API Overview Free
Form API Life Cycle
Define a New Form Controller and Route
Add Input Elements to a Form
Form Element Reference Free
Validate Form Input
Validate a Form via the Form Controller
Add a Validation Callback to an Existing Form
Validate a Single Form Element
Handle Submitted Form Data
Process Submitted Form Data with a Callback
Process Submitted Form Data via the Form Controller
Inject Services into a Form Controller
Provide Default Values for Form Elements
Alter an Existing Form with hook_form_alter()
Retrieve and Display Forms
Theming Drupal Forms with Twig
Use Ajax with Forms
Create a Dependent Dropdown with Ajax
Use Ajax to Submit a Form
What Is Deprecated Code? Free
Upgrade to Drupal 9 Free
Install a Contributed Module with No Drupal 9 Release Free
Upgrade to Drupal 10 Free
Module Development

Drupal's Entity API

Course
Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
11 tutorials
Entity API Overview Free
Entity API Implementation Basics
Create a Custom Content Entity
Scaffold a Custom Content Entity Type with Drush Generators
Working with Entity CRUD
Find Data with EntityQuery
Entity API Hooks
Modify Existing Entities with Alter Hooks
Entity Validation API
Entity Access Control
Typed Data API
Site Building

Hands-On Exercises: Movie Project

Course
Site Building, Theming, Module Development
Drupal 7
36 tutorials
Movie Project: Install Drupal and Modules Free
Movie Project: Design a Content Type Free
Movie Project: Create a Content Type Free
Movie Project: Build a View and Use Image Styles Free
Movie Project: Use Views Relationships Free
Movie Project: Create a Custom Layout with Panels Free
Movie Project: Use Quicktabs with Panel Pages Free
Movie Projects: Create Static Pages, Menus and Webforms Free
Movie Project: Build the Homepage Free
Movie Project: Configure URL Aliases and User Permissions Free
Movie Project: Configure Search Free
Movie Project: Create a Custom Theme Free
Movie Project: Create CSS for Default Markup Free
Movie Project: Override Template Files Free
Movie Project: Use jQuery to Extend Functionality Free
Movie Project: Use Responsive CSS Free
Movie Project: Alter a Node with a Custom Module Free
Movie Project: Change a Page Programmatically Free
Movie Project: Create a Form Free
Movie Project: Validate a Form Free
Movie Project: Create a Node from a Custom Form Free
Movie Project: Fetch and Attach an Image File Free
Movie Project: Create Taxonomy Terms Programmatically Free
Movie Project: Import Data in a Site Update Free
Movie Project: Create a Drush Command Free
Movie Project: Create an Administration Form Free
Movie Project: Add User Permissions Free
Movie Project: Manage Configuration Changes Free
Movie Project: Install a WYSIWYG Editor Free
Movie Project: Analyze Site Performance Free
Movie Project: Create Database Tables and Alter Forms Free
Movie Project: Create Autocomplete Fields Free
Movie Project: Add Form Data to Custom Database Tables Free
Movie Project: Create a Render Array and Theme Functions Free
Movie Project: Integrate Ajax Functionality Free
Movie Project: Create Custom Blocks Free
Module Development

Acquia Certified Backend Specialist Exam

Guide
Module Development, Backend and Infrastructure
Drupal 9
Site Building

Acquia Certified Drupal Developer Exam

Guide
Site Building, Theming, Module Development
Drupal 9, 10
Module Development

Module Development Essentials

Course
Module Development, Backend and Infrastructure
Drupal 8
18 tutorials
Install Drupal for Local Development Free
Create a Module with a Route and Controller Free
Install and Run Drupal Console
Add a Wildcard to a Route
Activate Debug Mode
Install Webprofiler and Identify Controllers
Understand the Service Container
Create a Service
Configure a New Service
Get a Service from the Container
Understand How Shortcut Methods Use Services
Access a Service within a Service
Add Configuration to a Service
Override Drupal Core Services
Understand Drupal Events Versus Hooks
Create an Event Subscriber with Tags
Utilize Event Arguments and Request Objects
Inspect the Event Listener Behind Render Arrays

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