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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
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
Site Building

Managing Media in Drupal

Course
Site Building, Theming, Site Administration
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
16 tutorials
Overview: Media Management in Drupal Free
Overview: Media Types, Media Entities, and Media Fields in Drupal Free
Add a Media Field to a Content Type in Drupal
Find, Add, Edit, and Delete Media Entities in Drupal
Use Drupal Media Library to Browse Media Entities
How to Add a Media Button to a WYSIWYG Editor in Drupal
How to Add Fields to a Media Type in Drupal
Map Media Source Data to Custom Fields
Overview: Access Control for Media Entities in Drupal
Customize the Drupal Media Library Browser Widget
Track Media Entity Usage in Drupal
Use View Modes with Media Entities in Drupal
What Are Media Sources in Drupal?
Create a New Media Type in Drupal
Use Any oEmbed Provider as a Media Source
Create a Custom Media Source Plugin
Site Building

Learn Drupal's Layout Builder

Course
Site Building, Theming, Site Administration
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
17 tutorials
Introduction to Layout Builder Free
Create a Flexible Layout for a Content Type Free
Change the Layout on a Per-Page Basis
Limit Blocks Available in Layout Builder with Block List Override
Use Layout Builder Restrictions to Configure Available Layouts and Blocks
Layout Builder Design Patterns
Implement the Layout Builder View Modes Pattern
Use Layout Builder Modal When Creating Custom Blocks
Define Custom Layouts in a Module or Theme
Comparison of Layout-Building Approaches in Drupal
Tips for Theming with Layout Builder
Add Views to a Layout
How to Add Custom Styles in Drupal's Layout Builder
Adding Asset Libraries to Custom Layouts
Dynamic Layout Plugins in Drupal's Layout Builder
How to Create a Layout with Configurable Settings in Drupal's Layout Builder
Build Dynamic Custom Layouts with Derivatives
Site Building

Views: Create Lists with Drupal

Course
Site Building, Theming
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
17 tutorials
Set up Demo Site with Views and Content Free
Add a REST Endpoint with Views Free
Overview: Filter Criteria in Views Free
Add Filter Criteria to a View
Overview: Exposed Filter Criteria in Views
Expose Filter Criteria to Users in Views
Overview: Sort Criteria in Views
Add Sort Criteria to a View
Overview: Exposed Sort Criteria in Views
Expose Sort Criteria to Users in Views
Overview: Relationships in Views Free
Add a Relationship to a View
Overview: Contextual Filters in Views
Create a Page with a Contextual Filter
Overview: Theming Views
Override a View's Wrapper Template
Add Views to a Layout
Site Administration

Content Moderation and Workflows

Course
Site Administration
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
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
Theming

Theming Cheat Sheet

Guide
Theming
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
Theming

Week 1: Setup

Course
Theming
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
1 tutorials
Set up Demo Site for Theming Practice Free
Theming

Hands-On Theming

Guide
Theming
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
Theming

Week 2: Create a New Theme

Course
Theming
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
5 tutorials
Describe Your Theme with an Info File
Download, Install, and Uninstall Themes Free
Regions
Add Regions to a Theme
Exercise: Create a New Theme
Theming

Week 3: Add an Asset Library

Course
Theming
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
4 tutorials
What Are Asset Libraries?
Define an Asset Library
Attach an Asset Library
Exercise: Add an Asset Library
Theming

Week 4: Configure Your Environment for Theme Development

Course
Theming
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
2 tutorials
Configure Your Environment for Theme Development
Exercise: Configure Your Environment for Theme Development
Theming

Week 5: Override the Main Page Template

Course
Theming
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
4 tutorials
What Are Template Files?
Override a Template File
Determine the Base Name of a Template
Exercise: Override the Main Page Template
Theming

Week 6: Set Variables, Use Filters, and Add Classes in Templates

Course
Theming
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
14 tutorials
Twig in Drupal
Twig Syntax Delimiters
Arrays and Objects in Twig
Loops and Iterators in Twig
Print Values from a Field with a For Loop
Twig Filters and Functions
Make Your Theme Translatable
Classes and Attributes in Twig Templates
How to Find a Route in Drupal
Twig Template Inheritance
Exercise: Override the Node Template
Exercise: Override the Main Menu Template
Exercise: Override the Image Field Template
Exercise: Use the t Filter in a Template
Theming

Week 7: Learn about Preprocess Functions

Course
Theming
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
8 tutorials
What Are Preprocess Functions?
Add Logic with THEMENAME.theme
Change Variables with Preprocess Functions
Add Variables to a Template File
Discover Existing Theme Hook Suggestions
Add New Theme Hook Suggestions
Attach an Asset Library
Exercise: Preprocess Functions
Backend and Infrastructure

Search API and Solr in Drupal

Course
Backend and Infrastructure
Drupal 8
18 tutorials
Why Solr? Free
Plan a Solr Installation Free
Use Solr Locally Free
Solr Cores
Install Search API
Solr and Multiple Environments
Create Search API Indexes
Populate Search API Indexes
Index Reference Fields
Create Search Pages and Blocks with Views
Multiple Search API Indexes
Processors in Search
Add Excerpts for Search Results
Add Autocomplete to Search
Filter Search Results
Facets in Search
Create a Facet
Create a Facet using Taxonomy
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
Backend and Infrastructure

Introduction to Composer for Drupal Users

Course
Backend and Infrastructure
Drupal 7, 8, 9, and 10
13 tutorials
What Is Composer? Free
Install Composer and Try It Out Free
Anatomy of a Composer Project
Specify the Version of a Composer Package
Composer Configuration for Drupal Free
Use Composer with Your Drupal Project Free
Deploy to a Hosting Environment
Troubleshoot Common Composer Issues
Update Drupal's Minor Version Free
Update Drupal from Versions Prior to 8.8.x using Composer Free
Upgrade to Drupal 9 Free
Install a Contributed Module with No Drupal 9 Release Free
Upgrade to Drupal 10 Free
Backend and Infrastructure

Stellar Development with Symfony 4

Course
Backend and Infrastructure
13 tutorials
Symfony 4: Let's Launch! Free
Symfony 4: Our Micro-App and PhpStorm Setup Free
Symfony 4: Routes, Controllers, Pages, oh my! Free
Symfony 4: Flex and Aliases Free
Symfony 4: The Twig Recipe Free
Symfony 4: Twig Love Free
Symfony 4: Web Debug Toolbar and the Profiler! Free
Symfony 4: Debugging and Packs Free
Symfony 4: CSS and JavaScript Assets Free
Symfony 4: Generating URLs Free
Symfony 4: JavaScript and Page-Specific Assets Free
Symfony 4: JSON API Endpoint Free
Symfony 4: Services Free

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