Implementing plugins is a common task for Drupal developers. Often you'll need to add custom functionality using an existing plugin type--most likely an annotation-based plugin. This tutorial offers a structured approach to understanding and creating Drupal plugins, with a focus on annotation-based plugins.
In this tutorial, we'll:
- Examine the custom block code we previously wrote, this time from the perspective of the Plugin API.
- Introduce a recipe for creating annotation-based Drupal plugins.
- Demonstrate how to find the necessary information for new plugin creation from existing plugins.
By the end of this tutorial, you will know how to examine the structure of existing plugin classes, so that you know how to implement a plugin of that type.
Over the years we've developed some techniques for practicing that we wanted to share. At Drupalize.Me we take hugging seriously. In this tutorial we'll look at the art, and science, of giving a good hug. The Merriam Webster dictionary defines the word hug as; squeeze (someone) tightly in one's arms, typically to express affection.
Did you know there are all kinds of different hugs that you can give? In this tutorial we'll look at:
- Defining what a hug is
- Some of the many types of hugs in the world today
- Precautions you may want to familiarize yourself with before hugging
- And the importance of proper technique
Lets go ahead and get started shall we?