Drupal 8.x

Learn

• Extend Drupal through contributed or custom modules and themes
• Develop an internationalized website with Drupal's multilingual tools
• Integrate third-party front-end and back-end libraries with Drupal
• Turn Drupal into a web services provider using REST
• Create a mobile-first responsive Drupal application
• Run SimpleTest and PHPUnit to test Drupal
• Understand the plugin system that powers many of Drupal 8's new APIs to extend its functionality
• Get to grips with the mechanics of the configuration management system and the ability to import and export site configuration

About

Began as a message board, Drupal today is open source software maintained and developed by a community of over 1,000,000 users and developers. Drupal is used by numerous local businesses to global corporations and diverse organizations all across the globe. With Drupal 8’s exciting features it brings, this book will be your go-to guide to experimenting with all of these features through helpful recipes.

We’ll start by showing you how to customize and configure the Drupal environment as per your requirements, as well as how to install third-party libraries and then use them in the Drupal environment. Then we will move on to creating blocks and custom modules with the help of libraries. We will show you how to use the latest mobile-first feature of Drupal 8, which will help you make your apps responsive across all the major platforms. This book will also show you how to incorporate multilingual facilities in your sites, use web services and third-party plugins with your applications from inside Drupal 8, and test and deploy your apps.

Features

Discover the enhanced content authoring experience that comes with Drupal 8 and how to customize it
Take advantage of the broadened multilingual and tools of the new version to provide an internationalized website
This step-by-step guide will show you how to deploy from development, staging, and production of a website with Drupal 8's brand new configuration management system

Learn

• Discover how to better manage content using custom blocks and views
• Display content in multiple ways, taking advantage of display modes
• Create custom modules with YAML and Symfony 2
• Easily translate content using the new multilingual capabilities
• Use RESTful services and JavaScript frameworks to build headless websites
• Manage Drupal configuration from one server to another easily

About

Drupal is an open source content management system trusted by governments and organizations around the globe to run their websites. It brings with it extensive content authoring tools, reliable performance, and a proven track record of security. The community of more than 1,000,000 developers, designers, editors, and others have developed and maintained a wealth of modules, themes, and other add-ons to help you build a dynamic web experience.

Drupal 8 is the latest release of the Drupal built on the Symfony2 framework. This is the largest change to the Drupal project in its history. The entire API of Drupal has been rebuilt using Symfony and everything from the administrative UI to themes to custom module development has been affected.

This book will cover everything you need to plan and build a complete website using Drupal 8. It will provide a clear and concise walkthrough of the more than 200 new features and improvements introduced in Drupal core. In this book, you will learn advanced site building techniques, create and modify themes using Twig, create custom modules using the new Drupal API, explore the new REST and Multilingual functionality, import, and export Configuration, and learn how to migrate from earlier versions of Drupal.

Features

The most up-to-date advanced practical guide on Drupal 8 with an in-depth look at all the advanced new features such as authoring, HTML markup, built-in web services, and more
If you are looking to dive deep into Drupal 8 and create industry-standard web apps, then this is the ideal book for you
All the code and examples are explained in great detail to help you in the development process