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11 tips to start your Drupal 8 project right

Michael Anello

@ultimike

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Who do I think I am?● Member of Drupal.org since 2006

● Developer/trainer/co-owner DrupalEasy.com

● Migrations, module development, architecture...

● Community Working Group

● Community Cultivation Grants Committee

● Florida DrupalCamp Co-organizer

● Code and documentation contributions

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Who do I think I am?● Member of Drupal.org since 2006

● Developer/trainer/co-owner DrupalEasy.com

● Migrations, module development, architecture...

● Community Working Group

● Community Cultivation Grants Committee

● Florida DrupalCamp Co-organizer

● Code and documentation contributions

● Part of more Drupal projects than I can count!

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I've seen a lot.

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Something to offer.

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Set the tone for the entire project.

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Bad decisions made early rarely get corrected.

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Minimize the total cost of ownership of your site.

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Commit to a local/dev/stage/prod workflow

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Production

Test/QA

Development / branches

Local development environments

Remote git repository

Databases & content files

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Commit to the entire team using a project tracker.

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GitHubGitLab

BitbucketJira

TrelloAsana

Basecampetc...

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Use Git.

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Use Composer to manage the codebase.

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Use consistent local development environments for development

team.5

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DockerDocker-based

Virtual machines

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Define information architecture with all stakeholders.

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Entities/Bundles/Fields

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Prototype information architecture with content authors.

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Define and implement IA

Stakeholders test the

prototype

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Create a style guide.

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Create wireframe and mockups as necessary.

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Use the Configuration System.

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Define realistic and meaningful milestones.

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