The 7 Stages of Drupal Development

2013 Twin Cities Drupalcamp

Fredric Mitchell@fredricmitchell

The Seven StagesOf Drupal Development

1.) Shock and Denial2.) Pain and Guilt3.) Anger and Bargaining4.) Depression and Reflection5.) The Upward Turn6.) Reconstruction7.) Acceptance and Hope

7 Stages of Grief Drupal@fredricmitchell | 2

● Web Development Manager at Orbit Media Studios

● Web Dev 10+ years, Drupal

● Gardening, T-Ball, Thundercats

Are you qualified? @fredricmitchell | 3

● Grief == Drupal

● Belie All Fears

● Want Answers

● Reaffirmation and Confidence

You are here because... @fredricmitchell | 4

Present State @fredricmitchell | 5

http://www.codem0nk3y.com/2012/04/what-bugs-me-about-modx-and-why/cms-learning-curve/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/32029534@N00/7317378118/

1. Shock and Denial @fredricmitchell | 6

Shock provides emotional protection from being

overwhelmed all at once. This may last for weeks

months.

Shock and Denial @fredricmitchell | 7

node

entity

content type

bundle

views

entityfieldquery

preprocess

process

alter

ctools

panels

blocks

beans

i18n

entity api

workflow

workbench

state machine

hooks

query_alter

tid

vid

nid

uid

theme

ckeditor

rules

roles

permissions

content access

logintobaggan

features

spaces

context

sites

conf

2. Pain and Guilt

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuboidal/23246255/

@fredricmitchell | 8

Although excruciating, it is important that you

experience the pain fully, and not hide it, avoid it or

escape from it.

Tools for Pain and Guilt@fredricmitchell | 9

● Google● Pro Drupal 7 Development (book)● drupal.org / api.drupal.org● drupalize.me● IRC● Local Meetups● Camps / Cons● Time


3. Anger and Bargaining@fredricmitchell | 10

Frustration gives way to anger, and you may lash out and

lay unwarranted blame on someone else.

Causes of Anger @fredricmitchell | 11

Find a page

admin/content → Scroll & Paginate

or

Build view → Create filters → Setup perms → Set paths → Export to features → Pray

or

Install admin_views (dependencies)


Place a block

admin/structure → Blocks → Find & Scroll → Configure

or

Install Context / Context UI → Setup perms → Set conditions → Set Reactions

or

Install beans (dependencies)


Small team working together

Features get overridden

Core is updated and break things

Patches are all over the place

Build vs. Buy

UI vs. Code


4. Depression. Reflection.@fredricmitchell | 14

Encouragement from others is not helpful to you during

this stage of grieving.

Sad Face :-( @fredricmitchell | 15

Retrieve single field value

The bad way$value = $node->field_value['und'][0]['value']

The 'Drupal' way$value = field_get_items('node', $node, 'field_value');$value = (is_array($value)) ? reset($value) : $value;$value = (isset($value['value'])) ? $value['value'] : false;


Set a field value

The bad way$user->field_value['und'][0]['value'] = $value;

The 'Drupal' wayInstall entity_api module$user = entity_metadata_wrapper('user', $user);$user->field_value->set($value);$user->save();


Get a menu

$tree = menu_tree_page_data('main-menu');$main_menu = menu_tree_output($tree, 1);print drupal_render($main_menu);

Get taxonomy terms

$v = taxonomy_vocabulary_machine_name_load($n);$terms = taxonomy_get_tree($v->vid);foreach ($terms as $term) { $options[$term->tid] = $term->name;}


Migration

drupal.org/project/migrate

The Good – It exists!!!

The Bad – Documentation is spotty.

The Ugly – 9000 ways of doing it.migrate_d2dmigrate_extras

Code: https://gist.github.com/fmitchell/6079933


5. The Upward Turn @fredricmitchell | 19

As you start to adjust, your life becomes a little calmer

and more organized.

That is helpful @fredricmitchell | 20

What node/menu/object am I on?

menu_get_object()

Querying made easy

EntityFieldQuery

URL arguments made easy

drupal_get_query_parameters()


I want to change this form

hook_form_alter()

Examples, please!

drupal.org/project/examples

Quickly do things

drush


I want to create a distribution

Make

Installation Profiles (derf?)drupal.org/node/108973

drupal.org/documentation/build/distributions


6. Reconstruction @fredricmitchell | 23

As you become more functional, your mind starts

working again, and you will find yourself seeking

realistic solutions.

What's next? @fredricmitchell | 24

Load all the things

entity_load_multiple() - D8

Configuration

VCS, No more system settings forms - D8

Mobile

IE8 is dead, jQuery 2.0, Responsive grids - D8

What's next? @fredricmitchell | 25

Make it pretty!

Twig - D8

Services

HTTPFoundation, HTTPCache - D8

Multilingual

Everything is entity API - D8


7. Acceptance and Hope@fredricmitchell | 26

Acceptance does not necessarily mean instant happiness.

Given the pain and turmoil you have experienced, you

can never return to the carefree, untroubled YOU that

existed.

If I Must @fredricmitchell | 27

node

entity

content type

bundle

views

entityfieldquery

preprocess

process

alter

ctools

panels

blocks

beans

i18n

entity api

workflow

workbench

state machine

hooks

query_alter

tid

vid

nid

uid

theme

ckeditor

rules

roles

permissions

content access

logintobaggan

features

spaces

context

sites

conf

● Drupal 8 needs you!

● Join a group.

● Wear your scars proudly.

The Future @fredricmitchell | 28

2013 Twin Cities Drupalcamp

Fredric Mitchell@fredricmitchell

Thank you!!

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The 7 Stages of Drupal Development