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Drupal8 for Symfony developers

Drupal8 for Symfony developers

Drupal8 modernization (new object-oriented base) and adoption of many Symfony components is a huge step in connecting these two amazing communities and amazing projects. Drupal8 is not powered by full-stack Symfony and there is still many differences between these two relatives, but still, Symfony developers should master it easily. This talk is for Symfony developers who don't have experience with Drupal8. It will guide you through routing, controllers, hooks, events, Drupal Console, DI and many other interesting elements that power Drupal8 under the hood. It will also show how to build custom modules Symfony way.

Antonio Peric-Mazar

July 01, 2017
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  1. @antonioperic About me • Antonio Perić-Mažar, mag. ing. comp. •

    CEO, Co-Founder @ Locastic • Co-Founder @ Shift Conference • Software developer, Symfony2 • Open Source Contributor • SFUGCRO
 • www.locastic.com • [email protected] • @antonioperic
  2. @antonioperic Locastic • We help clients create amazing web and

    mobile apps (since 2011) • design and development agency • mobile development • web development • UX/UI • Training and Consulting • Shift Conference, Symfony Croatia • www.locastic.com • @locastic
  3. @antonioperic What this means • Drupal8 doesn’t use full stack

    Symfony, it uses components (maybe in future) • Moving Drupal to modern stack • Building powerful CMS on top of Symfony components • More learning for Drupal developers (OOP, Symfony, new concepts) • Connecting two big communities
  4. @antonioperic Who is it for? • Content strategist • Site

    Administrators • Content editors • “Build stuff without writing code” • v8.3.2 • Professional developers • Bespoke applications • “Make writing code easier”
  5. @antonioperic In Drupal 8 there's three different types of knowledge

    that you're going to be using in order to work with it effectively.
  6. @antonioperic Symfony2 Framework Bundle Symfony2 Bundles Symfony2 CMF Bundles Symfony2

    Components Partnered Libs (twig, etc.) CMF Components Symfony fullstack Drupal 8 Distribution Drupal Core Modules Drupal Contrib Modules Drupal Core Libraries Symfony2 Components Partnered Libs (twig, etc.) Drupal Components
  7. @antonioperic Symfony Components • ClassLoader • Console • CssSelector •

    DependencyInjection • EventDispatcher • HttpFoundation • HttpKernel • Process • Routing • Serializer • Translation • Validator • Yaml
  8. @antonioperic • HTTP Kernel • Request / Response • Controllers

    • Event Dispatching • Listeners / Subscribers Dependency injection container
  9. @antonioperic Or just use your Symfony development environment • PHP

    built-in server • Vagrant • Docker • …
  10. @antonioperic Drush • update core and contrib • download modules

    • enable modules • clear cache • update db • run cron • import config • export config • create user • change password • one time login • backup drupal • restore drupal • compile twig templates *Type “drush” to get full list - www.drushcommands.com
  11. @antonioperic Drupal Console • update core and contrib • download

    modules • enable modules • clear cache • update db • run cron • import config • export config • generate console command • generate entity • generate content type • generate modules • run unit test *Type “drupal list” to get full list - drupalconsole.com/docs
  12. @antonioperic How to install Drupal8 • Drush • drush dl

    drupal • Composer • Download zip file
  13. @antonioperic Lets use composer • drupal/drupal. • This uses Drupal

    itself as a template for the new site. It is the simplest solution but lacks additional configuration that can be helpful.
 
 • drupal-composer/drupal-project. • This open source project acts as a kickstarter for Composer-based Drupal sites. It provides default configuration that otherwise needs to be added manually.
  14. @antonioperic What happens when request enters Drupal 1. Bootstrap configuration:

    ◦ Read the settings.php file, generate some other settings dynamically, and store them both in global variables and the Drupal\Component\Utility\Settings singleton object. ◦ Start the class loader, that takes care of loading classes. ◦ Set the Drupal error handler. ◦ Detect if Drupal is actually installed. If it is not, redirect to the installer script. 2. Create the Drupal kernel. 3. Initialize the service container (either from cache or from rebuild). 4. Add the container to the Drupal static class. 5. Attempt to serve page from static page cache (just like Drupal 7). 6. Load all variables (variable_get).
  15. @antonioperic What happens when request enters Drupal 7. Load other

    necessary (procedural) include files. 8. Register stream wrappers (public://, private://, temp:// and custom wrappers). 9. Create the HTTP Request object (using the Symfony HttpFoundation component). 10. Let the DrupalKernel handle it and return a response. 11. Send the response. 12. Terminate the request (modules can act upon this event).
  16. @antonioperic Pipeline 1. After the controller returned a render array,

    the VIEW will be triggered by the HttpKernel, because the controller result is not a Response, but a render array. 2. MainContentViewSubscriber is subscribed to the VIEW event. It checks whether the controller result is an array, and if so, it guarantees to generate a Response. 3. Next, MainContentViewSubscriber checks whether the negotiated request format is supported: 1. Any format for which a main content renderer service exists (an implementation of MainContentRendererInterface is supported. 2. If the negotiated request format is not supported, a 406 JSON response is generated, which lists the supported formats in a machine-readable way (as per RFC 2616, section 10.4.7). 4. Otherwise, when the negotiated request format is supported, the corresponding main content renderer service is initialized. A response is generated by calling MainContentRendererInterface::renderResponse() on the service. That's it
  17. @antonioperic Main Content Renderes • HTML: HtmlRenderer (text/html) • AJAX:

    AjaxRenderer (application/vnd.drupal-ajax) • Dialog: DialogRenderer (application/vnd.drupal-dialog) • Modal: ModalRenderer (application/vnd.drupal-modal
  18. @antonioperic Available “defaults” keys • _controller
 The specified method is

    simply called with the specified route parameters, and is expected to return a response. • _content
 If specified, the _controller is set based on the request's mime type, and fills the content of the response with the result of the specified method (usually a string or render array). • _form
 If specified, the _controller is set to HtmlFormController::content, which responds with the specified form. This form must be a fully qualified class name (or service id) that implements FormInterface and usually extends FormBase. Indeed, form building has also become object oriented! • _entity_form
 If specified, the _controller is set to HtmlEntityFormController::content, which responds with the specified entity form (specified as {entity_type}.{add|edit|delete}).
  19. @antonioperic Available “requirements” keys • _permission
 The current user must

    have the specified permission. • _role
 The current user must have the specified role. • _method
 The allowed HTTP methods (GET, POST, etc). • _scheme
 Set to https or http. The request scheme must be the same as the specified scheme. This property is also taken into account when generating urls (Drupal::url(..)) rather than routing. If set, urls will have this scheme set fixed. • _node_add_access
 A custom access check for adding new nodes of some node type. • _entity_access
 A generic access checker for entities. • _format
 Mime type formats
  20. @antonioperic Registering event subscribers Here are the steps to register

    an event subscriber: • Define a service in your module, tagged with 'event_subscriber' (see the Services topic for instructions). • Define a class for your subscriber service that implements \Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher\EventSubscriberInterface • In your class, the getSubscribedEvents method returns a list of the events this class is subscribed to, and which methods on the class should be called for each one. Example:
  21. @antonioperic Creating custom model Steps: • Register your module (module_name.info.yml)

    • Add routing (*.routing.yml) • Add controller • Clear cache • Test if page is rendering well
  22. @antonioperic Recap • Symfony components are main building tool for

    D8 • DIC is backbone of Drupal • DI for controllers is very easy • Events are replacing hooks • Building custom module is easy • Hardest thing is to start • This is just beginning there is a lot to learn about and from D8 • Documentation is not the best, read examples and code