Module Development 101 (Drupal)

Shrop takes you through the basics of developing modules for Drupal 7.

Topics to include:

* Setting up a new module
* Drupal coding standards
* Contributing to a module on drupal.org

Presented at the Charlotte Drupal User Group on September 14th, 2013.
http://www.meetup.com/charDUG/events/99779022/

Transcript

1. Module Development 101 @shrop
2. Welcome! • About me • About CharDUG • Restrooms, WIFI, and break room • What are we covering today? • 10 minute breaks every 50 minutes
3. Development Environments • Local development - Acquia Dev Desktop http://www.acquia.com/downloads • Remote development - webenabled.com http://webenabled.com • Use your own method to get Drupal 7 running on your computer • Don’t worry about having your computer setup. Just follow along!
4. Module Development Links • Module Developer's Guide https://drupal.org/developing/modules • API Reference https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal • Working with the Drupal API https://drupal.org/node/326 • Examples Project https://drupal.org/project/examples
5. Development Tools • Coder https://drupal.org/project/coder • Devel modules https://drupal.org/project/devel • Drush https://github.com/drush-ops/drush
6. Drupal Coding Standards • Coding standards https://drupal.org/coding-standards
7. Writing Secure Code • Writing secure code https://drupal.org/writing-secure-code
8. Module Development Examples • Callsign Lookup module https://drupal.org/sandbox/shrop/2088791 https://github.com/shrop/callsign_lookup • What are Hooks? • Drupal Bootstrap • Understanding the hook system for Drupal modules https://drupal.org/node/292
9. Module Development Examples • Callsign Lookup module https://drupal.org/sandbox/shrop/2088791 https://github.com/shrop/callsign_lookup • .info file • .module file • .install file • .inc files • README.txt file
10. Module Development Examples • Callsign Lookup module https://drupal.org/sandbox/shrop/2088791 https://github.com/shrop/callsign_lookup • Hook examples • hook_menu • hook_permission
11. Module Development Examples • Callsign Lookup module https://drupal.org/sandbox/shrop/2088791 https://github.com/shrop/callsign_lookup • Form API https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/developer%21topics %21forms_api_reference.html/7
12. Module Development Examples • Callsign Lookup module https://drupal.org/sandbox/shrop/2088791 https://github.com/shrop/callsign_lookup • Form API https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/developer%21topics %21forms_api_reference.html/7
13. Module Development Examples • Callsign Lookup module https://drupal.org/sandbox/shrop/2088791 https://github.com/shrop/callsign_lookup • Submit and validate functions • Private functions (Please don’t use me. It’s for your own good.
14. Module Development Examples • Callsign Lookup module https://drupal.org/sandbox/shrop/2088791 https://github.com/shrop/callsign_lookup • Debugging • Devel modules • dpm() • dd()
15. Module Development Examples • Callsign Lookup module https://drupal.org/sandbox/shrop/2088791 https://github.com/shrop/callsign_lookup • Debugging • Coder module • Example $ drush coder --minor --comment --i18n --security --sql --style callsign_lookup
16. Module Development Examples • Callsign Lookup module https://drupal.org/sandbox/shrop/2088791 https://github.com/shrop/callsign_lookup • Testing • Simpletest is built-in to Drupal 7
17. Contributing to Drupal • Contribute https://drupal.org/contribute • Create an account on drupal.org • Learn about git • Git Immersion http://gitimmersion.com
18. Drupal 8 • Symfony components/More OOP (Object Oriented Programming) • Creating Drupal 8.x modules https://drupal.org/node/1915030 • Drupal 8 Module Development, Part 1: Getting Started http://getlevelten.com/blog/ian-whitcomb/drupal-8-module-development- part-1-getting-started • Webchick’s Drupal 8 articles http://webchick.net/taxonomy/term/63 • D8CX http://d8cx.org
19. Need Help? • #chardug on irc.freenode.net • Attend a Drupal Roundtable, Lunch Camp, or TechCLT Coworking Day. • http://chardug.org