Drupal 8 for Beginners
What you'll learn
- Discover how to create complex websites quickly
- Find out how to use the building blocks of Drupal 8
- Work with the powerful Views module
- Manage site users and permissions
- Explore the world of various views and components in Drupal 8
- Understand the process of making reusable templates
- Use different plugins and create your own plugins
- Understand how to test, deploy and monitor your application
Requirements
- This video takes a step-by-step, practical, tutorial-style approach. Each chapter will help you to build up your skill level and enable you to become an efficient Drupal 8 professional.
Description
Drupal 8 brings a lot of groundbreaking changes to its ecosystem, from basic architectural to functional. Understanding these changes is vital to you if you are trying to explore Drupal 8 and become a qualified Drupal 8 professional. This video will help you build your Drupal 8 skill level from ground level up and enable you to create an efficient Drupal 8 application from scratch.
We start with the primary focal points of Drupal 8’s key features and why they matter to you. Next, you’ll learn to get your Drupal 8 installation and customization on the road easily and efficiently, ensuring the necessary repositories and libraries are in your system. Then, you’ll start building your Drupal 8 app, create the application architecture, and use Drupal 8 views and components extensively. You’ll see how to create reusable templates using PHP scripting, use plugins, and develop simple plugins on your own. Toward the end of the video, you’ll also find out how to test, deploy, and monitor your application effectively.
About The Author
Jason Blanda has been professionally developing and deploying websites using the Drupal content management system for over 7 years. He runs the OneStop How to Guys YouTube channel, offering a wide variety of free educational courses including but not limited to Drupal 8. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Archboard Media, a website development company in Canton, Ohio, building websites and web apps on the Drupal content management system.
Who this course is for:
- If you are a PHP developer with basic knowledge of how CMS systems function, then this is the perfect course for you.
Instructor
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