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About this course

This five day course (a bundle of 2 days of Site Builder, 1 day of Layout and Theming, and 2 days of Module Development) suits developers who are making the full conversion to Drupal from .NET, Coldfusion Java or other framework or CMS. This would suit developers who have no prior experience with Drupal, giving them insight into how Drupal works from the ground up.

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Looking for team training in Drupal?

Training is available for either public sessions or private classroom settings. Public courses range from 1 to 5 days in length; private training packages can be customized to suit your needs.

Private on-site training for your team ensures learners get access to the expertise they need for case-specific questions.

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Multiple formats: optimal flexibility

Courses are available in multiple formats to suit your needs.

  • In-person instructor-led
  • Virtual instructor led
  • Self-paced online


Event details

This five day course suits developers who are making the full conversion to Drupal from .NET, Coldfusion Java or other framework or CMS. This would suit developers who have no prior experience with Drupal, giving them insight into how Drupal works from the ground up.

Site Building (Part 1)

  • If your team is new to Drupal, you'll start with a crash course in Drupal configuration and site building. With a focus on the developer experience and workflow, you will learn how to plan and create flexible content types, how to structure your site with custom paths and menus, and how to create dynamic lists of content with Drupal.
  • If your team has some experience with Drupal, you'll start by delving into advanced site building with views and other popular contributed modules.

Drupal Layout and theming (Part 2)
Drupal has a variety of approaches to making dynamic layouts. In this course, you will see how to use them and find the right approach. You will learn best practices for configuring a flexible and extendable layout for your site. You will learn how to get more control over the look and feel by creating a custom theme in Drupal.

  • Create custom layouts for landing pages on your site
  • Make content appear dynamically based on where you are in the site structure
  • Create a custom theme in Drupal
  • Understand when to configure and when to code

Drupal Module Development and developer best practices (Part 3)
You will learn how to develop a module step by step. You will learn how to navigate the extensive documentation available and determine where you can hook into the system and add your new functionality. You will also learn about developer workflow and maintaining your site.

  • Understand Drupal's hook system and development architecture
  • Insert and extract data using Drupal's core database abstraction layer.
  • Responsibly modify contributed modules using patches.
  • Employ and articulate best practices, security techniques, conventions and coding standards

Duration: 5 days
Prerequisites:
Prior experience with programming or a web application framework are assumed.
PHP, HTML and CSS are assumed.

Location: 

Online This is an online event.

Training provided by:

NxtTeam