Event details
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
This course provides a solid working understanding of Drupal 8. It introduces and explains the most essential features and concepts of Drupal through hands-on activities.
4 Sessions - Onsite in NYC plus Online - $399
Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 177 Prince Street, NYC
9 AM - 9.30 AM - Coffee & Tea
9.30 - 10 AM - Intros & Class Agenda
10 AM - 12.30 PM - Session 1
12.30 - 1.30 PM - Lunch Provided
1.30 PM - 4 PM - Session 2
Wednesday, May 8, 2019, Online
10 AM - 12.30 - Session 3
Wednesday, May 15, 2019, Online
10 AM - 12.30 - Session 4
This is an interactive course. You will build a functioning Drupal website following the steps of the course manual. The procedures are introduced step-by-step and then reinforced with practice and challenges. Your instructor can help guide you through the process of establishing this new way of working. You'll look at case studies of websites and reflect on your own experience to take the procedures you learn here back into your own work and any new situations you encounter.
Target Audience
- Newcomers to Drupal 8 and those looking to deepen their understanding.
- Project Managers, Product Owners and other project leadership.
Prerequisites:
- An understanding of website building using a Content Management System is helpful but not necessary.
- Experience using and building websites using systems such as Wordpress, Joomla!, or HTML and CSS is helpful but not necessary.
By the end of the training you will be able to:
- Describe key features and functionality provided by Drupal 8 core
- Define Drupal terminology and describe concepts
- Explain and summarize how Drupal sites are constructed and themed
- Search for and use Modules to extend Drupal's functionality
- Articulate the benefits of using Drupal 8 to develop websites
- Model content types
- Create lists of content and other data
- Assemble a website out of individual components
- Get data into your database with fielded entities
- Create lists of content from the database and manage display on your site
- Understand all fundamental facets of building a Drupal 8 website including how custom modules and themes are built
- Assemble a website out of individual components
