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Drupal 8 configuration management : make the most of Drupal's 8's coolest new feature--the configuration management system / Stefan Borchert, Anja Schirwinski

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Borchert, Stefan
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Drupal eight configuration management : make the most of Drupal's 8's coolest new feature--the configuration management system and Make the most of Drupal's 8's coolest new feature--the configuration management system
Published
Birmingham, UK : Packt Publishing, 2015.
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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
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Schirwinski, Anja
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Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewer; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Understanding Configuration Management; An introduction to Configuration Management; Configuration; Content; Session; State; Why manage configuration?; Tracking configuration changes; Some version control best practices; Using a project management tool; Meaningful commit messages; Meaningful branches; A look back at Drupal 7; Manual Configuration Management; The hook_install() / hook_update_N() function; The Features module; What is the Features module?, Creating a FeatureThe settings to export with Features; The settings to not export with Features; The Configuration Management module; Storing configuration variables in settings.php; How Drupal 8 takes care of Configuration Management; How to start using Configuration Management; Using version control to keep track of configuration changes; Types of configuration; Configuration storage and deploying between environments; Summary; Chapter 2: Configuration Management for Administrators; Why do we want to manage our configuration?; Making a clone of your site, The Configuration Management interfaceThe interface options; Single import/export; Summary; Chapter 3: Drupal 8's Take on Configuration Management; The config directory; A simple configuration example; Config and schema files -- what are they and what are they used for?; Config files; Schema files; Learning the difference between active and staging; Changing the active configuration storage; Changing the storage location of the active and staging directories; Simple configuration versus configuration entities; Simple configuration; Configuration entities; Summary, Chapter 4: Configuration Management APIA simple configuration API; Working with configuration data; Retrieving the configuration object; Getting configuration values; Setting configuration values; Removing configuration values; Best practices; Getting notified about configuration changes; Overriding the configuration; Global overrides; Language overrides; Module overrides; Avoiding overrides; Creating configuration entity types; Adding the basics; Taking control of your data; Summary; Chapter 5: The Anatomy of Schema Files; What are schema files in Drupal?; The structure of a schema file, and PropertiesData types; Reusing data types; Making data translatable; Dynamic type references; The element-key references; The sub-key references; The parent-key references; Coding standards; PHP API; Summary; Chapter 6: Adding Configuration Management to Your Module; Default configuration; An example; Defining and using your own configuration; Setting your configuration file; Custom configuration entity types; Using the configuration; Creating a configuration form; Configuration forms in Drupal 7; Creating configuration forms in Drupal 8; Summary
Summary
Drupal 8 Configuration Management is intended for people who use Drupal 8 to build websites, whether you are a hobbyist using Drupal for the first time, a long-time Drupal site builder, or a professional web developer.
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ISBN
9781783985210 (electronic bk.)
1783985216 (electronic bk.)
1783985208
9781783985203
Note
Includes index.
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