Drupal8 for Symfony Developers: A Concise Introduction
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Drupal8 modernization (new object-oriented base) and adoption of many Symfony components is a huge step in connecting these two amazing communities and amazing projects. Drupal8 is not powered by full-stack Symfony and there is still many differences between these two relatives, but still, Symfony developers should master it easily. This talk is for Symfony developers who don't have experience with Drupal8. It will guide you through routing, controllers, hooks, events, Drupal Console, DI and many other interesting elements that power Drupal8 under the hood. It will also show how to build custom modules Symfony way.
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Drupal8 for Symfony Developers: A Concise Introduction
- 1. Drupal8 for Symfony Developers Antonio Perić-Mažar 17.02.2017 @ #phpuk
- 2. @antonioperic About me • Antonio Perić-Mažar, mag. ing. comp. • CEO, Co-Founder @ Locastic • Co-Founder @ Shift Conference • Software developer, Symfony2 • Open Source Contributor • SFUGCRO • www.locastic.com • antonio@locastic.com • @antonioperic
- 3. @antonioperic Locastic • We help clients create amazing web and mobile apps (since 2011) • design and development agency • mobile development • web development • UX/UI • Training and Consulting • Shift Conference, Symfony Croatia • www.locastic.com • @locastic
- 5. @antonioperic Almost 25% of our team are women
- 6. @antonioperic Questions? • Any Drupal experts/developers here? • Symfony developers? • Symfony developers without Drupal knowledge
- 7. @antonioperic Drupal 101 for SF developers
- 8. @antonioperic Before we start, small disclaimer
- 9. @antonioperic My world is Symfony (still)
- 10. @antonioperic ♥
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- 12. @antonioperic What this means • Drupal8 doesn’t use full stack Symfony, it uses components (maybe in future) • Moving Drupal to modern stack • Building powerful CMS on top of Symfony components • Connecting two big communities • More learning for Drupal developers (OOP, Symfony, new concepts)
- 14. @antonioperic Who is it for? • Content strategist • Site Administrators • Content editors • “Build stuff without writing code” • Professional developers • Bespoke applications • “Make writing code easier”
- 15. @antonioperic In Drupal 8 there's three different types of knowledge that you're going to be using in order to work with it effectively.
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- 20. @antonioperic Symfony2 Framework Bundle Symfony2 Bundles Symfony2 CMF Bundles Symfony2 Components Partnered Libs (twig, etc.) CMF Components Symfony fullstack Drupal 8 Distribution Drupal Core Modules Drupal Contrib Modules Drupal Core Libraries Symfony2 Components Partnered Libs (twig, etc.) Drupal Components
- 21. @antonioperic Symfony Components • ClassLoader • Console • CssSelector • DependencyInjection • EventDispatcher • HttpFoundation • HttpKernel • Process • Routing • Serializer • Translation • Validator • Yaml
- 22. @antonioperic • HTTP Kernel • Request / Response • Controllers • Event Dispatching • Listeners / Subscribers Dependencyinjectioncontainer
- 26. @antonioperic Or just use your Symfony development environment • PHP built-in server • Vagrant • Docker • …
- 28. @antonioperic Drush • update core and contrib • download modules • enable modules • clear cache • update db • run cron • import config • export config • create user • change password • one time login • backup drupal • restore drupal • compile twig templates *Type “drush” to get full list - www.drushcommands.com
- 34. @antonioperic Drupal Console • update core and contrib • download modules • enable modules • clear cache • update db • run cron • import config • export config • generate console command • generate entity • generate content type • generate modules • run unit test *Type “drupal list” to get full list - drupalconsole.com/docs
- 41. @antonioperic How to install Drupal8 • Drush • drush dl drupal • Composer • Download zip file
- 42. @antonioperic Lets use composer • drupal/drupal. • This uses Drupal itself as a template for the new site. It is the simplest solution but lacks additional configuration that can be helpful. • drupal-composer/drupal-project. • This open source project acts as a kickstarter for Composer-based Drupal sites. It provides default configuration that otherwise needs to be added manually.
- 44. @antonioperic Let’s use composer composer create-project drupal/drupal
- 46. @antonioperic Let’s use composer composer require drupal/<modulename> for example: composer require drupal/token
- 58. @antonioperic We have content but something is missing
- 82. @antonioperic Pipeline 1. After the controller returned a render array, the VIEW will be triggered by the HttpKernel, because the controller result is not a Response, but a render array. 2. MainContentViewSubscriber is subscribed to the VIEW event. It checks whether the controller result is an array, and if so, it guarantees to generate a Response. 3. Next, MainContentViewSubscriber checks whether the negotiated request format is supported: 1. Any format for which a main content renderer service exists (an implementation of MainContentRendererInterface is supported. 2. If the negotiated request format is not supported, a 406 JSON response is generated, which lists the supported formats in a machine-readable way (as per RFC 2616, section 10.4.7). 4. Otherwise, when the negotiated request format is supported, the corresponding main content renderer service is initialized. A response is generated by calling MainContentRendererInterface::renderResponse() on the service. That's it
- 83. @antonioperic Main Content Renderes HTML: HtmlRenderer (text/html) AJAX: AjaxRenderer (application/vnd.drupal-ajax) Dialog: DialogRenderer (application/vnd.drupal-dialog) Modal: ModalRenderer (application/vnd.drupal-modal)
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- 99. @antonioperic Registering event subscribers Here are the steps to register an event subscriber: Define a service in your module, tagged with 'event_subscriber' (see the Services topic for instructions). Define a class for your subscriber service that implements SymfonyComponentEventDispatcherEventSubscriberInterface In your class, the getSubscribedEvents method returns a list of the events this class is subscribed to, and which methods on the class should be called for each one. Example: public static function getSubscribedEvents() { // Subscribe to kernel terminate with priority 100. $events[KernelEvents::TERMINATE][] = array('onTerminate', 100); // Subscribe to kernel request with default priority of 0. $events[KernelEvents::REQUEST][] = array('onRequest'); return $events; }
- 123. @antonioperic Recap • Symfony components are main building tool for D8 • DIC is backbone of Drupal • DI for controllers is very easy • Events are replacing hooks • Building custom module is easy • Hardest thing is to start • This is just beginning there is a lot to learn about and from D8