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Mastering Drupal 8

By : Sean Montague, Chaz Chumley, William Hurley
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Mastering Drupal 8

By: Sean Montague, Chaz Chumley, William Hurley

Overview of this book

Drupal is an open source content management system trusted by governments and organizations around the globe to run their websites. It brings with it extensive content authoring tools, reliable performance, and a proven track record of security. The community of more than 1,000,000 developers, designers, editors, and others have developed and maintained a wealth of modules, themes, and other add-ons to help you build a dynamic web experience. Drupal 8 is the latest release of the Drupal built on the Symfony2 framework. This is the largest change to the Drupal project in its history. The entire API of Drupal has been rebuilt using Symfony and everything from the administrative UI to themes to custom module development has been affected. This book will cover everything you need to plan and build a complete website using Drupal 8. It will provide a clear and concise walkthrough of the more than 200 new features and improvements introduced in Drupal core. In this book, you will learn advanced site building techniques, create and modify themes using Twig, create custom modules using the new Drupal API, explore the new REST and Multilingual functionality, import, and export Configuration, and learn how to migrate from earlier versions of Drupal.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Reviewer
Customer Feedback
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Acknowledgments

Seeing that this is the second book I have now written; the process is becoming much easier. I still make mistakes, correct them, and then make some more. However, I welcome the feedback that I get from my family, friends, and colleagues who have helped review it all along the way. I am very surprised how fast Drupal 8 has moved and improved along the way, all for the better. During this journey, I must reflect on the one person who instilled in me my work ethic, my father; he was a tough man, but I respected him. He has since passed away and while I know he shines down on me, I can still hear him telling me to push myself, love my family, and respect everyone. While I did not get a chance to say goodbye to him, I know he knows how much I love him. Speaking of family, I have been blessed with two great moms, an awesome brother Josh, and a beautiful sister Carly. However, the most important person to thank is my wife, Rebecca. She s been my biggest fan and without her, none of this would be possible. She kept me sane on long weekends and late nights of writing. She made me laugh when I wanted to scream or cry. She took me on long walks, longer hikes in the Appalachian Trail, and even to one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Machu Picchu. However, after 25 years of marriage, I still think you re the greatest wonder in the world. Finally, a huge thank you to my colleagues at Forum One: rock star developers, awe-inspiring designers, breathtaking UX, and amazing marketing. Hey Drupal! Come for the code, stay for the community.