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Drupal 10 Module Development - Fourth Edition

By : Daniel Sipos
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Drupal 10 Module Development - Fourth Edition

By: Daniel Sipos

Overview of this book

Embark on a journey of Drupal module development with the latest edition of this must-have guide written by Daniel Sipos – a Drupal community member! This fourth edition is meticulously revised to cover the latest Drupal 10 enhancements that will help you build custom Drupal modules with an understanding of code deprecations, changing architecture, data modeling, multilingual ecosystem, and so on. You’ll begin with understanding the core components of Drupal 10 architecture, discovering its subsystems and unlocking the secrets of creating your first Drupal module. Further, you'll delve into Drupal logging and mailing systems, creating theme hooks, and rendering a layout. As you progress, you'll work with different types of data storage, custom entities, field types, and work with Database APIs for lower-level database queries. You'll learn to reap the power of JavaScript and ensure that your code works seamlessly on multilingual sites. You'll also learn to create custom views, automate tests for your functionalities, and write secure code for your Drupal apps. By the end of this book, you'll have gained confidence in developing complex modules that can solve even the most complex business problems and might even become a valuable contributor to the Drupal community!
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
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Chapter 3: Logging and Mailing

Technologies that drive Drupal

Drupal has gone through a series of different best practices for when it comes to how it should be installed. But the reality is that they are simply tailored to different needs. The most common, and the most recommended by this author, is the Composer-based approach with the Drupal community-promoted project here: https://www.drupal.org/docs/develop/using-composer/starting-a-site-using-drupal-composer-project-templates.

You can read more about how to install Drupal there, so I will not go into detail here. Instead, let’s talk a bit about the technologies that power (or are needed by) Drupal 10.

PHP

Drupal is written in the PHP programming language. PHP is a widely supported, multiplatform, and web-centric scripting language. Since Drupal is written in PHP, this book will largely feature code written in PHP, albeit with Drupal standard practices kept in mind.

It is very important to note that the minimum version of PHP required for...