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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

JavaScript in Drupal

Drupal relies on a few JavaScript libraries and plugins to perform some of its frontend tasks. For example, the ubiquitous jQuery library continues to be used in Drupal 10 as well. But of course, there are others.

Another thing I have already mentioned, but which is helpful to bring up again, is the fact that Drupal no longer loads things such as jQuery or its Ajax framework on all pages needlessly. For example, many pages serving anonymous users that do not require jQuery won’t even load it. This can greatly improve performance. But it also means that when we define our libraries to include our own JavaScript files, we must always declare these as dependencies (if we need them). For example, jQuery is something you’ll often depend on.

Drupal behaviors

One of the most important things you need to know when writing JavaScript files in Drupal is the concept of behaviors. But in order to understand that, let’s get a bit of context.

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