Managing users in Drupal is not a trivial task. In fact, it is one of the most important aspects of developing a website. We began with exploring the People page to get a better understanding of how users are managed, with everything from creating roles to assigning permissions to roles and adding roles to users.
Once we understood the workflow of how users are managed, we looked at Account settings and how to best configure them for everyday use, such as the tasks that enable personal contact forms and specify which role will inherit permissions, and the ability to control user registration and cancellation.
Finally, we took a deeper look at using Drush to manage users and roles outside of the browser. Being able to quickly create and delete roles, display user information, assign roles to existing users, and even create and delete users directly from the command line.
In the next chapter, we will discuss how Content types, Taxonomy, and Comments in Drupal 8 provide for a powerful...