The 7 Stages of Drupal Development

2013 Twin Cities Drupalcamp
Fredric Mitchell
@fredricmitchell
The Seven Stages
Of Drupal Development

1.) Shock and Denial
2.) Pain and Guilt
3.) Anger and Bargaining
4.) Depression and Reflection
5.) The Upward Turn
6.) Reconstruction
7.) Acceptance and Hope
7 Stages of Grief Drupal@fredricmitchell | 2

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Web Development Manager at
Orbit Media Studios
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Web Dev 10+ years, Drupal
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Gardening, T-Ball, Thundercats
Are you qualified? @fredricmitchell | 3

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Grief == Drupal
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Belie All Fears
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Want Answers
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Reaffirmation and Confidence
You are here because... @fredricmitchell | 4

Present State @fredricmitchell | 5
http://www.codem0nk3y.com/2012/04/what-bugs-me-about-modx-and-why/cms-learning-curve/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/32029534@N00/7317378118/
1. Shock and Denial @fredricmitchell | 6
Shock provides emotional protection from being
overwhelmed all at once. This may last for weeks
months.

Shock and Denial @fredricmitchell | 7
node
entity
content type
bundle
views
entityfieldquery
preprocess
process
alter
ctools
panels
blocks
beans
i18n
entity api
workflow
workbench
state machine
hooks
query_alter
tid
vid
nid
uid
theme
ckeditor
rules
roles
permissions
content access
logintobaggan
features
spaces
context
sites
conf

2. Pain and Guilt
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuboidal/23246255/
@fredricmitchell | 8
Although excruciating, it is important that you
experience the pain fully, and not hide it, avoid it or
escape from it.

Tools for Pain and Guilt@fredricmitchell | 9
● Google
● Pro Drupal 7 Development (book)
● drupal.org / api.drupal.org
● drupalize.me
● IRC
● Local Meetups
● Camps / Cons
● Time

3. Anger and Bargaining@fredricmitchell | 10
Frustration gives way to anger, and you may lash out and
lay unwarranted blame on someone else.

Causes of Anger @fredricmitchell | 11
Find a page
admin/content → Scroll & Paginate
or
Build view → Create filters → Setup perms → Set
paths → Export to features → Pray
or
Install admin_views (dependencies)

Place a block
admin/structure → Blocks → Find & Scroll →
Configure
or
Install Context / Context UI → Setup perms → Set
conditions → Set Reactions
or
Install beans (dependencies)

Small team working together
Features get overridden
Core is updated and break things
Patches are all over the place
Build vs. Buy
UI vs. Code

4. Depression. Reflection.@fredricmitchell | 14
Encouragement from others is not helpful to you during
this stage of grieving.

Sad Face :-( @fredricmitchell | 15
Retrieve single field value
The bad way
$value = $node->field_value['und'][0]['value']
The 'Drupal' way
$value = field_get_items('node', $node, 'field_value');
$value = (is_array($value)) ? reset($value) : $value;
$value = (isset($value['value']))
? $value['value']
: false;

Set a field value
The bad way
$user->field_value['und'][0]['value'] = $value;
The 'Drupal' way
Install entity_api module
$user = entity_metadata_wrapper('user', $user);
$user->field_value->set($value);
$user->save();

Get a menu
$tree = menu_tree_page_data('main-menu');
$main_menu = menu_tree_output($tree, 1);
print drupal_render($main_menu);
Get taxonomy terms
$v =
taxonomy_vocabulary_machine_name_load($n);
$terms = taxonomy_get_tree($v->vid);
foreach ($terms as $term) {
$options[$term->tid] = $term->name;

Migration
drupal.org/project/migrate
The Good – It exists!!!
The Bad – Documentation is spotty.
The Ugly – 9000 ways of doing it.
migrate_d2d
migrate_extras
Code: https://gist.github.com/fmitchell/6079933

5. The Upward Turn @fredricmitchell | 19
As you start to adjust, your life becomes a little calmer
and more organized.

That is helpful @fredricmitchell | 20
What node/menu/object am I on?
menu_get_object()
Querying made easy
EntityFieldQuery
URL arguments made easy
drupal_get_query_parameters()

I want to change this form
hook_form_alter()
Examples, please!
drupal.org/project/examples
Quickly do things
drush

I want to create a distribution
Make
Installation Profiles (derf?)
drupal.org/node/108973
drupal.org/documentation/build/distributions

6. Reconstruction @fredricmitchell | 23
As you become more functional, your mind starts
working again, and you will find yourself seeking
realistic solutions.

What's next? @fredricmitchell | 24
Load all the things
entity_load_multiple() - D8
Configuration
VCS, No more system settings forms - D8
Mobile
IE8 is dead, jQuery 2.0, Responsive grids - D8

What's next? @fredricmitchell | 25
Make it pretty!
Twig - D8
Services
HTTPFoundation, HTTPCache - D8
Multilingual
Everything is entity API - D8

7. Acceptance and Hope@fredricmitchell | 26
Acceptance does not necessarily mean instant happiness.
Given the pain and turmoil you have experienced, you
can never return to the carefree, untroubled YOU that
existed.

If I Must @fredricmitchell | 27
node
entity
content type
bundle
views
entityfieldquery
preprocess
process
alter
ctools
panels
blocks
beans
i18n
entity api
workflow
workbench
state machine
hooks
query_alter
tid
vid
nid
uid
theme
ckeditor
rules
roles
permissions
content access
logintobaggan
features
spaces
context
sites
conf

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Drupal 8 needs you!
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Join a group.
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Wear your scars proudly.
The Future @fredricmitchell | 28

2013 Twin Cities Drupalcamp
Fredric Mitchell
@fredricmitchell
Thank you!!

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