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Drupal Deployment
- 1. Drupal Deployment An Introduction to Features Module JAMES SANSBURY * DO IT WITH DRUPAL 2011
- 2. The Problem
- 4. ‣ Content and Configuration are sleeping together
- 5. ‣ Content and Configuration are sleeping together ‣ No standard for storing configuration
- 6. ‣ Content and Configuration are sleeping together ‣ No standard for storing configuration ‣ Variable table
- 7. ‣ Content and Configuration are sleeping together ‣ No standard for storing configuration ‣ Variable table ‣ Custom data store
- 8. ‣ Content and Configuration are sleeping together ‣ No standard for storing configuration ‣ Variable table ‣ Custom data store ‣ Even [gasp] entities
- 9. Oh noes!
- 10. Solutions
- 11. Solutions ‣ Update hooks
- 12. Solutions ‣ Update hooks ‣ SQL Queries
- 13. Solutions ‣ Update hooks ‣ SQL Queries ‣ Patterns (http://drupal.org/project/patterns)
- 14. Solutions ‣ Update hooks ‣ SQL Queries ‣ Patterns (http://drupal.org/project/patterns) ‣ Exportables
- 15. Enter the Features Module
- 16. What is Features Module?
- 17. What is Features Module? Features module
- 18. What is Features Module? Features module is a module
- 19. What is Features Module? Features module is a module that creates modules
- 20. What is Features Module? Features module is a module that creates modules called ‘features’.
- 21. What is Features Module? [FAIL Features module is a module that creates modules called ‘features’. ]
- 22. What is Features module?
- 23. What is Features module? ‣ Exports configuration to code
- 24. What is Features module? ‣ Exports configuration to code ‣ Creates a module for that code (called a feature)
- 25. What is Features module? ‣ Exports configuration to code ‣ Creates a module for that code (called a feature) ‣ Monitors discrepancies
- 26. What is Features module? ‣ Exports configuration to code ‣ Creates a module for that code (called a feature) ‣ Monitors discrepancies ‣ Provides tools to resolve those discrepancies
- 27. What is a “feature” module?
- 28. What is a “feature” module? ‣ A module
- 29. What is a “feature” module? ‣ A module ‣ Glue code
- 30. What is a “feature” module? ‣ A module ‣ Glue code ‣ Satisfies a specific use case
- 32. Let’s try it!
- 33. Step back.
- 34. Step back.
- 35. Namespace.
- 37. Be careful.
- 38. Be careful. Easy can still be powerful.
- 39. And we all lived happily ever after.
- 40. Tools to help you along the way ‣ The Kit specification: lb.cm/kit ‣ Drupal.org features: lb.cm/drupal-org-features ‣ Boxes: lb.cm/boxes ‣ Debut: lb.cm/debut ‣ Features Override: lb.cm/features-override ‣ Features Plumber: lb.cm/features-plumber ‣ UUID Features: lb.cm/uuid-features ‣ Features issues: lb.cm/features-issues
- 41. Questions?
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