10 Reasons why you should be using features for your Drupal project
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The document details ten reasons to utilize features in Drupal, emphasizing their ability to integrate configuration into code, organization of projects, and ease of deployment. It highlights the advantages of version control, sharing capabilities, and simplifying major upgrades. Additionally, it discusses the potential challenges when allowing clients to make changes, quoting the fourth law of software development.
10 Reasons why you should be using features for your Drupal project
- 1. 10 Reasons why you should be using features Florian Lorétan 24. aug 16:00 Microsoft
- 4. .net
- 5. 10 Reasons why you should be using Features or why you've been missing out so far
- 6. CCK
- 7. :-o
- 8. views
- 9. :-|
- 10. ...
- 11. :-o
- 12. features
- 13. :-)
- 14. features?
- 15. features?
- 17. Reason #1
- 18. Features puts configuration into code
- 24. What can be exported: exportables Default Views Imagecache Presets Ctools Panels Open Layers Rules Blocks (via context) Variables (via strongarm)
- 26. Default
- 27. Default
- 29. Default
- 31. Default
- 32. What can be exported: non-exportables Content Types, including fields and fieldgroups Roles & Permissions Menus Vocabularies Nodes, Terms & Users (using UUIDs) *
- 34. Default
- 36. Default
- 38. Default
- 39. What can't be exported Input formats Things that can only be identified using sequential numeric IDs
- 41. Reason #2
- 42. Features lets you organize your project
- 48. Reason #3
- 50. drush ``
- 52. drush features-list drush features-export drush features-diff drush features-revert drush features-revert-all drush features-update drush features-update-all
- 53. drush features-list features drush features-export fe drush features-diff fd drush features-revert fr drush features-revert-all fr-all drush features-update fu drush features-update-all fu-all
- 54. drush features-list features drush features-export fe drush features-diff fd drush features-revert fr drush features-revert-all fr-all drush features-update fu drush features-update-all fu-all
- 56. Reason #4
- 57. With features, configuration can be version-controlled
- 59. Reason #5
- 60. Features can be shared Central Repository
- 61. Features can be shared Central Repository Default
- 62. Features can be shared Central Repository Default Default
- 63. Features can be shared Central Repository Default Overridden Default
- 64. Features can be shared Central Repository Default Default
- 65. Features can be shared Central Repository Default Needs Review Default
- 66. Features can be shared Central Repository Default Default
- 68. Reason #6
- 69. Features make deployment easy Central Repository
- 70. Features make deployment easy Central Repository
- 71. Features make deployment easy Central Repository
- 72. Features make deployment easy Central Repository
- 74. Reason #7
- 75. Features makes major upgrades possible
- 76. Drupal Images Modules mp3 Themes Attachments Content types Nodes Roles Users Vocabularies Terms
- 77. Functionality Content Drupal Images Modules mp3 Themes Attachments Content types Nodes Roles Users Vocabularies Terms
- 78. Drupal Images Modules mp3 Themes Attachments Content types Nodes Roles Users DB Vocabularies Terms
- 79. Drupal Images Modules mp3 Themes Attachments Content types Nodes Roles Users DB Vocabularies Terms
- 81. Reason #8
- 85. Reason #9
- 86. Fourth Law of Software Development: “When you let your clients change things, they break.”
- 87. Fourth Law of Software Development: “When you let your clients change things, they break.”
- 88. Fourth Law of Software Development: “When you let your clients change things, they break.” override
- 90. Reason #10
- 92. You?
- 93. :-)
- 94. questions?
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