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Drupal 8 Deep Dive: Plugin System
The document discusses Drupal 8 plugins, explaining what they are, their benefits, and foundational concepts like autoloading and dependency injection. It defines a plugin as a discoverable class that extends functionality within a given scope and outlines the reasons for using plugins in Drupal. The document further details the structure, types, and implementation of plugins, emphasizing their object-oriented and extensible nature.
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Drupal 8 Deep Dive: Plugin System
- 1. Drupal 8: Plugins A visual and technical deep dive. ! Twitter session tag: #d8plugins
- 2. Kris Vanderwater ‣Developer Evangelist, Acquia! ‣ Drupal 8: Scotch Initiative Owner! ‣ Twitter: @eclipsegc! ‣ Co-Maintainer: Chaos Tools! ‣ Maintainer: Contextual Administration
- 3. Drupal 8 Plugins:Topics • What is a Plugin? • Why Plugins? • Benefits of Plugins • Foundational Concepts • Implementing Plugins • Creating your own Plugin Type
- 4. Thank You HeliorColorado
- 5. What is aPlugin?
- 6. What is aPlugin? Helior’s Definition: A discreet class that executes an operation within the context of a given scope, as a means to extend Drupal’s functionality. ! ! ! ! !
- 7. What is aPlugin? Helior’s Definition: A discreet class that executes an operation within the context of a given scope, as a means to extend Drupal’s functionality. ! ! Kris’ Definition: A discoverable class that implements a particular interface which adds or extends functionality to a pluggable subsystem.
- 8. What is aPlugin? • Discoverable
- 9. What is aPlugin? • Discoverable! • Object Oriented
- 10. What is aPlugin? • Discoverable! • Object Oriented! • Interface Driven
- 11. What is aPlugin? • Discoverable! • Object Oriented! • Interface Driven! • Swappable
- 12. What is aPlugin? • Discoverable! • Object Oriented! • Interface Driven! • Swappable! • Drupal not required
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- 14. Why Plugins? •Drupal actually is kinda unique
- 15. Why Plugins? •Drupal actually is kinda unique! • Unprecedented Configurability
- 16. Why Plugins? •Drupal actually is kinda unique! • Unprecedented Configurability! • Absence of similar code
- 17. Why Plugins? •Drupal actually is kinda unique! • Unprecedented Configurability! • Absence of similar code! • Other CMS don’t expose as much
- 18. Why Plugins? •Drupal actually is kinda unique! • Unprecedented Configurability! • Absence of similar code! • Other CMS don’t expose as much! • Frameworks expect it to be hard coded
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- 20. Benefits of Plugins: • Definition & Implementation are co-located
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- 26. Benefits of Plugins: • Definition & Implementation are co-located! • Plugins are Object Oriented
- 27. Drupal 7 BlockHooks • hook_block_info()! • hook_block_info_alter()! • hook_block_view()! • hook_block_view_alter()! • hook_block_view_MODULE_DELTA_alter()! • hook_block_configure()! • hook_block_save()
- 28. Drupal 8 BlockPluginInterface • label()! • access()! • build()! • blockForm()! • blockValidate()! • blockSubmit()! • getMachineNameSuggestion()! • getVisibilityConditions()! • getVisibilityCondition()! • setVisibilityConfig()
- 29. Methods not implementedby BlockBase • label()! • access()! • build()! • blockForm()! • blockValidate()! • blockSubmit()! • getMachineNameSuggestion()! • getVisibilityConditions()! • getVisibilityCondition()! • setVisibilityConfig()
- 30. Plugins are Extensible • Inherit from base class! • Inherit from other plugins
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- 33. Benefits of Plugins: • Definition & Implementation are co-located! • Plugins are Object Oriented! • Plugins are Lazy Loaded by default
- 34. Drupal 7 BlockHooks • hook_block_info()! • hook_block_info_alter()! • hook_block_view()! • hook_block_view_alter()! • hook_block_view_MODULE_DELTA_alter()! • hook_block_configure()! • hook_block_save()
- 35. Drupal 8 SystemBlocks! Contents of core/modules/system/src/Plugin/Block • SystemBrandingBlock.php! • SystemBreadcrumbBlock.php! • SystemHelpBlock.php! • SystemMainBlock.php! • SystemMenuBlock.php! • SystemPoweredByBlock.php
- 36. Benefits of Plugins: • Definition & Implementation are co-located! • Plugins are Object Oriented! • Plugins are Lazy Loaded by default! • Common Pattern (Learn once, use every where)
- 37. Drupal 8 CorePlugin Types • Actions • Archivers • Blocks • CKEditor Plugins • Conditions • Editors • Entity Reference Selectors • Field Types • Tool Tips • Views Access • Views Area • Views Argument Defaults • Views Argument Validators • Views Cache • Views Displays • Views Display Extenders • Views Exposed Forms • Field Formatters • Field Widgets • Filters • Image Effects • Mail • Contextual Links • Local Actions • Local Tasks • Quickedit Editors • Search • Views Fields • Views Filters • Views Joins • Views Pagers • Views Queries • Views Relationships • Views Rows • Views Sorts • Views Styles • Views Wizards
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- 39. Foundational Concepts: •Autoloading
- 40. Foundational Concepts: •Autoloading! • PSR-0 & PSR-4
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- 42. Autoloading Concepts: PSR-0 • DrupalCore => “core/lib/Drupal/Core”,! • DrupalComponent => “core/lib/Drupal/Component”,
- 43. Autoloading Concepts: PSR-0 • DrupalCore => “core/lib/Drupal/Core”,! • DrupalComponent => “core/lib/Drupal/Component”, PSR-4 • Drupalblock => “core/modules/block/src”,
- 44. Foundational Concepts: •Autoloading! • PSR-0 & PSR-4! • Dependency Injection
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- 46. Foundational Concepts: •Autoloading! • PSR-0 & PSR-4! • Dependency Injection! • Service Containers
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- 56. Foundational Concepts: •Autoloading! • PSR-0 & PSR-4! • Dependency Injection! • Service Containers! • Annotations
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- 62. Annotations: • Annotationsare NOT CODE!
- 63. Annotations: • Annotationsare NOT CODE!! • yaml, json, {insert_serializer} are NOT CODE!
- 64. Annotations: • Annotationsare NOT CODE!! • yaml, json, {insert_serializer} are NOT CODE!! • Annotations have more in common serialization.
- 65. Annotations: • Annotationsare NOT CODE!! • yaml, json, {insert_serializer} are NOT CODE!! • Annotations have more in common serialization.! • Data not behavior.
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