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Using Features module
The facilities of Features Drupal module
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
About us
Kálmán HosszuFactory Creative StudioHead of Drupal Group
• @kalmanhosszu
• kalman-hosszu.com
Attila Cs. NagyFactory Creative StudioJunior Drupal Developer
• @hairqles
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Numbers
New commits every two weeks
Latest stable version is not older than 1 month
46 000 site using
In top 50 modules
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Usage statistics
from drupal.org
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Cool but why?
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BeforeWednesday, November 30, 2011
AfterWednesday, November 30, 2011
Content types
Permissions
Views
Panels
Image styles/presets
Exportable settings
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Felxibility
Features module hooks
API functions
Implementing own (custom) modules
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Interface
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Creating pageWednesday, November 30, 2011
Creating pageWednesday, November 30, 2011
Listing pageWednesday, November 30, 2011
Status pageWednesday, November 30, 2011
Problems? Solutions!
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Things that we create over and over again...
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My news system:
News content type with fieldsListing page with viewsImage stylesContent view
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Again and again...Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Use Features!Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Deployment workflow
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Problems
Creating content types...
Setting up views...
Adding new image style...
On live site?!
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No way!Wednesday, November 30, 2011
dev > staging > productionCode Driven Development
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Version control
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Problems
I have to use another computer
I haven’t got backup of my work
Workgroup, we can’t synchronize databases
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Versioning the code
You’ve got backup
The team can work together
You can use other computers
You can use branches
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Now you are using Features
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Best practises
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Don’t be lazy!Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Thinking in features
Encapsulation
Permission features
Variables into a separate feature
Content types and their views for separate features
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Drush
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Cool modules
Diff (http://drupal.org/project/diff)
Strongarm (http://drupal.org/project/strongarm)
Node export (http://drupal.org/project/node_export)
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Experimental possibilities
Using install profiles
Managing installs with Aegir
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Questions?Wednesday, November 30, 2011