Using Features module

The facilities of Features Drupal module

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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