Drupal 8 for Absolute Beginners

Book Description

Drupal 8 for Absolute Beginners is your definitive guide to starting from scratch with Drupal even if you have little web knowledge. This book teaches you the basics of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP in relation to Drupal, so that you can begin to use this popular CMS with all of its features.

You will first learn how to set up and customize a basic blog using Drupal, one of the most powerful and popular content management systems available today. From there you will learn the basics of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP, and apply this knowledge to create your own custom Drupal module. You will learn how to build, style, and add functionality to your own Drupal module from scratch. You will then use Drush to apply a theme to Drupal, customizing everything to your liking, before publishing your work to the world. The book also covers some more advanced topics that beginners often ask about, such as getting set up with Git and using source control, using MySQL to interact with a database, and a guide to getting up and running with Linux.

Rarely has all the knowledge required to start with Drupal been collated in one place as it is in Drupal 8 for Absolute Beginners. You need no prior knowledge of the web, only a desire to learn. The book is fully supported by video material on the author’s website. Start your Drupal journey with this book today!

What you’ll learn

• Written for beginners to Drupal and web programming
• Learn what Drupal can do and how you can master it
• Use all of the common web technologies in conjunction with Drupal
• Create and apply a theme to your Drupal site
• Start your journey into more advanced topics, such as Git, MySql, and Linux

Who this book is for

The book targets anyone wishing to learn either basic web technology, Drupal, or both, and in particular it shows how basic web technologies fit into working with Drupal.  Even if you know basic CSS, HTML, and JavaScript many fall short on learning how to tailor Drupal and extend Drupal with these basic skills.  The book can elevate the reader to be able to land a great first job in the Drupal community after learning HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, PHP, MySql, and Linux.  The book also is great for the business community trying to understand the power of open source.  It’s important as a business person to know what tools are available to solve problems.  The Drupal community has many unfilled job openings, as programmers, support persons, UX experts, sales people … after reading this book the reader will be able to wow those interviewing them with their in depth knowledge of how much Drupal can do.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Installing Drupal
Chapter 2: Site Building: Building Drupal Sites Without Programming
Chapter 3: Getting Started with HTML
Chapter 4: Creating a Basic Drupal Module with HTML Output
Chapter 5: A CSS Primer for Drupal
Chapter 6: Adding CSS to Your Drupal Module
Chapter 7: A JavaScript Primer for Drupal
Chapter 8: Adding JavaScript to Your Drupal Module
Chapter 9: A PHP Primer for Drupal
Chapter 10: Adding PHP-Generated Output to Your Drupal Module
Chapter 11: Creating a Drupal Block Programmatically and Basic MySQL Usage
Chapter 12: Theming Your Site Part 1: Theme Functions and a Twig Primer
Chapter 13: Theming Your Site Part 2: Creating a Custom Theme and Subtheme
Chapter 14: Working with Forms and Creating Custom Forms
Chapter 15: Using Git to Manage Your Source Code
Chapter 16: Advanced MySQL Primer
Chapter 17: Linux
Chapter 18: Publishing Your Site to a Production Linux Box
Appendix A: Other Ways to Install Drupal
Appendix B: Basic Linux Commands

中文：

书名：Drupal 8 for Absolute Beginners

面向绝对初学者的Drupal 8 是您从头开始使用Drupal的权威指南，即使您对Web知识知之甚少。本书向您介绍了与Drupal相关的HTML、CSS、JavaScript和PHP的基础知识，以便您可以开始使用这个流行的CMS及其所有特性。

您将首先学习如何使用Drupal设置和定制一个基本博客，Drupal是当今可用的最强大和最流行的内容管理系统之一。在那里，您将学习HTML、CSS、JavaScript和PHP的基础知识，并应用这些知识来创建您自己的定制Drupal模块。您将学习如何从头开始构建、设计样式以及向自己的Drupal模块添加功能。然后，您将使用drush将一个主题应用到Drupal，在向全世界发布您的工作之前，根据您的喜好定制所有内容。这本书还涵盖了初学者经常询问的一些更高级的主题，例如使用Git设置和使用源代码管理、使用MySQL与数据库交互，以及使用Linux的入门和运行指南。

开始使用Drupal所需的所有知识很少像在一个地方那样在一个地方整理。面向绝对初学者的Drupal 8。你不需要事先了解网络，只需要有学习的欲望。这本书完全由作者网站上的视频材料支持。今天就用这本书开始你的Drupal之旅吧！

你会学到什么

• 为Drupal和Web编程的初学者编写
• 了解Drupal可以做什么以及如何掌握它
• 将所有常见的Web技术与Drupal结合使用
• 创建主题并将其应用于Drupal站点
• 开始了解更高级的主题，如Git、MySQL和Linux

这本书是为谁而写的

这本书的目标读者是希望学习基本Web技术、Drupal或两者都学习的人，尤其是它展示了基本Web技术如何适用于使用Drupal。即使您了解基本的CSS、HTML和JavaScript，也有许多人无法学习如何使用这些基本技能来定制Drupal和扩展Drupal。这本书可以提升读者在学习了HTML、CSS、JavaScript、JQuery、PHP、MySQL和Linux之后，能够在Drupal社区找到一份很好的第一份工作。这本书对于试图理解开源力量的企业界来说也是很棒的。作为一个商人，知道有什么工具可以用来解决问题是很重要的。Drupal社区有许多空缺职位，程序员、支持人员、UX专家、销售人员&#8230；读完这本书后，读者将能够用他们对Drupal能做的事情的深入了解让面试他们的人惊叹不已。

目录表

第1章：安装Drupal
第2章：站点构建：在没有编程的情况下构建Drupal站点
Chapter 3: Getting Started with HTML
第4章：使用HTML输出创建基本Drupal模块
第5章：Drupal的CSS入门
Chapter 6: Adding CSS to Your Drupal Module
Chapter 7: A JavaScript Primer for Drupal
第8章：将JavaScript添加到Drupal模块
第9章：Drupal的PHP入门
第10章：将PHP生成的输出添加到Drupal模块
第11章：以编程方式创建Drupal块和基本MySQL用法
Chapter 12: Theming Your Site Part 1: Theme Functions and a Twig Primer
第13章：为站点创建主题第2部分：创建自定义主题和子主题
Chapter 14: Working with Forms and Creating Custom Forms
第15章：使用Git管理源代码
第16章：高级MySQL入门
Chapter 17: Linux
第18章：将您的站点发布到生产Linux Box
Appendix A: Other Ways to Install Drupal
附录B：基本的Linux命令