Drupal 8 Blueprints

A project-based guide that will show you how to create 8-10 professional Drupal sites

About This Book

• Create and design your own customized website effortlessly and efficiently
• This up-to-date guide on Drupal 8 will show you how you can leverage the latest Drupal 8 features
• This hands-on guide will turn you into a professional grade Drupal 8 developer through 8-10 unique and engaging web sites

Who This Book Is For

This book is ideal for web developers who are looking to create professional web applications using Drupal 8. You should have some previous experience with Drupal and must have a basic knowledge of web application development in general. If you are looking to create fluent professional websites that will take you to the next level, then this book is for you.

What You Will Learn

• Find out how to use the Drupal 8 core functionality to build great websites
• Discover how to better manage content using custom blocks and views
• Display content in multiple ways, taking advantage of display modes
• Use the new YAML configuration to create responsive themes
• Easily translate content using the new multilingual capabilities
• Easily manage Drupal’s configuration from one server to another
• Move beyond Drupal to build headless websites using RESTful services and JavaScript frameworks

In Detail

This book is a must-have for web developers who are looking to create professional-grade websites using Drupal 8. While building 8-10 different Drupal websites, we will focus on implementing Drupal’s features and its multiple plugins in customized ways. Each chapter will start with a brief overview of the site to be built and the required features. Then, we will proceed to create customized modules and themes and integrate third-party plugins. By the end of the book, you will be able to implement the knowledge gained to build your own custom websites using Drupal 8. Focusing completely on Drupal 8, this book will help you leverage the new Drupal 8 features such as mobile-first techniques, multilingual capabilities, configuration management, built-in web services facilities, and effortless authoring using the new CKEditor. with an effortess and efficient industry standard approach.