oliverdavies.uk-old-sculpin/source/_talks/drupal-8-module-development.md

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title: Getting Started with Drupal 8 Module Development
description: How to build your first module for Drupal 8.
tags: [conference, php, drupal, drupalcamp, drupal-8]
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code: https://github.com/opdavies/dclondon16-d8-module
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events:
    - event: drupalcamp_london_16
      date: 2016-03-05
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New to object-orientated PHP, Symfony or YAML, and want to get started building modules in Drupal 8? This is the session for you!

In this session, we’ll cover:

* Where Drupal 8 modules are located, and how they are structured.
* How to build a simple module, including our own permissions and routes.
* How to add your own controller and service classes.
* What is the service/dependency injection container, and how do we use it?
* How we can use tools such as PhpStorm and Drupal Console to speed up the process.

What we won’t be covering:

* Automated testing in PHPUnit or Simpletest.
* Adding third party libraries and external dependencies via Composer.