Recent Articles
Module Roundup
Modernizing Drupal Hooks: Get the 1990s out of your .module file
Hey Drupal developer - the 1990s called, and they want their coding style back! That's how I felt when I started learning how to write hook handlers in Drupal 7. Now we can modernize hook handling with all the bells and whistles of current PHP and Symfony.
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Think Like a Kid (to improve your technical genius)
If you are like most adults, all your education and experience is actually interfering with your ability to come up with creative, innovative technical solutions. This article explores why that is so and offers suggestions for unlocking a more effective you.
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Story Points vs. Hours
We have decided as a company that story points would be our company standard for predicting required effort and scheduling. That decision led to several discussions attempting to get everyone in harmony about what that meant. This is a summary of some of the lessons I've learned from experience using points, as well as some ideas that seemed helpful in bring clarity to those that have historically always thought in hours/days of effort.
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Laravel model event handling alternatives
Laravel Eloquent models inherently dispatch several lifecycle events. The framework also provides several options for writing your code to handle them. This article will present an alternative to the handler options presented in the Laravel documentation.
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When Should I Use Custom Entities? (part 2)
Continuing thoughts on the "why" of Drupal custom entities.
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When Should I Use Custom Entities? (part 1)
Some thoughts for consideration on the "why" of Drupal custom entities.
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