[development] Tips for a new developer

[robert mena]

Hi Victor,

I am already reading the blog posts mentioned.  As a new developer to any
"platform" I have a lot of questions specially how this or that can be done
or applied to solve the problem.

Right now I am in a process of actually deciding which would be the best
way, going with drupal or symfony2.  And for best way I mean understanding
what each approach can bring as pros and cons.

I hope this won't offend the other members of this list.

On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 5:41 AM, Victor Kane <victorkane at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is very much a development question, since it goes to the heart of the
> "deployment" problem in Drupal.
>
> Support is how to use Drupal.
>
> Robert is not asking how to actually write a module or how to run simple
> test. Robert is asking about how to set up a best practices workflow,
> specifically, TDD, in Drupal.
>
> In order to answer Robert's question, we need to honestly state the problem
> and help give the solution.
>
> Problem: read carefully the "deployment" section in Eaton's great essay:
> http://angrylittletree.com/11/01/drupal-8-road-ahead
>
> <http://angrylittletree.com/11/01/drupal-8-road-ahead>Solution: Read the
> articles in the bibliography to my article
> http://awebfactory.com.ar/node/458 If you are interested in my own
> thoughts you can read my article.
>
> There are three approaches to everything in code workflow (which is what
> you need):
>
> * Features module based approach, carefully taking into account the
> unadvertised pitfalls therein (see the funnymonkey articles for their
> statement of the problem and the solution; see the sachachua article for
> excellent ideas; see the nuvole article for excellent real world developer
> approaches also (they are going to present at DrupalCon on this))
> * Write all your applications as installation profiles, then deploy content
> using the deploy module; use the everything in code bricks features relies
> upon (views in code, etc., even taxonomy in code).
> * Use the deploy module with a features based approach.
>
> The deploy module assigns UUID's to nodes, etc. in Drupal, and on that
> basis the deployment problem is solved, actually. Should be in core.
>
> Welcome to the community, Robert, once you choose your workflow, you will
> be able to arrive at a process you are comfortable with.
>
> Victor Kane
> http://awebfactory.com.ar
> http://projectflowandtracker.com
>
> On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 1:20 AM, robert mena <robert.mena at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am beginning to develop for drupal and plan to use it as my framework.
>>  I've been using Zend for a while so I am still trying to get used to the
>> way things are done.
>>
>> So far I have some questions about strategies for development since I try
>> to follow a TDD methodology (test driven development) where I develop the
>> tests first and then go actually developing the code that performs the
>> expected behavior.
>>
>> If possible I'd like to receive any tips / tutorials about module creation
>> and testing methodologies.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>
>
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