The Curmudgeon's Guide to Building Drupal Websites
summary
Practical checklist for building Drupal 8 sites: get involved in design early, document an architecture plan, and decide hosting (Pantheon vs internal infra) before coding. Use Composer and Drush, standardize a small set of trusted modules, and prefer core or contributed solutions. Plan migrations and integrations, expect Varnish and edge‑side includes, and use Vagrant or Docker for local dev. Enforce peer reviews, use git bisect for regressions, and debug with Xdebug/PHPStorm.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:02Work with Curmudgeon
- 1:18Client Happiness
- 2:12Early Involvement
- 4:56Tech Stack
- 7:25Architecture Plan
- 10:50Guiding Principles
- 13:10Stop Doing Controls
- 14:05Finding a Module
- 15:40Other Tools
- 17:59Debugging
- 21:52Communication
- 24:15Skip Acid
- 26:39Documentation
- 27:18Be Curious
- 28:51Whats Next
- 29:29Questions
- 36:36Contribution Day
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