The Drupal

Console

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The Drupal

Console

Speeding up Drupal 8

development using the

Drupal Console

The lead developers on the project:

David Flores

Indava

http://dmouse.net/

https://github.com/dmouse

https://github.com/hechoendrupal

Jesus Manuel Olivas

BlinkReaction

http://jmolivas.com

https://github.com/jmolivas

https://github.com/hechoendrupal

That’s me, Eric SodMy contact information is at the end.

What is the Drupal Console?

The Drupal Console is an effort to bring

the Symfony Console Component

to Drupal 8.

The Console is a CLI tool that

automates the creation of Drupal 8

modules and other recurring tasks.

Where do I find the project?

Project Landing page

http://drupalconsole.com/

On drupal.org

https://drupal.org/project/console

On github

https://github.com/hechoendrupal/DrupalAppConsole

How about docs and help?

Documentation at @gitbook

http://hechoendrupal.gitbooks.io/drupal-console/

Please RTFM and then ping us at @gitter

https://gitter.im/hechoendrupal/DrupalAppConsole

Out of the box

• Generates module and info files.

• Generates PSR-4 compliant directory structure for a module.

• Registers routes on YML files and maps to controllers and forms in PHP

Classes.

• Creates classes adding namespaces, uses and also extends and implements

keywords when required.

• Supports adding services using Dependency Injection on class generation.

Other Out of the box Commands

• Lists and shows configurations.

• Lists registered services on the service container.

• Lists registered routes on the routing system.

• Rebuilds routing system cache.

• Rebuilds site caches.

There are similar projects

Drupal Module Upgrader

https://www.drupal.org/project/drupalmoduleupgrader

Module Builder

https://www.drupal.org/project/module_builder

Drupal 8 Tools

https://github.com/anavarre/drupal-8-tools

A code generator for Drupal

https://github.com/danmatthews/drupal-code-generator

Unique Qualities of the Console:

• Console takes advantage of the Symfony Console Component.

• Console takes advantage of the Twig Component in order to generate

PHP, YML and other files.

• Console takes advantage of OOP and modern development practices.

• Console has no plans to support previous versions of Drupal.

How to Download Console

Using the InstallerInstall the Console locally by running the installer in your project directory:

$ curl -LSs http://drupalconsole.com/installer | php

To access console from anywhere on your system

$ mv console.phar /usr/local/bin/drupal

You can now execute console using:

$ drupal generate:module

Using ComposerYou can use composer to install console globally using the following command:

$ composer global require drupal/console:@stable

Add the binary directory to your system path

$ echo "PATH=$PATH:~/.composer/vendor/bin" > ~/.bash_profile

You can now execute console using:

$ console

Demo time:

Demos are available at:

http://youtu.be/lpeFcBBIR0s

http://youtu.be/J0w1XWsxxFg

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Eric Sod

@EricSod

NorthPoint Digital

esod@northpointdigital.com

http://ericsod.net/

https://github.com/esod