Discus the fundamentals of Drupal deployment as well as some essential tools in development.

1. Drupal Deployment and Essential
Tools
Gerald Z. Villorente
Kite Systems Ltd.

2. Agenda
● Anatomy
http://preview.turbosquid.com/

3. Agenda
● Anatomy
● File System

4. Agenda
● Anatomy
● File System
● Deployment

5. Agenda
● Anatomy
● File System
● Deployment
● Features
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6. Agenda
● Anatomy
● File System
● Deployment
● Features
● Drush

7. Agenda
● Anatomy
● File System
● Deployment
● Features
● Drush
● Git

8. Agenda
● Anatomy
● File System
● Deployment
● Features
● Drush
● Git
● Back-End Tools

9. Agenda
● Anatomy
● File System
● Deployment
● Features
● Drush
● Git
● Back-End Tools
● Front-End Tools http://beautifulandlovely.com/

10. Agenda
● Anatomy
● File System
● Deployment
● Features
● Drush
● Git
● Back-End Tools
● Front-End Tools

11. Anatomy
Where does Drupal live?

12. Anatomy: Drupal Setup
Web Server
PHP
Database Server

13. Anatomy: What's Inside?
What's inside?
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14. Anatomy: What's Inside?
● Module
*link

15. Anatomy: What's Inside?
● Module
● Node
*link

16. Anatomy: What's Inside?
● Module
● Node
● Taxonomy
*link
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17. Anatomy: What's Inside?
● Module
● Node
● Taxonomy
● Blocks
*link

18. Anatomy: What's Inside?
● Module
● Node
● Taxonomy
● Blocks
● Themes
*link

19. Anatomy: What's Inside?
● Module
● Node
● Taxonomy
● Blocks
● Themes
● User
*link
http://beyondplm.com/

20. Anatomy: What's Inside?
● Module
● Node
● Taxonomy
● Blocks
● Themes
● User

21. File System
*link

22. Source: http://accurev.com/

23. Common Deployment Mistakes
● Updating the production directly (do it on prod syndrome)

24. Common Deployment Mistakes
● Pushing to production without proper testing

25. Common Deployment Mistakes
● Absence of version control

26. Common Deployment Mistakes
● Manual deployment

27. Common Deployment Mistakes
● Absence of Integration server (large scale)

28. Common Deployment Mistakes
● Production and Development hardwares are
nonidentical

29. Common Deployment Mistakes
● Running the deployment steps manually (inconsistent)

30. Common Deployment Mistakes
● Updating the production directly (do it on prod syndrome)
● Pushing to production without proper testing
● Absence of version control
● Manual deployment
● Absence of Integration server (large scale)
● Production and Development hardwares are
nonidentical
● Running the deployment steps manually (inconsistent)

31. Outcome: !Standard Deployment

32. The Solution?

33. Features Module
*link

34. Source: http://www.clker.com/

35. Drush
*link

36. Git
*link

37. Source: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/

38. With all those Tools?

40. Other Deployment Tools
● Puppet
● Vagrant
● Chef
● Cfengine
● Capistrano
● Vlad the Deployer
*link

41. Back-End Tools
● Devel
● Coder
● XHPROF
*link

42. Front-End Tools
● Ripple
● Opera Mobile Emulator
● Mobilizer
● Web Developer
● Inspect Element
*link

43. Q&A

44. Resources
● https://drupal.org/project/features
● http://drushcommands.com
● http://drush.ws/
● http://rogerdudler.github.io/git-guide/
● http://rypress.com/tutorials/git/index.html
● http://simplytest.me/
● https://www.getpantheon.com/
● http://github.com/
● http://youtube.com/watch?v=DxRBEaD9JCA