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Group for D8: Bigger, better and most definitely sexier
MagentixKristiaan Van den Eynde
• Drupal developer at Deeson
Kristiaan Van den Eynde
• Captain Awesome at Deeson
Kristiaan Van den Eynde
Kristiaan Van den Eynde• Captain Awesome at Deeson• Antwerp, Belgium
Kristiaan Van den Eynde• Captain Awesome at Deeson• Antwerp, Belgium• Happily married
Kristiaan Van den Eynde• Captain Awesome at Deeson• Antwerp, Belgium• Happily married• Awesome cat
Kristiaan Van den Eynde• Captain Awesome at Deeson• Antwerp, Belgium• Happily married• Awesome cat• Highly Sensitive Person
What is Group?
Group is a management tool
Group is a management tool
• Group content together following a specific set of rules
AWESOME
Group is a management tool
• Group content together following a specific set of rules• Grant users permissions for a small section of the site
AWESOME
Group is a management tool
• Group content together following a specific set of rules• Grant users permissions for a small section of the site• Control access to specific pieces of content
AWESOME
What about OG?Asking the inevitable question in your stead
(It’s bad karma)
No needless bashing
• It repurposes existing entities• Its groups can overrule configuration (hence: organic)• All of its magic is based on who has what fields • The user and developer experience wasn’t really great
What I didn’t like about OG:
A story about the happiness of content
Group’s approach
Drupal Content College
Nodes
Drupal Content College
Users
Drupal Content College
Terms
Drupal Content College
Graduation day
Graduation day
Graduation dayGroup?
Group fixes thisIt makes the flurbs happy again
Drupal Content College
Happy graduates all around
Key take-aways• Groups do what they were meant to do all along
Key take-aways• Groups do what they were meant to do all along• We don’t touch other entities
Key take-aways• Groups do what they were meant to do all along• We don’t touch other entities• Flurbs should be happy
Key take-aways• Groups do what they were meant to do all along *• We don’t touch other entities• Flurbs should be happy
* Dedicated classes!
CENSORED
How does Group work?
Groups have group types
Groups have group types• Like content types, but for groups
Groups have group types• Like content types, but for groups• Define fields, roles, permissions and available content
Groups have group types• Like content types, but for groups• Define fields, roles, permissions and available content• Applies to all groups of that type, no per-group overrides
Serves two content stories
Serves two content stories
• Members (users)• Don’t really care about
the user, but more about the relationship
• Example: gaming portal
Why or how?
Serves two content stories
• Members (users)• Don’t really care about
the user, but more about the relationship
• Example: gaming portal
Why or how? What?• Private pages (nodes)• Don’t really care about
the relationship, but more about the node
• Example: paid content
How entities are grouped
Group NodePress area Press release
How entities are grouped
Group NodeRelation entity
How entities are grouped
Press area Press release
Group NodeRelation entity• Fieldable
How entities are grouped
Press area Press release
Group Node
How entities are grouped
Relation entityPress area Press release• Fieldable
• Per group type• Per target entity type*
Group Node• Fieldable• Per group type• Per target entity type*• Managed by plugins
How entities are grouped
Relation entityPress area Press release
Managed by plugins?
Managed by pluginsThe site builder’s dream
Managed by plugins
• Per instance configuration
The site builder’s dream
Managed by plugins
• Per instance configuration• Really flexible
The site builder’s dream
Managed by plugins
• Per instance configuration• Really flexible• No coding required
The site builder’s dream
Managed by pluginsThe developer’s dream
Managed by pluginsThe developer’s dream
• Coding required (duh)
Managed by pluginsThe developer’s dream
• Coding required (duh)• Lots of functionality already provided
Managed by pluginsThe developer’s dream
• Coding required (duh)• Lots of functionality already provided • Can be flagged as enforced
Managed by pluginsThe developer’s dream
• Coding required (duh)• Lots of functionality already provided • Can be flagged as enforced• As few as 10 lines needed to get started
Warning: developer porn
Managed by plugins
Live demo
Questions?
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