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Module Development

Acquia Certified Drupal Developer Exam

Guide
Site Building, Theming, Module Development
Drupal 9, 10
Theming

Theming Cheat Sheet

Guide
Theming
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
Backend and Infrastructure

Acquia Certified Backend Specialist Exam

Guide
Module Development, Backend and Infrastructure
Drupal 9, 10
Theming

Frontend Theming

Guide
Theming
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
Site Building

Learn Drupal

Guide
Site Building, Theming, Module Development, Backend and Infrastructure, Site Administration
Drupal 8, 9, and 10
Site Building

Views UI: Query, List, and Display Content

Course
Site Building, Theming
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
16 tutorials
Set up Demo Site with Views and Content Free
Add a REST Endpoint with Views Free
Overview: Filter Criteria in Views Free
Add Filter Criteria to a View
Overview: Exposed Filter Criteria in Views
Expose Filter Criteria to Users in Views
Overview: Sort Criteria in Views
Add Sort Criteria to a View
Overview: Exposed Sort Criteria in Views
Expose Sort Criteria to Users in Views
Overview: Relationships in Views Free
Add a Relationship to a View
Overview: Contextual Filters in Views
Create a Page with a Contextual Filter
Overview: Theming Views Free
Override a View's Wrapper Template
Site Administration

Upgrade Drupal

Course
Site Building, Backend and Infrastructure, Site Administration
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
6 tutorials
What Is Deprecated Code? Free
Upgrade to Drupal 11 Free
Upgrade to Drupal 10 Free
Upgrade to Drupal 9 Free
Update Drupal from Versions Prior to 8.8.x using Composer Free
Install a Contributed Module with No Drupal 9 Release Free
Site Administration

Install and Update Drupal

Course
Site Building, Backend and Infrastructure, Site Administration
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
2 tutorials
Install Drupal Locally with DDEV Free
Update Drupal's Minor Version Free
Module Development

Automated Testing in Drupal

Course
Module Development, Backend and Infrastructure
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
6 tutorials
Introduction to Testing in Drupal Free
Software Testing Overview Free
Frameworks for Testing in Drupal
Install Drupal Development Requirements with Composer
Organize Test Files
Create a PHPUnit Config File for Your Project
Module Development

Writing Automated Tests in Drupal

Course
Module Development, Backend and Infrastructure
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
4 tutorials
Implement a Functional Test
Implement Drupal Functional Test Dependencies
Implement a Unit Test in Drupal
Convert Tests from Simpletest to PHPUnit
Module Development

Running Automated Tests in Drupal

Course
Module Development, Backend and Infrastructure
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
5 tutorials
Run Drupal Tests with PHPUnit
Set Up a Functional Test
Run Functional JavaScript Tests Free
Functional JavaScript Testing with Nightwatch.js
Run Drupal Tests with the run-tests.sh Script
Module Development

Test Custom Code

Guide
Module Development, Backend and Infrastructure
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
Site Administration

Keep Drupal Up-To-Date

Guide
Site Building, Backend and Infrastructure, Site Administration
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
Theming

Get Started Using React and Drupal Together

Course
Theming, Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
14 tutorials
Introduction to React and Drupal Free
React Basics
Decoupled vs. Progressively Decoupled
Connect React to a Drupal Theme or Module Free
Create a React Component
Add Webpack and React Fast Refresh to a Drupal Theme
Retrieve Data from an API with React
Use React to List Content from Drupal
Create, Update, and Delete Drupal Content with JavaScript
Build an Interface to Edit Nodes with React
Create a Fully Decoupled React Application Free
Use create-react-app to Start a Decoupled React Application
Make API Requests with OAuth
Use Fetch and OAuth to Make Authenticated Requests
Module Development

Develop Drupal Sites

Guide
Module Development, Backend and Infrastructure
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
Module Development

Output and Format Data in Code

Guide
Theming, Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
Module Development

Learn to Migrate to Drupal

Guide
Module Development, Backend and Infrastructure
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
Theming

Output Themeable Content in Drupal

Course
Theming, Module Development
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
10 tutorials
Output Plain Text and Simple HTML Markup
Use #prefix and #suffix Properties to Wrap an Element
Use Render Element Types in a Render Array
Output a List of Items
Output a Table
Output Content with a Template File
Add Classes and HTML Attributes to Render Arrays
Generate URLs and Output Links
Get Information about the Current User
Use #access to Show/Hide Elements in a Render Array
Backend and Infrastructure

Performance and Scalability for Drupal Sites

Course
Site Building, Backend and Infrastructure, Site Administration
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11
18 tutorials
Overview: Drupal Performance and Scalability Free
Boost Drupal Performance with Contributed Modules Free
Drupal Performance Profiling: Tools and Methodologies
What Are Core Web Vitals?
Analyze Drupal Site Performance with Lighthouse
Analyze Drupal Site Performance with WebPageTest
Overview: Drupal's Cache Modules and Performance Settings
Overview: Drupal's Caching System
Debug Drupal Cache Misses and Low Hit Rates
Extend Drupal Site Monitoring with Contributed Modules
Set Up Advanced Caching on Pantheon Hosting
Set Up Advanced Caching on Acquia Cloud Hosting
Overview: Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and Drupal
What Is Server Scaling?
Overview: Benchmarking and Performance Budgets
Profile a Drupal Site with Apache Bench
Overview: New Relic as a Drupal Performance Monitor
Profile a Drupal Site with New Relic
Site Administration

Command Line Tools for Drupal

Guide
Site Building, Theming, Module Development, Backend and Infrastructure, Site Administration
Drupal 8, 9, 10, and 11

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