Everything in Code

Mack Hardy & Zoë Neill-St. ClairNerds in residence at Affinity Bridge

WHATdo we mean by "everything"?

the things we do besides code: • the very act of downloading &

installing modules• all the configuration• post-go-live changes

source control}

WHYare people who have Everything In Code so

creepily happy?

config != content.

• source control!• diff!• repeat, repeat, repeat

  project handoff?  --> so easy.  time saved?  --> beer.

WHENis it a good idea?

• always.

HOWwhat do the kids in the audience

need to try this at home?

gitdrush

features } do it

HOWPeople, it's demo time.

make filesdrush makeupdating featurestesting } do it

Example of a make file

do it

Specific options

do it

drush make filename.make

do it

drush generate-makefile file.make

do it

HOWMake the Robots do it....

do it

FEATURIZE IT

do it

adding a feature

do it

the list of features

do itfeature details - from here we can re-roll the feature

do it

recreating a feature - components closeup

AND THENsome crazy person comes along and

changes some settings.

do it

the list of features, now with an override.

do it

looking at the details of a feature with overrides

do it

diffing the overrides.  a content type setting has been changed, and a block added to a context.

drush features-update my_sandwich

drush features-revert my_sandwich

do it

do it

AUTOMATED TESTING

CI JOE - http://github.com/defunkt/cijoe

do it

AUTOMATED TESTING

Post commit hooks to run simple tests 

do it

AUTOMATED TESTING

HUDSON -> SELENIUM -> "INTELLIGENCE"

HUDSONhttp://hudson-ci.org/

SELINIUMhttp://seleniumhq.org/

SOME THINGS ARE NOT (YET) EXPORTABLE

do it

SOME THINGS ARE NOT (YET) EXPORTABLE

update_N as a workaround 

• use .install file update hooks to adjust• features will preserve your custom code • don't cram in a million update_N tweaks

AUTOMATIONNow that we know it works....

HOWto ease your team into it

incrementalsmallsteps } start where

you are

ONWARDto Drupal 7!

what, are you scared? • all these tools work on D7 now• taxonomy is exportable• get Build Kit

Resources

Collaboration over Competitionhttp://affinitybridge.com

http://affinitybridge.com/category/topics/abridged

http://developmentseed.org/blog/2010/sep/30/features-and-exportables-drupal-7

http://developmentseed.org/blog/2010/sep/11/aegir-04-alpha-13-drush-make-support-allows-automatically-building-drupal-distribut

http://github.com/defunkt/cijoehttp://hudson-ci.org