Professional Module Development

90-hour course

Live, online instructor

3.5-hour classes twice/week

Access to weekly DrupalEasy office hours (2 hours/week)

Comprehensive learning tools & screencasts for every lesson

300+ pages in five parts, Lite   version includes almost 200 pages in three parts.

Classes & office hours presented with Zoom

Dedicated Slack channel

60-hour Lite   version available

  • Developer tools
  • Xdebug
  • PhpStan
  • PhpUnit
  • Plugins
  • Services and dependency injection
  • Custom forms
  • Drupal hooks
  • Events
  • Queue API
  • Batch API
  • Custom Drush commands
  • Caching
  • ...and more
This course is Drupal 10 ready.

"This is a great class, I am much more confident in my module building and have improved my coding standards... A "must do" for anyone who wants to write code that you can share with confidence."

  • Adam Bauer, Summer 2022

Professional Module Development is DrupalEasy's newest long-form, best-practice focused, professional Drupal training course. 

The full   version of the course, approximately 90 hours of instruction, leads  students through the process of learning modern Drupal module techniques and skills, setting up their development environment, running automated tests, and using modern code quality tools. 

The course is presented with weekly rotating combinations of PhpStorm, Visual Studio Code, Lando, and DDEV. Developer tool lessons include details for all four of these tools.

If you're looking to become a professional Drupal module developer; there is no better way to learn the skills necessary as part of our friendly and professional DrupalEasy Learning Community.

Cost: $3,500

Special pricing is available to Drupal Career Online alumni, non-profit organizations, and groups of 3 or more students. 

PMD Lite  

The Lite   version of the course, approximately 60 hours of instruction, provides a select portion of the curriculum for those who don't require the full menu of topics. PMD Lite runs concurrently with the full version of the course and is offered at a reduced price.

PMD Lite    focuses on the core module development aspects of the class, skipping topics such as developer tools, events, custom Drush commands, and caching.

Cost: $2,500

Mike Anello, @ultimike
Lead Instructor:  Mike Anello

Active 15+ year community member & leading expert in Drupal training & consulting, Mike is the architect & author of this course. 

Excellent course - cannot recommend highly enough! Covers all the necessary topics in great detail. 

  • Ian Finlay, Summer 2022

PMD not only provides the how to, but also always strives to answer the why.

  • Why are coding standards important?
  • Why should I use PhpStan?
  • Why do I care about dependency injection?
  • Why is Xdebug better than other debugging tools?
  • Why should I take the time to write automated tests?
  • Why do I need to pay attention to caching?
  • Why does it matter which IDE I use?

Many PMD lessons start by making the case for why the topic about to be taught will save you time, make you more efficient, or allow your code to be more flexible - real motivation for you and your fellow classmates to fully embrace the topics.

Winter 2023

  • Registration   payment deadline: January 27, 2023
  • Class   begins: January 31, 2023
  • Payment   deadline: February 2, 2023
  • Class   ends: May 11, 2023

 

  • Lite   registration  deadline: February 10, 2023
  • Lite   class begins: February 14, 2023
  • Lite   payment deadline: February 16, 2023
  • Lite   class ends: April 13, 2023

Classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon-3:30pm ET. 

Summer 2023

  • Registration    deadline: August 4, 2023
  • Class   begins: August 8, 2023
  • Payment    deadline: August 10, 2023
  • Class   ends: November 16, 2023

 

  • Lite   registration deadline: August 18, 2023
  • Lite   class begins: August 22, 2023
  • Lite   registration deadline: August 24, 2023
  • Lite   class ends: October 19, 2023

Days/times of classes are TBD.

"Fantastic dive into the details of module development.  An excellent way to develop new skills or strengthen/hone your existing module development skills.
  • Marvin Crippen, Summer 2022

Syllabus overview

Part 1 - Full   course participants

  • Course custom module user stories
  • Course site configuration
  • Developer tools (phpcs, PhpStan, Xdebug)
  • Integrated development environments (PhpStorm, Visual Studio Code)
  • Automated testing overview

Part 2 - Full   and Lite   course participants

  • Overview of course custom module architecture
  • Starting a custom module with test-driven development (functional PhpUnit test)
  • Creating a configuration form (including configuration schema)
  • Creating a plugin type
  • Creating a plugin
  • Creating a unit test
  • Creating kernel tests

Part 3 - Full   and Lite   course participants

  • Overview of services and dependency injection
  • Custom form validation and submission
  • Service parameters

Part 4 - Full   and Lite   course participants

  • Managing custom modules with Composer
  • Creating a plugin with an external dependency
  • Creating a kernel test
  • Implementing hook_user_login() and hook_cron()
  • Using the Drupal Queue API
  • Creating a admin form
  • Using the Drupal Batch API

Part 5 - Full   course participants

  • Custom events and event subscribers
  • Creating a custom Drush command
  • Hooks related to installing and uninstalling modules
  • Overview of Drupal caching techniques

Very thorough and detailed module development course that has given me a more comprehensive understanding of module development.

  • Devon Ek, Summer 2022

Prerequisites

  • Experience with a local development environment (DDEV or Lando preferred)
  • Experience with Composer
  • Experience with Drush
  • Knowledge of object-oriented PHP
  • Knowledge of introductory Drupal module concepts (routes, controllers, forms, hooks)

Additional suggested prerequisites for the Lite   version

  • Comfort running local PhpUnit tests
  • Drupal Coder
  • PhpStan
  • Xdebug

The best part of this course was that it gave me CONFIDENCE! I now know where to look for coding help, and can read/understand OO code. I have a better understanding of PHPStorm and how it's integral to coding PHP and Drupal.

  • John Learned, Summer 2022

Ready to learn Professional Drupal module development? Register now for our Winter 2023 session!