Working with Drupal's Queue API
Reliable background processing with queue workers, cron, retries, idempotency, and operational visibility.
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Creating Custom Entity Types
How to decide on a custom entity and design its storage, forms, permissions, and Views integration.
Creating a Configuration Form
A complete, schema-backed Drupal configuration form with validation and dependency injection.
Building a Custom Block Plugin
A complete Drupal block plugin using attributes, dependency injection, configuration, and cache metadata.
Lessons Learned Maintaining Large Drupal Applications
What long-lived enterprise Drupal systems teach about ownership, upgrades, workflows, and technical debt.
Debugging Drupal Without Losing Your Mind
A calm debugging workflow using logs, Xdebug, Kint, browser tools, and progressively narrower hypotheses.
Drupal Performance Checklist
A repeatable checklist for caches, BigPipe, assets, images, databases, and evidence-based tuning.
Twig Best Practices in Drupal
Practical template organization, includes, variables, debugging, and mistakes that make themes brittle.
Understanding Drupal's Render API
Render arrays, lazy builders, attachments, and cache metadata explained as one performance model.