when-not-a-module-for-that/2024-nedcamp-when-not-a-module-make-and-maintain.md

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The Agaric Technology Collective

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When There's Not a Module for That: How to Make (and Maintain) a New Module


Be a part of something bigger

(but not as big as all of Drupal)

Note: Build on or with some major —and with luck join a community of


Commerce


Extra Field


ECA


Search API

And friends including Facets and Better Exposed Filters


drupal.org/project/bef_links_filter


Steal, and keep stealing


A large button with the label "+ Add content block"

Note: If you decide your module should have one of those button links you see at the top right of a bunch of pages in Drupal's administration, you don't even need to know that they are called "Action Links" and find a tutorial on making them. You can just go look in the code of a module you know has them, grep for the label, and steal the code around it.


To be continued…