Drupal Topics we will cover

Becoming an expert Drupal developer entails mastery over a broad range of topics. Here is an outline of the main areas you would need to focus on, along with their subtopics:

 

1.       Basics of Drupal:

1.1.    Drupal Installation

1.2.    Drupal Architecture

1.3.    Drupal Modules

1.4.    Themes

1.5.    Plugins

1.6.    Blocks and Regions

1.7.    Understanding of Drupal Core

2.       PHP Programming:

2.1.    Basic syntax

2.2.    OOP concepts

2.3.    PHP data types

2.4.    Control structures

2.5.    Functions

2.6.    Arrays

2.7.    Handling exceptions and errors

 

3.       Drupal Site Building:

3.1.    Content Types and Fields

3.2.    Taxonomy

3.3.    Views

3.4.    Panels

3.5.    Context

3.6.    Menus

3.7.    User Roles and Permissions

3.8.    Multilingual capabilities

 

4.       Drupal Module Development:

4.1.    Anatomy of a Drupal Module

4.2.    Hooks and Plugins

4.3.    Form API

4.4.    Database Abstraction Layer

4.5.    Render API

4.6.    Routing System

4.7.    Event Subscriber System

4.8.    Configuration Management

4.9.    Dependency Injection and Services

4.10.                     Testing with PHPUnit

 

5.       Drupal Theme Development:

 

5.1.    Twig Templating System

5.2.    Theme Hook Suggestions

5.3.    Theme Preprocess Functions

5.4.    Renderable Array and Render API

5.5.    Adding CSS and JavaScript

 

6.       Drupal 9/10 (Latest Version) Features:

6.1.    Backward Compatibility

6.2.    Deprecation Policy

6.3.    Symfony 4/5 Components

6.4.    New Front-End Theme

6.5.    Configuration Management

 

7.       Database Management:

7.1.    Understanding SQL

7.2.    Drupal Database API

 

8.       Version Control with Git:

8.1.    Basic Git Commands

8.2.    Branching and Merging

8.3.    Conflict Resolution

 

9.       Web Technologies:

9.1.    HTML/CSS

9.2.    JavaScript and jQuery

9.3.    JSON and XML

9.4.    AJAX

9.5.    Responsive Design

 

10.   Advanced Drupal Concepts:

10.1.                     Web Services and APIs

10.2.                     Performance and Caching

10.3.                     Security Best Practices

10.4.                     SEO Best Practices

 

11.   Tools and Best Practices:

11.1.                     Composer for Dependency Management

11.2.                     Drush and Drupal Console

11.3.                     Debugging Tools

11.4.                     Coding Standards

11.5.                     Continuous Integration and Deployment

 

12.   Drupal Community Involvement:

12.1.                     Contributing to Drupal.org

12.2.                     Understanding Drupal's community and culture

12.3.                     Staying updated with Drupal news and updates

 

It is important to keep in mind that learning these topics thoroughly will take a considerable amount of time and practice. Consider gaining hands-on experience by building your own Drupal sites, contributing to open-source Drupal projects, and solving real-world problems. Keep yourself updated with the latest versions of Drupal and their features. Engage with the Drupal community online and at events, as it is one of the most active and helpful in the software world.