Phase 1: Foundation & Kernal (Week 1)

Stop guessing how Drupal works. Learn exactly how the engine boots.

Module 2: The Kernel & Request Lifecyclev

  • The Boot Process: What happens in index.php? Deep dive into the Request/Response cycle.
  • Symfony in Drupal: The Event Dispatcher, Routing system, and the HttpKernel.
  • Dependency Injection (DI): The #1 skill for modern Drupal. Service containers, autowiring, and why you should avoid \Drupal::service() whenever possible.
  • Activity: Trace a request from the browser to the database query using a debugger.

Module 1: Professional Development Environment

  • Beyond Localhost: Setting up a team-ready DDEV environment (custom commands, service integration like Redis/Solr/Mailhog).
  • Composer Mastery: Dependency management, patching core/modules, handling merge conflicts, and understanding composer.lock vs. composer.json in production.
  • The "Senior" Difference: We don't just install; we script the installation so it’s reproducible across any server.
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