Phase 2: Data Architecture & "The Forensic Developer" (Week 2)

Build data structures that scale to millions and fix bugs in minutes.

Module 4: The Debugging Masterclass (The "Independence" Module)

  • Xdebug Proficiency: Mandatory session. Conditional breakpoints, stack traces, and variable watching.
  • Profiling Tools: Using Blackfire/XHProf to identify "why is this page slow?"
  • Log Analysis: Reading dblog and server logs to reconstruct a crash.
  • The "Break It" Lab: I will intentionally break the site. You must use Xdebug to find the line of code and fix it live.

Module 3: Enterprise Data Modeling & Migration

  • Entity API Deep Dive: Content Entities vs. Config Entities. When to create a custom entity type vs. using Nodes.
  • Field API & Typed Data: Understanding how data is stored and validated at the code level.
  • Relationships & Scalability: Designing for 100,000+ records. Performance implications of complex Entity References.
  • Migration Strategy: Introduction to the Migrate API—mapping legacy data sources (CSV/SQL) into your new Entity structures.
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