Features! Don't fear them, use them!

Aimee Degnan, Hook 42: Don't Fear the Features presentation slide deck.
Will Long: Features Builder project on Drupal.org.
Will Long: Features methodology blog post.
Kristen Pol, Hook 42 blog post: Removing /Deleting a Field from Features
Aimee Degnan, Hook 42 blog post: Using SFTP Mode on Pantheon (applies to generating features directly to a hosted development site on Pantheon)

Does Features make you want to break your guitar? Do you wonder why that #$!@ feature won’t revert? Think you should put all your stuff in one huge feature and just hope for the best?
Give up amateur hour! Understand and architect your features like a rock star (with more cowbell)!!
Using the Features module can be a wild ride, especially if the features structure is not well thought out before you start.

Let's discuss...

  • What is the Features module and why should it be used
  • Features + Drupal components, what is important
  • Crazy ways the use of Features can go wrong
  • Safe and sane ways to create and organize your features
  • Using features with multiple developers
  • How to add more cowbell!
Room: 
10B - Blink Reaction | 3rd floor
Time slot: 
Thursday · 02:15-03:15