Database

Migrat­ing a web­site with plu­g­ins from Craft 2 to Craft 3

In this hangout, we'll start with a walk through upgrading a simple Craft 2 site to Craft 3. We'll explore how the upgrade process works with plugins that exist in and don't exist yet on Craft 3 and deepen our understanding of how Craft behaves during the upgrade process so we can plan successful migrations. For plugin developers, we'll continue the discussion on how to plan for and test migrations during the upgrade process, including the new Install migration and how to make sure your plugins are ready for PostgreSQL. Read More »

Ben Parizek

Writ­ing Bul­let­proof Data­base Migrations

Over time, the database schema for your plugins is bound to change. In this hangout, we'll look at how to create a database migration and many of the considerations that should be taken into account when doing so. We'll take a look a basic migration, helper classes, command line tools, and how to write defensive migration code. Read More »

Barrel Strength Design

Code Review: Opti­mized Tag Clouds with Taggregate

Do you write clean, optimized code and aspire to best practices? Whether you're actively developing Craft plugins or just getting started, in this Code Review we'll demo real Craft plugin code that's out in the wild and discuss what we can learn from it and how to make it better. Read More »

Barrel Strength Design

craft.entries

Curious how the craft.entries tag works? From the craft variable to the Entry element type to the ElementCriteriaModel, let's dig as deep as we can and find out how this tag works in our templates and how we can access it in our plugins. Read More »

Barrel Strength Design

The {% cache %} tag

Interested in optimizing your website? Let's take a closer look at our mysterious friend the {% cache %} tag. The {% cache %} tag is quite talented, but can be hard to get to know. We'll take a look at what's happening when we use the {% cache %} tag, explore some of the settings, and discuss alternatives to the {% cache %} tag when it comes to keeping zippy. Read More »

Barrel Strength Design

Database migrations for WordPress, ExpressionEngine and Craft

I’ve worked for many years on websites powered by Content Management software such as WordPress, ExpressionEngine and more recently Craft. It’s easy to configure your content structure with these tools using very simple point-and-click control panels. Under the hood these points and clicks translate to changes in the underlying database. DM Logic

Devel­op­ment changes in Craft 3

Brandon Kelly explains the development changes coming to Craft 3 in this 80-minute workshop recorded at Peers 2015. Read More »

Ben Parizek