Up and Running with Drupal
In this chapter, we will walk through how to create a new Drupal site and the system requirements for running Drupal. We’ll also walk through running the Drupal site locally using modern local development tools based on Docker.
Then, we’ll cover adding and managing module and theme extensions with the site running, as well as managing your Drupal code base in Git version control and finally deploying that Drupal site. By the end of this chapter, you will know how to create a Drupal site, run it locally on your machine, and add modules and themes to that Drupal site. You will also understand how to manage the Drupal code base in version control and deploy the Drupal site. This chapter will lay the foundations for working with the rest of the chapters in this book, and experimenting on your own with Drupal.
In this chapter, we are going to cover the following topics:
- Creating a new Drupal code base for a new site
- Running a Drupal...
