Building, maintaining and adapting Drupal projects: How to challenge the long run

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Building, maintaining and adapting Drupal projects: How to challenge the long run

Author: Alexandre Israël Date: 22/02/2013 Reference: webinar Version: 1.0_EN

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Introduction

I. Built…

II. …to be run!

Large Drupal Projects

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Large projects specificities

Many features expectations

IS Complexity

Project costs

Long run

Many dimensions

Main risks

Attention points

Introduction

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Large Projects Specificities Many features expectations

Corporate

Community

Large sites

Motorised by DrupalCommerce

Interfaced with an ERP

E-commerce

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Sites factory

Drupal Profiles

Drush / Aegir

Drupal Gardens

On-line Apps / Services

Beyond contents

Should we go with…

# Mono-site installation

# Multi-site installation

# Aegir multi-platforms and muti-sites

# Drush managed platform (no-Aegir)

What about the distribution?

# Official Drupal.org

# Official Acquia

# Pressflow

# Drupal Commerce

# Commons

# Atrium

# OpenPublic

# … (too many!)

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Large Projects Specificities IS complexity vs Drupal

Team

Software

History

Development Environment

Test-Preprod Environments

Prod Environment Security

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Always keep Drupal

structure in mind

You can’t avoid taking

History into account

# Tech team knowledge

# Web history

# Drupal history

# The rest of the IS

Drupal choice won’t win against

ISD’s Security policy

# LDAP / AD / SSO

# ClamAV antivirus

# Module validation policy

# Existing validated Drupal platform

Explain & respect

Drupal architecture

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Large Projects Specificities Project costs

Expertise mix

Localization mix

Schedule priorities

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Jigsaw created on dumpr.net

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Client’s vision maturity

A Lead Dev should not

create the easy block

View…

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Long Run Many dimensions

Features

Web Services

Changing

Keep adapting


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Editorial

Translation

Community

Updating content

Theming & Design

Standards

Graphics chart

Site, Sections, Categories…

Modules choice should anticipate

change.

Give priority to:

# API provided to add new features

# Popular modules that are more

controled and better maintained

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Long Run Main risks

Developments focalized

on initial delivery

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Maintenance

explosion

Delivery issues

on release

Management stability

Technical design must be focalized

on future maintenance risks and

process

Test and don’t go without:

# A platform workflow

# Clear delivery and

validated processes

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Long Run Attention points

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Modify database from Code

Test update from Development

to Pre-production environments

Export config from DB

…to Code

Maintainability driven

developments Features + hook_update()

Deployment / Delivery

processes

Urgent Normal

This will also help to:

# Monitor quality through

version control tools

# Fully test before delivery

# Optimize (e.g. Views)

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Drupal Best Practices

Architecture optimization

Capgemini Delivery

Build it right

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Drupal Best Practices Design

Select the right

Community modules

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Don’t hack Core

Custom modules:

maxi 15-20%

Beyond 25%, you should more question:

# Is there a Community module for that?

# Should I publish/sponsor a module?

# Is Drupal the right tool?

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Drupal Best Practices Development

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Comply to coding standards

Use QC tools

A few links:

# http://drupal.org/best-practices

# http://drupal.org/writing-secure-code

# http://drupal.org/security/secure-configuration

# Full project applications: http://drupal.org/node/894256

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Drupal Best Practices Deployment

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Manage everything with drush

Update database

with hook_update Package database

settings with Features

Code versioning with subversion / git

Prefer Git if you can

# VCS for Drupal community

# Transition cost

Drupal shell

# Local and Remote

# Use alias

# Integrate your modules

with drush

# Works on windows too

# http://www.drush.org

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Architecture Optimization Platforms

Managed by

Capgemini

Managed by

the Client

Deployment triggered

by Capgemini validation

Deployment triggered

by the Client validation

Reload from a Drupal

archive backup (Files + Database)

Developper Stations

Integration Server

Integration Acceptance Pre-

production Production

or a unique TEST environment

Create/Restore Drupal

archive with drush

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Architecture Optimization LAMP components

Proxy / CDN-like cache


Memcached: Data caching

APC: PHP accelerator

# apt-get install php-apc

# http://xerosphere.net/optimizing-apc-for-drupal

# http://memcached.org/

# http://drupal.org/project/memcache

# Settings example:

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# https://www.varnish-cache.org/

# http://drupal.org/project/varnish

# Doc: http://drupal.org/node/1054886

# http://drupal.org/project/purge

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HP Quality

Center

Jenkins

Capgemini Delivery Project Management

OWB / Clarity (schedule)

CollabNet

These are Capgemini tools,

you have your own…

# Schedule

# Tracking tasks

# Tracking quality

# Continuous integration

# and more.

Scripts

Identified plugins

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Capgemini Delivery Risk Management

Schedule

Team Management

Budget

Team Composition

Dream Team vs RL Team

# Architect

# Lead Developer

# Senior / Junior

# Themer

# Tester

# Availability

# Ramp-up the team

# Prepare Maintenance phase

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Scrum

Capgemini Delivery 2 main methodologies

Iterative No Vision, No Scrum

Treat the client’s transparency expectations

Full specifications vs Short schedule

No Product Owner,

No Scrum either

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Large range of tasks

Tracking quality

Keep it running

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Evolution / Maintenance Tasks Features

Theming

Search engine

Helpers

Content types, Menu, Profiles

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Evolution / Maintenance Tasks Content

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Secure treatments

inside Drupal

Update processed by

an external agency

Regular data migration tasks

Regular sync tasks

through WS

Securing strings

# http://drupal.org/writing-secure-code

# http://drupal.org/node/28984

Import/Export with Drupal

# Ouput: Services, Views data export

# Input: Feeds, Migrate

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Evolution / Maintenance Tasks Translation

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Translation process

by an external agency

Introducing a

new language

UI translation update

Translation workflow

Impacts in many ways your website

UI translation available?

Contents management, and menus,

and blocks, and…

BO impacted or not?

Theme behaviour may change

(arabic, hebrew, chinese, japanese…)

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Quality Global Quality

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Status update

Acquia Partnership: Insight

# https://insight.acquia.com

# http://drupal.org/project/insight

Some modules for quality control on

Drupal sites:

# Security review, SEO tools,

Localization update

Rescue project Checklist:

# http://groups.drupal.org/node/267758

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Quality Security

Status update

D.O. Security Team alerts

Localization update

Hacked

Community code

(Core + Modules + Themes)

Custom modules

Coder

Coder Tough Love

Security Review

PAReview

SEO Review

Some modules for quality control on Drupal sites:

# Coder , SimpleTest, Security review, Hacked!, md5check

Online sandbox tests

# http://ventral.org

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Quality Continuous Integration

UnitTest integrated with Drupal

Trigger with drush

when possible

Functional tests

automation

W3C Validator

# http://simpletest.org

# http://drupal.org/simpletest

# http://seleniumhq.org/

# WebDriver: http://drupal.org/project/selenium

# Remote Control (RC): deprecated

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Quality Performance

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Some modules for monitoring Drupal sites:

# Production check & Production monitor

# Nagios

# Insight

Tracking loss of performance


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Now, it’s your turn: Any Question?

Thank you!

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