Jesús Sánchez Balsera jsbalsera

My First Week With Experience Builder

I’m an experienced backend software engineer and Drupal core developer and until a few days ago, I knew basically nothing about Experience Builder (“XB” to the cool kids) except that it’s really neat, and was all the rage at DrupalCon Atlanta. Its internals were a mystery to me, and for the most part, they still are.

But I’ve been partially assigned to actually work on XB this quarter, so I had to dive in and try to learn how it works. Deep breath...

First, I tried reading its documentation: no luck there. The docs are rich in detail, but they're also extremely pedantic, which makes for a soul-sucking read, and they don't explain the big picture that's needed for all those fiddly details to make sense.

XB is also a fast-moving target with an unbelievable amount of complexity. For my money, this is probably one of the most complicated Drupal modules in existence; it’s gotta be right up there with Views.

	<?php

	// Import arbitrary config from a variable.
	// Assumes $data has the data you want to import for this config.
	$config = \Drupal::service('config.factory')->getEditable('filter.format.basic_html');
	$config->setData($data)->save();

	// Or, re-import the default config for a module or profile, etc.
	\Drupal::service('config.installer')->installDefaultConfig('module', 'my_custom_module');

	# Schema for the views plugins.

	views.filter.project_size_range_select:
	type: views_filter
	label: 'Foobar numeric'

	views.filter_value.project_size_range_select:
	type: views.filter_value.numeric
	label: 'Foobar Numeric'

	#!/bin/bash

	# Check arguments and requirements.
	if [ ${#@} -lt 1 ]; then
	echo "This script expects one argument (site machine name)."
	exit 1
	fi

	if [ -x ${HOME}/.my.cnf ]; then
	echo "This script requires ${HOME}/.my.cnf."

	# alias to edit commit messages without using rebase interactive
	# example: git reword commithash message
	reword = "!f() {\n GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR=\"sed -i 1s/^pick/reword/\" GIT_EDITOR=\"printf \\\"%s\\n\\\" \\\"$2\\\" >\" git rebase -i \"$1^\";\n git push -f;\n}; f"

	# completely wipe git history
	wipe-history = "!f() { git add . && git reset --soft $(git rev-list --max-parents=0 HEAD) && git commit --amend -m \"${1:-sup}\" && git push --force; }; f"

	# squash the last N commits
	squash = "!f(){ git reset --soft HEAD~${1} && git commit --edit -m\"$(git log --format=%B --reverse HEAD..HEAD@{1})\"; };f"

	#!/bin/bash

	while :
	do
	clear
	git --no-pager log --graph --pretty=oneline --abbrev-commit --decorate --all $*
	sleep 1
	done