This guide continues with the Hello World module, demonstrating how to gradually add custom blocks (and more).

If you're feeling adventurous, you can jump straight to the Examples module. The Examples module contains many more code samples used in this guide. If you're new here, keep following this tutorial and check out the Examples modules when you're ready to dive deeper.

By adding a single YAML settings file to our module, Drupal will automatically load the contents of this YAML file, and we’ll be able to access it to provide default configuration. From the root folder of your module, create a new folder called “config.” Inside that folder, create another one named “install.” Finally, inside config/install, create a new file and name it hello_world.settings.yml.

Introduction

Much has been said—and debated—about the latest version of Drupal—Drupal 8, and one thing is certain: the way modules are built has changed significantly. There are numerous tutorials addressing the new concepts, and many of them encourage developers to stay updated as the codebase evolves.

Introduction

Much has been said—and debated—about the latest version of Drupal—Drupal 8, and one thing is certain: building modules has changed significantly. There are many tutorials focusing on the new concepts, and in each one, the authors advise developers to expect even more changes as the codebase evolves.

Part II of the Practical Guide to Creating Basic Drupal 8 Modules
From .info to Tests, Just the Basics

Part IV of the Practical Guide to Creating Basic Drupal 8 Modules
From .info to Tests, Just the Basics

So far, everything is pretty tidy, but how can we change what we see? With some forms, of course.

Main Topic: Defining Your Own Configuration

You can include default configuration in your module based on the functionality of other modules (content types, views, fields, text formats, etc.).
For example, the Node module provides a content type configuration, so in your own module, you define a default content type that can be shipped with your module.

There are two steps to creating a simple page in Drupal:

Declare the route and its parameters.

This step includes the page title, access requirements, and more.

In Drupal 7, you had to implement hook_menu().

In Drupal 8, create a <module_name>.routing.yml file in the top-level directory of your module.

Write the code that returns the page content.

In Drupal 7, you would write a page callback function specified in hook_menu().

Unlike in Drupal 7, creating multiple instances of a block to place on your site is a simple task in Drupal 8.

This tutorial will teach you how to programmatically add a block to the block layout interface, how to add an (administrative) configuration form to the block, and how to handle it. Finally, you’ll learn how to define and display default configuration values for the form.

Before starting this step-by-step guide, prepare your module skeleton as described in “Prepare the module skeleton.”

Blocks in Drupal 8 are instances of the block plugin.
The Drupal Block Manager scans your modules for classes containing the @Block annotation.

The example below uses the @Block annotation with the properties id and admin_label to define a custom block.