Prerequisites

• Understanding of Drupal 8 module development is required.
• Experience with Object Oriented Programming will be advantageous.

Session content

Drupal 8's routing system came from Symfony's. Drupal's routing system can do everything Symfony's can (and more).

Drupal 7 used hook_menus. In Drupal 8 module’s routes are defined in yaml files and these trigger actions defined in module’s controller.

In our talk, We're going to cover

• How Routing happens in Symfony
• How Drupal 8 makes use Symfony’s routing system using yaml and controllers
• How is Different from Drupal 7
• What all(and more) Drupal’s routing system can do
• Execution precedence of same routes
• Structuring Drupal 8 routes
• A working demo

Takeaways

• Defining your own routes your own way.
• What more Drupal can do as compared to Symfony.
• How tight coupling of Drupal 7 was resolved in Drupal 8.