{"product_id":"9781785885396","title":"Mastering Drupal 8 Views","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerate your development process using Drupal 8 Views with this advanced, practical guide\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout This Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA practical, step-by-step guide with illustrative examples to give you a clear understanding of Drupal 8 views\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet the only book on the market that talks about Drupal 8 views and their importance for developers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet an understanding of how views work and how they help to create modular applications\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho This Book Is For\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for web developers, web designers, and website administrators who use Drupal 8, have some basic knowledge of managing and developing apps with Drupal, and who want to get an advanced, practical knowledge of views and how to leverage them in Drupal 8 applications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat You Will Learn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreate displays of content that are automatically updated when you add new content\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShow maps and rotating image carousels on your site\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCombine content to create composite displays using the same data in different ways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUse fields from more than one content type to create powerful views of multi-table data\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModify the field data being displayed, combining it in different ways or changing the HTML that might be normally generated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdd headers and footers above and below a views display\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMake the output of your view look exactly like the designer specifies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChange the order in which a list of content is displayed, limit the content shown to only certain content types or values\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFilter content using values passed to the view in the URL, making a single view work different ways\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Detail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eLearn how to build complex displays of content—all without programming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eViews were used on more than 80% of all Drupal 7 sites; now they are part of the Drupal 8 core. While most site builders and site owners are aware of views, they don't understand how to take full advantage of their power to create many amazing pages and blocks. If they use views, they might build 10 different view displays with different filters, without knowing that a contextual filter would require only a single display.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing our sample company, we'll take its existing content and evolve an ever more complex and powerful website for that company, starting with adapting the administration the user sees and moving on to making complex pages of information for site visitors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the book is written for Drupal 8, the similarities between Views in Drupal 7 and 8 make this a useful reference for Drupal 7 site builders also.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStyle and approach \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the only advanced resource that will show you how to create, customize, and manage views in the Drupal 8 development environment. This has become more important since Drupal 8 has made views part of its core architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Packt Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173238358256,"sku":"9781785885396","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781785885396_p0.jpg?v=1763729304","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781785885396","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}