Introduction to Drush - Drupal Training Curriculum for Drupal Companies

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Introduction to Drush

Drush is a command line shell and Unix scripting interface for Drupal. Drush core ships with lots of useful commands for interacting with code like modules/themes/profiles. Similarly, it runs update.php, executes sql queries and DB migrations, and misc utilities like run cron or clear cache

Learning Objectives

Trainee will be able to control Drupal using command line

Course Content

1. Drush introduction

Drush is a command-line interface specifically made for dealing with Drupal. It provides a much faster management experience and is recommended if you are not afraid of using the command line.
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorial_series/an-introduction-t...

2. Installation

http://docs.drush.org/en/master/install/
https://www.drupal.org/node/1791676

3. Drush commands

Drush is a very useful tool as it helps you perform various admin tasks using just one or two commands in the terminal, replacing the need for many clicks and page refreshes in the UI.
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/a-beginner-s-guide-to-d...

Reference

https://buildamodule.com/video/change-management-and-version-control-how...
http://www.zyxware.com/articles/4497/drupal-installing-latest-version-of...
http://www.zyxware.com/articles/5055/drush-frequently-used-drush-commands
http://www.zyxware.com/articles/5356/how-to-list-disable-enable-multiple...
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/a-beginner-s-guide-to-d...

Exercise

Exercise on Drush

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