Drupal 9.x Project Development Checklist

A checklist of common tools, settings, modules etc to check for a Drupal 9.x web project

Want to use a Docker image for development? Head to https://github.com/theodorosploumis/gitpod-drupal-workspace!

How to use this? I usually copy this checklist to a Github issue so I won't forget anything. Most of the times I delete items from the list so this is the full list.

Server type

• [ ] Ubuntu LTS, stable (eg 20.04)

Server setup

Prefer to install all software globally.

• [ ] php8 (see required php extensions for drupal 9.x)
• [ ] mysql
• [ ] apache2
• [ ] git
• [ ] patch
• [ ] drush-launcher
• [ ] composer
• [ ] openssh-server
• [ ] nodejs/npm (if needed)

Dev Packages (if needed)

• [ ] sass-lang.com

SaaS

• [ ] Create Github/Bitbucket/Gitlab repository
• [ ] Create Project Management project (eg TeamWork)
• [ ] Create a Trello board (if using Trello)
• [ ] Setup Slack
• [ ] Setup CI (eg Travis)

Modules

• [ ] admin_toolbar
• [ ] ctools
• [ ] pathauto
• [ ] pathologic
• [ ] redirect
• [ ] token
• [ ] google_analytics
• [ ] simple_sitemap

• [ ] backup_migrate
• [ ] config_update
• [ ] config_devel
• [ ] devel
• [ ] features
• [ ] masquerade
• [ ] stage_file_proxy

Themes (base)

• [ ] omega
• [ ] bootstrap
• [ ] zurb_foundation
• [ ] kashmir
• [ ] neato
• [ ] basic
• [ ] xtheme
• [ ] gesso
• [ ] radix
• [ ] cog
• [ ] bear_skin
• [ ] classy (core theme)

• [ ] adminimal_theme

Drupal Settings

• [ ] Enable dev mode
• [ ] Enable php error_log
• [ ] Enable apache2 error_log
• [ ] Copy ssh keys

Site Architecture

• [ ] Content types
• [ ] Vocabularies
• [ ] Entity Fields
• [ ] Blocks
• [ ] Menus and menu links
• [ ] View modes
• [ ] User Roles
• [ ] Views
• [ ] Text editor filters
• [ ] Text editor widgets/plugins
• [ ] Image styles
• [ ] REST pages
• [ ] Site functionality (eg search, mailchimp etc)
• [ ] New things to try (eg a new tool)

Testing

• [ ] User Scenarios/Stories
• [ ] Test UI functionality (behat)
• [ ] Test user permissions (PhpUnit)
• [ ] Test user input (behat)
• [ ] Test browsers (browserstack etc)
• [ ] Test devices (mobile, tablet, desktop)
• [ ] W3C WAI level 1 accessibility validation
• [ ] Google Mobile Friendly test
• [ ] Google PageSpeed test
• [ ] Pingdom Website Speed Test
• [ ] Yellow Lab Tools

Development tasks

• [ ] Create Project folder
• [ ] Create drush aliases
• [ ] git-flow init
• [ ] drupal console chain commands
• [ ] Setup cron jobs
• [ ] Set xdebug
• [ ] IDE setup (eg Phpstorm)
• [ ] Create teamocil file
• [ ] Create bash aliases

After development tasks

• [ ] Disable modules: *_ui, dblog, devel, admin_menu, simplytest, kint.
• [ ] Enable Caches
• [ ] Enable syslog module
• [ ] Provide customer credentials
• [ ] Maintenance aggreement
• [ ] Submit to SE (eg Google), use xmlsitemap
• [ ] Submit to Google Analytics
• [ ] Submit to Google Webmaster tools
• [ ] Submit to Showcase sites
• [ ] Publish on my personal site (work)
• [ ] Publish any Open source project that can be useful

• Get raw README.md
• Edit README.md