Drupal is the most beloved platform for website developers. The amazing content management system and the perfect combination of features of Drupal is the reason for its extensive use in creating flawless websites.
Developers are opting for Drupal platform because of its unmatched features like page layout customization, menu management, user account registration, etc.
As per the SimilarTech report, about 1,003,824 websites are built using Drupal technology.
Drupal has made the process of web development very straightforward and quick through its advanced tools which are valuable in constructing a feature-rich and robust website.
The tools a developer use can make a huge difference in the web development process. By looking at the heap of tools the questions that came to our mind as Drupal developers are: are all these tools actually useful? What is the specification of each tool? Which tools are actually useful?
So we made an analysis of the tools of Drupal and came up with a list of the top 5 tools that are actually useful.
Top 5 Drupal Tools To Have In Your Arsenal
Drush
Drush can be called Swiss army knife of the Drupal which means it is a multipurpose tool. Drush is a command line and scripting interface for Drupal. It is widely used to develop, install and maintain Drupal websites. Along with all the awesome core commands provided by Drush, developer can declare its own command as well. Instead of clicking through the admin interface you can simply type one command. You can directly log into the MYSQL database and you will have the rights to run any pending database updates.
Views
Views module of Drupal gives you options of how you want to display your data. It provides you a flexible way to control the display of lists, tables, slideshows, and photo gallery on your website. It is a powerful list maker that provides a GUI for creating a query. Views allow you to build queries as well as you can inspect the query as you build it. The capability of views module can be extended by using views-related modules like views attach, views slideshow, views content cache, view hacks etc.
Backup and migrate
Backup and migrate module is for the task of Drupal database backing up and migrating data from one Drupal install to another. It can do the backup and compression of the entire database to a file or the restoration of the previous backup can also be done. It also has a scheduled backup option from which you can decide a schedule for the backup operation. It allows you to choose which tables or data you want to backup and the cache will be cleared by default.
Pathauto
Pathauto is an amazing Drupal module that automatically generates the path for various types of contents such as nodes, taxonomy, terms, users etc. the Pathauto module follows a pattern system for generating the path aliases by utilizing tokens and this pattern system can be changed by the administrator. Some modules like path redirect, global redirect, pathologic are recommended to be used with Pathauto.
Webform
For making forms and surveys in Drupal, Webform is the best module. The forms created are having better user-facing functionality which is necessary when a site launches and can be easily edited by the site owner. Webform provides statistical reviews and an extensive API for extending its features.
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Conclusion
With such effective Drupal development tools, you will not only save lots of time but also enhance the quality of your work. Having familiarity with these tools is as much important as knowing each and every aspect of Drupal development. If you are quite well-versed with Drupal development then these tools can enhance your skills up to a great extent and will reduce your efforts considerably. For any complex Drupal development project, you can contact us and we will help you with the best and trending Drupal development solutions.
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