Slides from the DrupalCon presentation: http://cph2010.drupal.org/sessions/10-reasons-why-you-should-be-using-features-your-drupal-project#

1. 10 Reasons why you should be using features
Florian Lorétan
24. aug 16:00
Microsoft

2. Florian Lorétan

4. .net

5. 10 Reasons
why you should be using
Features
or why you've been missing out so far

6. CCK

7. :-o

8. views

9. :-|

10. ...

11. :-o

12. features

13. :-)

14. features?

15. features?

17. Reason
#1

18. Features puts configuration into code

24. What can be exported: exportables
 Default Views
 Imagecache Presets
 Ctools
 Panels
 Open Layers
 Rules
 Blocks (via context)
 Variables (via strongarm)

26. Default

27. Default

28. Overridden
Default

29. Default

30. Overridden
Default

31. Default

32. What can be exported: non-exportables
 Content Types, including fields and fieldgroups
 Roles & Permissions
 Menus
 Vocabularies
 Nodes, Terms & Users (using UUIDs) *

34. Default

35. Overridden
Default

36. Default

37. Overridden
Default

38. Default

39. What can't be exported
 Input formats
 Things that can only be
identified using sequential numeric IDs

41. Reason
#2

42. Features lets you
organize your project

48. Reason
#3

50. drush
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52. drush features-list
drush features-export
drush features-diff
drush features-revert
drush features-revert-all
drush features-update
drush features-update-all

53. drush features-list features
drush features-export fe
drush features-diff fd
drush features-revert fr
drush features-revert-all fr-all
drush features-update fu
drush features-update-all fu-all

54. drush features-list features
drush features-export fe
drush features-diff fd
drush features-revert fr
drush features-revert-all fr-all
drush features-update fu
drush features-update-all fu-all

56. Reason
#4

57. With features,
configuration can be version-controlled

59. Reason
#5

60. Features can be shared
Central
Repository

61. Features can be shared
Central
Repository
Default

62. Features can be shared
Central
Repository
Default Default

63. Features can be shared
Central
Repository
Default Overridden
Default

64. Features can be shared
Central
Repository
Default Default

65. Features can be shared
Central
Repository
Default
Needs Review Default

66. Features can be shared
Central
Repository
Default Default

68. Reason
#6

69. Features make deployment easy
Central
Repository

70. Features make deployment easy
Central
Repository

71. Features make deployment easy
Central
Repository

72. Features make deployment easy
Central
Repository

74. Reason
#7

75. Features makes major upgrades possible

76. Drupal Images
Modules mp3
Themes Attachments
Content types Nodes
Roles Users
Vocabularies Terms

77. Functionality Content
Drupal Images
Modules mp3
Themes Attachments
Content types Nodes
Roles Users
Vocabularies Terms

78. Drupal Images
Modules mp3
Themes Attachments
Content types Nodes
Roles Users DB
Vocabularies Terms

79. Drupal Images
Modules mp3
Themes Attachments
Content types Nodes
Roles Users DB
Vocabularies Terms

81. Reason
#8

85. Reason
#9

86. Fourth Law of Software Development:
“When you let your clients change things,
they break.”

87. Fourth Law of Software Development:
“When you let your clients change things,
they break.”

88. Fourth Law of Software Development:
“When you let your clients change things,
they break.”
override

90. Reason
#10

92. You?

93. :-)

94. questions?

95. http://cph2010.drupal.org/node/15028