Using the Robo Task Runner to Improve Developer Workflows

Learn how to use the Robo PHP task runner to transform your project’s complicated, multi-step processes into simple commands so your team can preserve their sanity and become more efficient in the process.

Have your projects become festooned with scripts and complex multi-step documentation to support tasks such as deployments, code linting, tests, database backups, and multi-site creation? Perhaps it’s time to consider the role of a “task runner” to replace these difficult-to-maintain linchpins. A task runner such as PHP’s Robo will allow you to consolidate this functionality, maintain it in the primary language of your project, expose it to users easily, and even share it across multiple projects!

When: Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 11:30 to 12:20 EDT
Room: Room 306-307
Track: devops

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, attendees will be able to:
1. Understand what a task runner is, what it is used for, and why Robo is a good choice on a Drupal/PHP project.
2. Transform scripts and multi-step operations into Robo commands.
3. Automate complicated configuration changes such as modification of configuration files.

Prerequisites

Attendees will get the most out of this session if they have a basic understanding of object-oriented PHP and scripting.

Synopsis

Learn how to use the Robo PHP task runner to transform your project’s complicated, multi-step processes into simple commands so your team can preserve their sanity and become more efficient in the process.