Why Drupal 8 Performance is better than Drupal 7?

Drupal 8 comes with Symfony framework, a high performing PHP framework with code security. Drupal 8 is faster than Drupal 7, here we have some points that can prove who is faster version in Drupal. 

1. Drupal 8 now turned on dynamic caching.
2. Drupal 8 turned on 6 week page caching for anonymous users. This makes Drupal 8 serving    anonymous user very fast.
3. Even logged in users can Benefit from performance improvement.
4. Drupal 8 does not send JavaScript to all pages, unless you need to use it.
5. Only place where Drupal 8 is slow in cold caching, if user is the first visitor of website in Drupal 8, it will be slower than Drupal 7 but because of cache improvement next time visitor will hit the page, it will be faster in Drupal 8.
6. Drupal 8 uses breakpoint media queries, which saves extra efforts to make a website responsive but in Drupal 7 does not use breakpoint media queries and has a different approach to manage how the site appears on different devices screens.
7. Drupal 8 uses Twig as a template engine. Twig is part of Symfony 2 framework and PHP based compiled template engine, however Drupal 7 uses the PHP template as default template engine and users create the templates by PHP code.
8. Symfony framework makes Drupal 8 stronger than Drupal 7 to develop secure and robust website or web applications.
9. Drupal 7 does not have powerful framework to manage its codebase. Developers still use Drupal 7 but its lack of framework features makes it hard to manage code.


Note: Why Drupal 8 Performance is better than Drupal 7?

How to replace function use in Twig template?

It's a simple way to use "Replace" function in twig file just go through simple method:

Syntax with example:                   

{#
*** replace '-' with '$' sign in vidyard ID ***
#}

{% set twig_content_variable = node.field_resources_vidyard_id.value %}    //field_resources_vidyard_id is are vidyard id field
{% set replace_value_var = '-' %}
{% set replace_with_value_var = '$' %}
{% if twig_content_variable %}
{% set vidyard_function_id = twig_content_variable|replace({ '-': '$' }) %}
{% endif %}







Note: How to replace function use in Twig template?

How to node load by name in drupal 8?

In drupal 8, we have easy way to node load by name/title. We can use "loadByProperties" function for node/user/file data.
here we are going to give an example with 3 type of entity.

Syntax 1:
$title = 'dummy';
//node load by name/title
$node_data = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()
        ->getStorage('node')
        ->loadByProperties(['title' => $title]); 
 OR

$result = \Drupal::entityQuery("node")
                ->condition('type', 'resources') // put your content type here
                ->condition('title', $title) // pass the title value or take any other condition
                ->execute();
               
Syntax 2:               
$email = 'dummymailid@gmail.com';
//load user by email id
$user_data = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()
           ->getStorage('user')
           ->loadByProperties(['mail'=> $email]); // here we can use any other property/field

          
Syntax 3:
$filr_uri = 'dummy file uri';          
//load file by uri
$file_data = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()
           ->getStorage('file')
           ->loadByProperties(['uri' => $file_uri]); // here we can use any other field


Note: How to node load by name in drupal 8?

How to delete content node programmatically in drupal 8?

Here we have simple way to 'delete content programmatically'. We can use this code in our "custom module/plugin" or  "hook_entity_predelete" or in "hook_entity_delete". Just use that simple code..

Syntax:

 $result = \Drupal::entityQuery("node")
                ->condition('type', 'resources');  // here change the content type of your
 $nids = $result->execute();

  if (!empty($nids)) {
    $nodes = \Drupal\node\Entity\Node::loadMultiple($nids);
    $nodes->delete();
  }


#Extra notes: here we can add more conditions in 'entityQuery' as per our requirement.









Note: How to delete content node programmatically in drupal 8?