DrupalCon Baltimore 2017: Entities 201 - Creating Custom Entities

This talk focuses on utilizing Drupal 8's Entity API, a powerful structured data engine, to create and manage custom entities. The speaker demonstrates how to easily extend the Entity API by building a basic custom entity and module in under five minutes using tools like Drupal Console. Key topics include code generation, basic object inheritance, permissions, routing, and managing fields and database storage. This session is designed to enhance understanding of object-oriented programming and Drupal development, making it accessible for attendees with a local development environment.