An Introduction to Entities and Fields

In this introductory video you’ll learn about some of Drupal’s fundamental components. You’ll learn about the different entity types, content and configuration, and what bundles are used for.

Then we look at what a field is and its three components: type, widget and formatter. And finally, you’ll learn what display modes are.

Sections

• Entity types (00:28)
• Entity bundles (01:15)
• Fields (01:51)
• Field type (02:05)
• Field widget (02:18 )
• Field formatter (02:47)
• Display mode (03:16)
• View modes (03:34)
• Form modes (04:26)
• Summary (05:00)

Resources

An Introduction to Entities (drupal.org/node/1261744)