From c304842b8eab423c5ffad9d82c0082049514df3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Pott <alex.a.pott@googlemail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 08:24:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Issue #2707163 by quietone, chishah92, jhodgdon, AndrewHD,
xjm, dww, jdelvillar01, alexpott: core/USAGE.TXT -- API section talks only
about hooks and functions
---
core/USAGE.txt | 13 ++++++-------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/core/USAGE.txt b/core/USAGE.txt
index e9efa61aa1f3..9b772874f35d 100644
--- a/core/USAGE.txt
+++ b/core/USAGE.txt
@@ -68,12 +68,9 @@ DEVELOPING FOR DRUPAL
---------------------
Drupal contains an extensive API that allows you to add to and modify the
-functionality of your site. The API consists of "hooks", which allow modules to
-react to system events and customize Drupal's behavior, and functions that
-standardize common operations such as database queries and form generation. The
-flexible hook architecture means that you should never need to directly modify
-the files that come with Drupal core to achieve the functionality you want;
-instead, functionality modifications take the form of modules.
+functionality of your site. This means that you should never need to directly
+modify the files that come with Drupal core to achieve the behavior you want;
+instead, modifications take the form of modules.
When you need new functionality for your Drupal site, search for existing
contributed modules. If you find a module that matches except for a bug or an
@@ -82,6 +79,8 @@ back to the project in the form of a "patch". Create new custom modules only
when nothing existing comes close to what you need.
More about developing:
+ * Extending and altering Drupal
+ https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/core%21core.api.php/group/extending
* Search for existing contributed modules:
https://www.drupal.org/project/project_module
* Contribute a patch:
@@ -91,6 +90,6 @@ More about developing:
* Follow programming best practices:
https://www.drupal.org/docs/develop/standards
* Refer to the API documentation:
- https://api.drupal.org/api/drupal/9
+ https://api.drupal.org
* Learn from documented Drupal API examples:
https://www.drupal.org/project/examples
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