Drush Training

Drush is a command line shell that you can use to easily download and update Drupal core and contributed modules. It saves time when you type in commands instead of navigating the admin interface and manually configuring Drupal.

In this tutorial, I will describe the process of how to update your Drupal 7 website using Drush.

How to create a Drupal 7 website with one simple command

In this tutorial, we will cover how to download, setup the database, and install a Drupal 7 website - all with one simple Drush command. This is available in the Quickstart environment only.
 
1. Getting Started with Drush in the QuickStart environment
Here are some simple Drush commands to get you started using Drush.
 

You can follow these simple directions and use Drush to easily install your new Drupal 7 website. These commands work well on a Linux operating system. If you are using Quickstart, there are some built in commands to make this process even simpler. See Using Quickstart and Drush to Install Drupal 7.
 
Let’s download the latest version of Drupal 7
 

Today I installed Quickstart – a development environment for Drupal which includes a PHP development environment, Drush, Git and other useful tools to facilitate building Drupal websites. It works for Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. Here's a quick introduction on installing Quickstart on your PC.
 
I’ve heard so much about Drush, the command line shell used to speed up mundane Drupal tasks such as downloading and installing modules. I remember that when I first started learning how to use Drupal, much of my learning time was taken up with downloading and installing the newly updated modules. Then I learned how to turn off the update notifications and decided to update at regular intervals.