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When entity get returns array, do this

You are using get with fieldname and you are getting array as result, to get value as string, use getString() method like below

$entity->get("fieldName")->getString()

 

How to xdebug hook_views_data_alter()

Lets first talk about what does hook_views_data_alter() do in first place. Views is a query editor, it queries DB, so this hook alters how our data is queried. As in views UI you add, fields, filters, sorts, relationships, here you will have an exposure of all DB tables you can make queries on and data on what to use for fields, filters and sorting.

How to get usable UI for translating your custom forms

This one is one of the bigger surprises in drupal 8. Form building is straight forward, basic OOP bases on symfony, but then you want your forms to be translatable, you are in for a ride. First you will need to have schema yaml files in install and schema directory.

How to get currency symbol from order object

Currency symbol is not stored in order, so to get it, you need to dig a bit deeper and fetch currency object.
I am assuming you have order stored in $this->order so then we get currency code and with that we load commerce_currency through entity type manager and use getSymbol method to get the symbol.

How to get coupon entity from order

If you wan to get coupon entity from order there is a quick magic method to do that. First load order by some property, we can use ID
 

Changing(moving) modules path in drupal 8

In drupal 7 when you moved modules from one directory to other, usually running drush rr (registry rebuild) would work, maybe you would need to clear caches. In drupal 8, this wont help. Paths are saved in APC and you will probably need to restart server.
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