DrupalEasy Podcast

We talk with  Ted Bowman  from Acquia about Experience Builder , one of the main features of the upcoming Drupal CMS .  URLs mentioned Wim's blog posts DrupalEasy News Professional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course.   Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course.  Audio transcript We're using the machine-driven Amazon Transcribe service...

We talk with  Ryan Price from ICF about a recent project he worked on involving updating a legacy Drupal 7 install with modern Drupal 10 techniques.  URLs mentioned https://www.iesabroad.org/   https://www.studyabroadfoundation.org/ Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit - October 11-13, 2024. DrupalEasy News Professional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course.   Drupal Career Onlin...

We talk with Janez Urevc from Tag1 Consulting about Gander , an open-source automated performance testing framework. URLs mentioned Gander (includes many helpful links!) 40-minute video presentation introducing Gander (including a demo) Drupal.org docs page for performance testing with Gander  https://gander.tag1.io - dashboard that Tag1 hosts for the Drupal community Two-hour Gander workshop at D...

We talk with Jamie Abrahams from FreelyGive about the new AI module and what it means for the future of AI modules in the Drupal ecosystem. URLs mentioned The new AI module   Introductory video on the new AI module Press release announcing AI module Detailed introduction of AI module   #AI channel in Drupal Slack workspace   Issue queue discussion about generic "ai()" method LangChain   LlamaIndex...

A very special episode of the DrupalEasy podcast - two years in the making.

We talk with Jim Birch about the Recipes strategic initiative for Drupal.  URLs mentioned Distributions and Recipes strategic initiative   Core patch to test recipes Config actions contrib module NEDCamp presentation on Recipes from Erik Volkernick Roadmap #distributions-and-recipes Slack channel   DrupalEasy News Professional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course.   Drupal...

We talk with Andy Giles about GitHub Copilot and his experience with it in Drupal development. URLs mentioned GitHub Copilot Visual Studio Code extension   PhpStorm plugin Official Microsoft video on getting started with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code   DrupalEasy News Professional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course.   Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live...

We talk with Luca Lusso , author of Modernizing Drupal 10 Theme Development , published in August, 2023 by Packt Publishing.  URLs mentioned Modernizing Drupal 10 Theme Development book WebProfiler module Storybook   Single Directory Components (SDC) Google Lighthouse DrupalEasy News Professional Module Development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course.   Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 ho...

We talk with DrupalEasy Podcast co-founders Ryan Price and Andrew Riley about what we'd want for Drupal Christmas - or maybe what we'd like to see evolve in the Drupal community in time for next Christmas! URLs mentioned Drupal planet Drupal marketing at Web Summit   Project browser Automatic updates Funding project After we recorded this episode, one of Andrew's wishes was granted! Drupal 10 will...

We talk with Cameron Eagans about Composer Patches , an open-source, Composer plugin to assist with applying patches to code files. URLs mentioned Cameron Eagans on Mastadon Cameron Eagans on LinkedIn   Composer Patches home   Dependency patch resolution blog post New-ish Composer Patches co-maintainer, Dane Powell Non-patchable targets   Apply Drupal 9 compatibility patches with Composer   Drupal...

We talk with Andy Blum about the Drupal Smart Snippets extension for Visual Studio Code. The extension brings some really useful Drupal-y features to Visual Studio Code including hook completion, form and render array element completion, and service and service method autocomplete. URLs mentioned Drupal Smart Snippets extension for Visual Studio Code (Github)  vscodium   Configuring Visual Studio...

We talk with Jordan Powell about Cypress , a open-source, javascript-based testing framework. URLs mentioned Cypress (open-source project) home Cypress.io (company) home Cypress Cloud Learn.cypress.io and getting started video   Jordan Powell (LinkedIn) Test Your Drupal Site The Easy Way: Use Cypress (Drupal session video)   Test-driven development with Drupal & Cypress.io (Drupal session vide...

We talk with Matt Glaman about PhpStan and they whys and hows of using it in your day-to-day Drupal development. We also touch on his Drupal 7 compatibility layer experiment and his current writing project(s). URLs mentioned Drupal 7 compatibility layer for Drupal 10 🤯 Matt's blog   PhpStan   PhpStan Drupal extension   drupal/core-dev   PhpStan origin story   Usage on Drupal.org for Drupal core (...

We talk with Rosie Le Faive about Islandora , a Drupal 9 powered Document Asset Management system. URLs mentioned Islandora Digital Asset Management system   Drupal.org project page and Github repository page Documentation and Getting Started Fedora Commons   DrupalEasy News Professional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course.   Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live...

We talk with Randy Fay about the health of the DDEV project, his recent Drupal community recognition, and the DDEV testing infrastructure.

We talk with Ryan Price about how to start a new Drupal project the right way, including development environment setup, code base setup, initial modules, Git setup, and common newbie mistakes. URLs mentioned Docksal DDEV drupal/recommended-project Composer template Admin Toolbar Devel phpcs, phpcbf Pathauto Redirect Metatag Webform The Phoenix Project The Unicorn Project DrupalEasy News Profession...

We talk with Rod Martin about what it takes to be a software trainer (including informal, one-on-one teaching) and how students can best prepare for a training. URLs mentioned Rod's videos on LinkedIn OSTraining.com DrupalEasy News Professional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course. Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course. Audio transc...

We talk with Ted Bowman about the Automatic Updates initiative with a specific focus on how to use it and provide feedback. URLs mentioned Automatic Updates project on drupal.org Strategic initiative: Automatic Updates DrupalEasy News Professional module development - 15 weeks, 90 hours, live, online course. Drupal Career Online - 12 weeks, 77 hours, live online, beginner-focused course. Audio tra...

We talk with [Leslie Glynn]( https://www.drupal.org/u/leslieg ) about the Project Browser initiative with a specific focus on how to check it out and get involved with the project.   ## URLs mentioned *  [Project browser project on drupal.org]( https://www.drupal.org/project/project_browser )   *  [Strategic initiative: Project browser]( https://www.drupal.org/about/core/strategic-initiatives/proj...

We talk with [Alison Jo McCauley](https://www.drupal.org/user/453248) about how to be a mentor, including skills required, how to manage a mentor/mentee relationship, and tips for success.  [Stan Ascher](https://www.drupal.org/u/sascher) is the name of the person Alison mentioned during the podcast who played guitar during lunch at GovCon. ## URLs mentioned *  [#mentoring channel on the Drupal Sla...

We talk with [Brian Perry]( https://www.drupal.org/u/brianperry ) about web components, and how to get started with this new-ish technology.   ## URLs mentioned *  [Brian's related session from NEDCamp]( https://nedcamp.org/sessions/2022/envisioning-design-system-maintained-drupal-community ) *  [Generic Drupal Web Components project]( https://www.drupal.org/project/gdwc )    *  [Lit interactive t...

Brian Perry , front-end architect with Bounteous, joins Mike Anello for a beginners talk about front-end components, including Brian's advice for what the first steps are for someone who wants to get started using them. URLs mentioned DrupalCon Global "An overview of Drupal 8 front-end component integration methods" presentation video DrupalCon Global "An overview of Drupal 8 front-end component i...

Donata Stroink-Skillrud, president of Termageddon LLC , licensed attorney, certified information privacy professional, and vice-chair of the American Bar Association ePrivacy Committee joins Mike Anello to talk about privacy (and other web site) policies (it's much more interesting than you think!) and why it is so important for modern web sites to have one. URLs mentioned Termageddon LLC Are you...

AmyJune Hineline , community ambassador at Kanopi Studios , joins Mike Anello to talk about virtual Drupal events. URLs mentioned BADCamp - online October 14-17, 2020. Drupal GovCon - online September 24-25, 2020. DrupalCamp Colorado - online August 14-16, 2020. DrupalCon Global CWG Community Health Team San Francisco Drupal Users group Mental Health First Aid DrupalEasy News Composer Basics onlin...