Talking Drupal

Today we are talking about Burnout with Jono Bacon. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/376 Topics What is burnout Why is it so important to you Have you suffered from burnout Do different professions have different rates of burnout Is it individual or teams / projects / community oriented Is it only mental or can it be physical What contributes to burnout as a contributor or maintainer Wh...

Today we are talking about Being a Creative Director with Randy Oest. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/375 Topics What is a Creative Director? How is being a CD at a technical company different? Do Drupal CD's need additional skills? Sometimes things get lost in translation between design and development how do you bridge that gap? How do you mentor? How do you interview for creative po...

Today we are talking about Neurodiversity with Matthew Saunders. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/374 Topics What is Neurodiversity People first What got you interested in Neurodiversity Youtube series My Neurodivergent Brain How does it apply to Drupal How can the community help Neurodivergent folks How does this impact work relationships How do you attend camps and cons Is there testi...

Today we are talking about Performance, Privacy, and the Open Web with Andrey Lipattsev & Tim Lehnen. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/373 Topics What is the Open Web and what does it have to do with performance and privacy What do we mean by web performance What are the core vitals What are the non core vitals What is the benefit of performance Performance is usually granular for a dev...

Today we are talking about CKEditor 5 with Wiktor Walc & Piotrek Koszuliński. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/372 Topics What is CKEditor What does it do for Drupal Differnece between CKEditor 4 and 5 Biggest benefit Improvements to the editing experience Plugin ecosystem Plugin language Roadmap Paid Features Supporting the Drupal community Security Native Web Components Resources CKEd...

Today we are talking about WebOps Enabled Accessibility with Tearyne Almendariz and Blake Bertuccelli. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/371 Topics What is WebOps Enabled Accessibility Who should be concerned about it Describe a few use cases What types of tests are good to perform If Accessibility is "built-in" why do I need to test for it How much accessibility is content related Where...

Today we are talking about A Smaller Core with Théodore Biadala. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/370 Topics What is meant by a smaller core What modules have been removed already What is the process Chopping block terminology Which modules are under discussion When they go to contrib is there a maintainer first What is the impact to users of the module How long will they be maintained...

Today we are talking about PHP End of Life with Josh Waihi & Matt Glaman. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/369 Topics PHP End of Life (EoL) Why does PHP go EoL When will php 8.0 EoL How are dates scheduled Who is in charge How do you prepare as a developer How do you prepare as a platform Acquia is supporting for one more year Pantheon has no forced upgrades How do you find edge cases D...

Today we are talking about Image Optimization with Martin Anderson-Clutz. For show notes and more visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/368 Topics Image optimization Why it is important Performance Accessibility and Inclusion Techniques with Drupal Image formats webp svg avif Drupal support What to do before uploading Educating content editors Difference in formats Helpful modules and tools Core Image Styl...

Today we are talking about Not Gaming the Credit System with Tim Lehnen. For show notes and more information visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/367 Topics Episode 361 Who governs credit What is "Gaming the System" What is the motivation to game the system What are the penalties How is the Credit System used How big of a problem is this Why is this a difficult problem Mike Herchel's blog post First time...

Today we are talking about The Schema.org Blueprints Module with Jacob Rockowitz. www.talkingDrupal.com/366 Topics What is Schema.org What is the Schema.org first approach Is this just for SEO What is the Schema.org Blueprints Module What are the goals How does this module benefit your project Can you give us a demo Why Paragraphs How do you handle schema you do not need How do you handle missing...

Today we are talking about The Event Platform with Kaleem Clarkson & Martin Anderson-Clutz. www.talkingDrupal.com/365 Topics Where the idea originated What are the main goals What does it do out of the box Is this a Conference Organizing Distribution (COD) Replacement Why make a module and not a distribution Does this follow the new recipe or starter kit concept Which theme do you target What is o...

Today we are talking about Cypress with Jordan Graham. www.talkingDrupal.com/364 Topics What is Cypress Why testing is important What can you test What can you not test Test cases Difference between Behat and Cypress Syntax Drupal and Cypress Cypress module Test DB Speed of tests Module Ecosystem for Cypress Test runner Fixtures Email testing Grouping tests Order of testing Security Resources cypr...

Today we are talking about Working Within Your Values with Cathy Theys & Tess Flynn. www.talkingDrupal.com/363 Topics What guides our choices? How to maintain values at work Matching values with your company How to approach conflict or misalignment How to consider or change previous choices Maintaining values for smaller conflicts Resources ADR https://www.lullabot.com/values Guests Tess Flynn - h...

Today we are talking about Progressive Web Apps with Alex Borsody and Wilfred Arambhan. www.talkingDrupal.com/362 Topics What are Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) How is a PWA different from a native app or cross platform app What features point towards a PWA What features are difficult to implement Where do they store their data What are some use cases What does the PWA module do Why would you use the...

Today we are talking about The Drupal Credit System with Matthew Tift. www.talkingDrupal.com/361 Topics What is the Drupal Credit system How is credit given How is credit tracked on the backend What is the trickiest part of integration Contributions are weighted, how is that handled Why are contributions weighted Are non code contributions included in the Drupal Credit system How do you run analyt...

Today we are talking about Backdrop CMS with Eric Toupin. www.talkingDrupal.com/360 Topics What is backdrop How did you hear about it Tell us about Aten and your clients What type of work is Aten doing with Stanford Why was Backdrop CMS considered How long was Backdrop out before you considered it Are there features Backdrop has that Drupal does not have What are some limitations of Backdrop If so...

Today we are talking about Contribution Events. www.talkingDrupal.com/359 Topics What are contribution events What is the contribution event What are the key goals Can you give us a quick overview of how you started teh community initiative Why did each of you feel this was important How did you get involved What was involved in the first event What were lessons learned What were the successes of...

Today we are talking about The Project Browser with Leslie Glynn & Tim Plunkett. www.talkingDrupal.com/358 Topics What is Project Browser How are you involved? What is the Drupal Acceleration Team and how is it involved with Project Browser Will it be in Drupal 10 or 11? How are you organizing module data on d.o? How does PB showcase the community working on modules? How does PB work with other in...

Today we are talking about GraphQL with Alexander Varwijk. www.talkingDrupal.com/357 Topics What is GraphQL Common use cases Why GraphQL over JSON:Api How is it being used? How to use it with Drupal Is there a standard? How do you customize it? What resources do you recommend? Resources Book module listener Amit Building a GraphQL API - Beyond the basics GraphQL API examples Shopify GitHub The Gra...

Welcome to Talking Drupal. Today we are talking about The Book Module with Chad Hester. www.talkingDrupal.com/356 Topics Book Module High level overview Unique about the module Real world use cases Why not entity reference Should it be in contrib Where does it not make sense Future? Resources Drupal Book Module Acquia Book Module Video OS Training Guide to Book Module Layout Builder Kit Custom Boo...

Today we are talking about Disability Pride Month with Donna Bungard. www.talkingDrupal.com/355 Topics Disability Pride Month Why July? Why Pride and not Awareness Flag / Symbol What kinds of physical and digital barriers still exist for accessibility Social impact How we can be more inclusive Pathways to being more involved Resources for learning Resources Why Disability Pride Month vs Disability...

Today we are talking about OpenSource.com with AmyJune Hineline. www.talkingDrupal.com/354 Topics OpenSource.ccom Content on the site RedHat IBM Is OpenSource.com open source? Who can contribute What makes a good article Are contributors financially compensated How large is the community Drupal Lifecycle of an article Outdated articles Publishing schedule Resources OpenSource.com To submit an arti...

Today we are talking about Web Components with Ron Northcutt. www.talkingDrupal.com/353 Topics What are native web components How are they different from custom elements How are they different from JS frameworks Libraries Elix Bit Polymer Lit ShadowDOM Difference between Progressive Web App and NWC Benefits of NWC How do you use them What are lifecycle callbacks Styles Html Slots named anonymous S...

Today we are talking about D7 to D9 Migration with Mauricio Dinarte. www.talkingDrupal.com/352 Topics Why are you passionate about migration First thing to think about when migrating Timeline Factors Tips and tricks Helpful tools and migrations Tricky things to migrate Data structure inconsistencies Embedded media Data management Source sets CSV Json DB connection Understanddrupal.com Who is the a...