Talking Drupal

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makes a good article Are contributors financially compensated How large is the community Drupal Lifecycle of an article Outdated articles Publishing schedule Resources OpenSource.com To submit an arti...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...

Today we are talking about Core Theming with Cristina Chumillas. www.talkingDrupal.com/351 Topics What's new in core theming? Why is Claro in core important? Why is Olivero in core important? Why was it so long between new themes? Continuous improvement? What is the biggest improvement? What happens to old themes? Accessibility CSS Build tools Drupal 10 IE UC Compound elements Getting involved Ash...

Today we are talking about Accessibility Scanning & Testing with Mike Gifford & Daniel Mundra. www.talkingDrupal.com/350 Topics Accessibility Scanning and Testing Goals Popular tools Drupal tools Storybook VPAT OpenACR How it replaces VPAT OpenACR and Drupal Tackling Accessibility Tools to use Automation CI/CD Issues that will not be caught Asheville promo removed due to copyright claim Resources...

Today we are talking about Storage Entities with Martin Anderson-clutz. www.talkingDrupal.com/349 Topics Miller TD site update Storage Entities Inspiration Benefit of new entity type Comparison to custom entity Lightweight by design Roadmap Use cases Revisions Inline entity form Core candidacy Naming modules Getting Started Resources https://github.com/johnkerl/miller https://www.drupal.org/projec...

Talking Drupal #348 - A Website's Carbon Footprint Today we are talking about A Website's Carbon Footprint with Gerry McGovern. www.talkingDrupal.com/348 Topics Earth day What is a carbon footprint How do websites contribute How can you calculate your site's impact Cloud vs dedicated hosting How do you determine a vendor's impact Small sites VS FAANG How to improve your site Resources World Wide W...

Today we are talking about GitLab CI with Chris Wells.     www.talkingDrupal.com/347 Topics CI GitLab CI What is Drupal transitioning from? Benefits of CI Key concepts and terminology Commonly used CI tools Community Benefits GitLab CI with other tools Coolest integration at Redfin Resources Gitlab acceleration initiative Hosts Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www...

Today we are talking about Open Source Compensation with Tim Lehnen. www.talkingDrupal.com/346 Topics How was DrupalCon? Suggestion from listener Open Source like cURL and OpenSSL Developer burnout and frustration Question about boosting other contribution to C-Level Great ways to compensate What are you working on now? Resources Open source developers, who work for free, are discovering they have...

Today we are talking about DrupalCon 2022. www.talkingDrupal.com/345 Topics First in person DrupalCon Most impactful thoughts from DriesNote Best Sessions Next year in Drupal New technologies What are you going to try on the flight home How was your session? Any interesting people or conversations? Swag Resources Guests AmyJune Hineline - @volkswagenchick Mike Miles - @mikemiles86 Stephen Cross -...

Today we are talking about Cypress, New Tools, and more. www.talkingDrupal.com/344 Topics Cypress Process HackMD Quant UX Non Drupal SvelteKit Laravel NodeJS Native Web Components Resources Cypress Hackmd Quant Penpot Taiga https://taiga.io https://github.com/taigaio Sveltekit Brian perry FLDC Forecast Harvest Nodejs Type ORM Native Web Components Project Browser Svelte Meme Hosts Nic Laflin - www...

Today we are talking about Marketing Automation with Mautic with Ruth Cheesley. www.talkingDrupal.com/343 Topics What is Marketing Automation What is Mautic How does Mautic work Is Mautic free Similarities between Drupal and Mautic Mautic and Acquia How Mautic works with Drupal What Mautic can automate Privacy features in Safari Customizing Mautic Plugin ecosystem Mautic Acceleration team Resource...

Today we are talking about Acquia Code Studio with Matthew Grasmick and Ron Northcutt. www.talkingDrupal.com/342 Topics What is Acquia Code Studio? Are merge requests something that can be done via the Acquia Dashboard? Can I make edits in the browser? Is it Acquia Cloud only? Can you use gitlab, github or bitbucket? How does testing work? Can it co exist with current dev tools? Can you add additi...

Today we are talking about Mentoring at DrupalCon with AmyJune Hineline. www.talkingDrupal.com/341 Topics Mentoring at DrupalCon Why is mentoring important How can people help Why do people become mentors How does a mentor get started How does mentoring help the community Do mentors get contribution credits What is being done to convert periodic mentors to consistent mentors What makes you passion...

Today we are talking about storybook with Randy Oest. www.talkingDrupal.com/340 Topics What is Storybook Why are component libraries so popular Difference between Storybook and Patternlab Why choose Storybook Useful Addons Docs Controls Accessibility Screen Size Figma Zeppelin Write your own Chromatic visual testing Integration with Drupal Headless environments Emulsify When would you not use Stor...

Today we are talking about Smart Date with Martin Anderson-Clutz www.talkingDrupal.com/339 Topics Why are dates in Drupal so complex How does Smart Date make things easier What inspired you to make Smart Date How has the community helped shape the evolution of Smart Date Are there other key features How is Smart Date's approach to recurring events different from other modules How do you get starte...

Today we are talking about Tailwind CSS with Oliver Davies. www.talkingDrupal.com/338 Topics Tailwind CSS Excitement about Tailwind Why someone would not be excited Benefits Advantages over bootstrap Using it with Drupal Learning the language Starter Kit Tailwind themes Older browsers Build Process Tailwind UI and paid plans Future of Tailwind Responsive Design Resources Tailwind CSS Tailwind CSS...

Today we are talking about Layout Paragraphs with Justin Toupin. www.talkingDrupal.com/337 Topics Ukaine – https://www.drupal.org/association/blog/drupal-association-statement-of-support-for-ukraine Drupal 7 end of life What is Layout Paragraphs How it works Who it is for Current status Timeline for the project Why you worked on this Marketing and editorial staff need flexible tools Complex interf...

Today we are talking about Discover Drupal with Angie Sabin. www.talkingDrupal.com/336 Topics Drupal 10.0.0-alpha2 was tagged Describe Discover Drupal Importance of Discover Drupal Roles in DD Trainee Mentor Supporter Mentor's responsibilities Time commitment Mentor Trainee Mentor application closed North America only and plans to expand Other ways to support the program Number of trainees Plans t...

Today we are talking about LocalGov Drupal. www.talkingDrupal.com/335 Topics LocalGov description What a council is and how LocalGov helps Who it's for Publicly owned asset How distributions reduce cost Layout Builder vs Paragraphs Headless / Decoupled Central gov.uk design system Drupal version Updating Roadmap How to help Resources LocalGov Drupal Main site Demo site, based off default install D...