Talking Drupal

Today we are talking about The Drop Times with Anoop John. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/384 Topics Tell us about the Drop Times Tell us a bit about yourself Getting involved with Drupal People behind Drop Times Mission of the Drop Times Content source Current audience Attribution issues How has the beginning been Funding Roadmap Non-profit Contribution of content How can we help Res...

Today we are talking about Programming the Physical World with Stephen Cross. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/383 Topics What is meant by Programming in the Physical World How do people interact How are we focusing today's topic What is a Microcontroller What would you not use a microcontroller for How do they get programmed and what language How do you contain the device Do you need t...

Today we are talking about A11y Test Automation with Nightwatch with Daniel Mundra and Ben Mullins. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/382 Topics What is Nightwatch Integration with Drupal Dev workflow How long part of Drupal core testing Type of a11y testing How does it save time How often do you run Recommendation on types of projects Cypress Contrib adoption Exceptions and false positi...

This is episode #381 A Modular Web with Sam Bhagwat. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/381 Topics Gatsby Founding Gatsby Modular: The Web's New Architecture When did you decide to write the book Key tech changes over time What is the Modular Web Successful architecture Is it similar to serverless Challenges Drupal focused companies and modularity Advice on transitioning Drupal 2023 and G...

Today we are talking about The Drupal Event Organizers Working Group with Avi Schwab. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/379 Topics What is the EOWG How was it formed What are some of the initiatives How does the EOWG support Drupal Events How is the EOWG different from the Contrib Events Community Initiative What is planned for 2023 How do you get involved Becoming a board member Drupalc...

Today we share interviews conducted at NEDCamp in November 2022. This is an audio only episode. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com380 Topics / Guests John Picozzi Shane Thomas Donna Bungard Chris Wells Jacob Rockowitz Leslie Glynn Mike Anello Mike Miles Nic Laflin Hosts Stephen Cross @stephencross MOTW with Martin Anderson-Clutz - @mandclu Bookable Calendar Module https://www.drupal.org/p...

Today we are talking about Acquia's Drupal Acceleration Team with Tim Plunkett. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/378 Topics What is the Drupal Acceleration Team (DAT) Responsibilities Previous releases Office of the CTO - OCTO How big is the team Direction Priorities for new releases Dries' involvement Contribution % What are you working on now Something you wish you were working on R&D...

Today we are talking about the Drupal State module with Brian Perry. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/377 Topics NedCamp Drupal State Module Who is involved Drupal State - a module without a release NPM Decoupled menus What problem does this solve How is this different from GraphQl In production Roadmap Getting involved Which front-end Individual Drupal ecosystems like commerce Evaluati...

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...