Talking Drupal

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 schema Have any sites used this What is your maintenance approach Roadmap Recommendations Contributing to Schema.org Resources Introducing the Schema.org Blueprints Module for Ambitious Drupal Site Builders Schema.org Blueprints project page Schema.org-first blog posts The future of our Drupal CMS and Schema.org: APIs, UI, and UX Using a Schema.org-First approach to build a single source of truth and a unified Content Management System Exploring a Schema-First approach to Drupal and Content Management Systems Videos Here is a 7 minute demo of the module’s features and functionality Here is a demo of a podcas

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 on the roadmap Where can the event platform team use help Anything else Resources Event Platform Module Smart Date Event Organizers Working Group COD Drupal Event Platform Initiative Guests Kaleem Clarkson - kaleemclarkson.com @kaleemclarkson Martin Anderson-Clutz - @mandclu Hosts Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi MOTW Smart Date This module attempts to provide a more user-friendly date field, by upgrading the functionality of core in a number of ways.

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 cypress.io Email handling extension Tech Radar #1 tech to adopt Colorado talk: Not yet online Webinar version is available at Aten’s website Repo for project Cypress Drupal Module Guests Jordan Graham - @jordanlgraham Hosts Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi Tim Lehnen - @hestenet MOTW Views Aggregator Plus As the Views and Views Calc modules rely on the database to perform aggregation, you only have limited options at your disposal. As the great Merlin himself said: "You can’t aggregate a PHP expression in the database. :/ ". That’s where Views Aggregator

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 - https://deninet.com/ Hosts Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi Cathy Theys - @YesCT MOTW Representative Image Allows you to define representative image or media fields for entities like nodes, taxonomy terms and the like. These can then be used in Open Graph meta tags (via tokens); as fields in views; or embedded as tokens. The media module is also supported. A default image can be defined for those entities without images.

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 PWA module Potential enhancements to the PWA module Google’s Plans Security Resources A Drupal developer’s guide to Progressive Web Apps An almost complete guide to PWAs+, using Drupal as the glue code (though many other technology will do) Project Fugu/web capabilities Web capabilities tracker. WebAuthn Web Workers Programmable cache What Web Can Do Native/App store submission Ionic WKWebView evaluateJavascript() https://www.hackingwithswift.com/example-code/wkwebview/how-to-run-javascript-on-a-wkwebview-with-evaluatejavascript https://developer.chrome.com/docs/android/trusted-web-activity/ https://www.

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 analytics on the data What is changing with the credit system Other communities are thinking of integrating a credit system what are lessons shared Resources Drupal Contribution Credits Drupal Marketplace Matthew’s website (the hub for everything he does) How We Compare: Leaderboards and Related Comparison Metrics in the Drupal Community (2021) Contribution Recognition and the Drupal Project (2021) Drupal’s Credit System and Evidence-Based Open-Source Sustainability (2021) All Things Open GitLab Commit Leaderboards and Metrics at Drupal.org with Matthew Tift and Tim Lehnen DrupalCon Seattle: The Imaginary Band of D

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 someone has Drupal 7 what do you consider the criteria for Backdrop vs Drupal 9 Are you working on other Backdrop sites Do you consider Backdrop it’s own CMS Have you contributed anything back to Drupal from Backdrop Does Aten consider Backdrop a service it provides Resources Talking Drupal #17 - Backdrop Talking Drupal #218 - Backdrop Talking Drupal # 319 - Backdrop CMS Justin Toupin - Talking Drupal #337 Cypress Guests Eric Toupin - www.drupal.org/u/erictoupin Hosts Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi Cathy Theys - @YesCT MOTW hreflang The core Cont

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 the first event How can someone have a contribution event Are there differences in having events centered on various areas What are the most important resources How can someone get involved Resources Contribution Events Initiative Contribution Events Slack Drupal 10 Porting Day John’s Non-Code Contribution talk at DrupalCon Portland Contribution Events Project Drupal Pod Meeting times Guests Kristen Pol - www.drupal.org/u/kristen-pol @kristen_pol Surabhi Gokte - www.drupal.org/u/surabhi-gokte @SurabhiGokte Hosts Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi Ryan

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 initiatives like Automatic Updates How has management changed over the project? Security? How is Chris Wells as an initiative lead? What makes a good project lead? Anything else? Resources Drupal Acceleration Team post about things they’ve done The Update Framework (used by Automatic Updates) PHP implementation of The Update Framework: php-tuf Kanban board for content updates Upcoming contribution events Drupal Colorado DrupalCon Prague Driesnote DrupalCon North America 2021 - Announcing the Project Browser Initiative Start around 50 minutes Driesnote DrupalCon Portland 2022 - Drupal 11 - Project Browser

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 GraphQL specification repository on GitHub The Drupal GraphQL module The GraphQL PHP library GraphQL in the Open Social Drupal distribution Serving GraphQL Subscriptions Using PHP and Drupal The GraphQL documentation website Production Ready GraphQL - Marc-Andre Giroux GraphQL specification for servers and clients http://spec.graphql.org/ https://github.com/graphql/graphql-spec/ GraphQL OAuth The GraphQL Compose module UrQL Relay ReScript Caching & GraphQL: Setting the Story Straight Guests Alexander Varwijk - www.alexandervarwijk.com/ @kingdutch Hosts Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxva

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 Book Block Support the ImageX Ukraine team Chad’s trip to BC from Baltimore and adventures nomading in Canada and the US: Guests www.chadkhester.com @chadkhester Hosts Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi Ryan Price - ryanpricemedia.com - @liberatr MOTW Purge The purge module facilitates cleaning external caching systems, reverse proxies and CDNs as content actually changes. This allows external caching layers to keep unchanged content cached infinitely, making content delivery more efficient, resilient and better guarded against traffic spikes.

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 Awareness Month - Specially Gifted .org Disability Pride Month Flag Cerebral palsy The Power of Different Disfigured? Audible book about disabled voices / Dancing Talking Drupal #316 - Accessibility Multiple sclerosis (MS) IAAP certifications A11y Talks Keely Cat-Wells Listen to About Us by Andrew Solomon - foreword, Peter Catapano - editor, Rosemarie Garland-Thomson - editor on Audible. About us NYT Hosts Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi Donna Bungard - @dbungard MOTW Project Browser The Project Browser makes it easy for site builders to find modu

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 article or ask AJ questions: open@opensource.com Enable sysadmin Write for ES - Enable architect redhat.com/architect/contribute - The Enterpriser’s Project How to write for TEP - People Powered - Jono Bacon Accessibility Scanning & Testing Guests AmyJune Hineline - @volkswagenchick Hosts Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi Donna Bungard - @dbungard MOTW Only One The Allow a content type only once module allows the creation of Only One content per language in the selected content types for this configuration.

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 Support for NWCs Use cases Anything else? Resources Marfan Foundation Libraries Elix Bit Polymer Lit-html Mitosis Component Singular module webcomponents.org Webcomponents module Guests Ron Northcutt - @rlnorthcutt Hosts Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi Donna Bungard - @dbungard MOTW Menu block This module provides configurable blocks of menu links with additional features not available in Drupal 8+ core.

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 audience Any new content Resources Demo of Event Platform Understand Drupal Modules - spreadsheet of content model Media migration module Migrate project category Migrate ecosystem 31 Days of Migration Miller 0 to 20 Years Guests Mauricio Dinarte - understanddrupal.com - @dinarcon Hosts Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi Donna Bungard - @dbungard MOTW Event Platform The Event Platform is actually a set of modules, each of which provides functionality designed to satisfy the needs of anyone creating a site for a Drupal Camp or similar event.

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 Asheville promo removed due to copyright claim Resources Load assets from template issue Mike’s presentation on Olivero’s menu Future of CSS in Drupal Meeting times #frontend channel in Drupal slack 11am ET / 3pm GMT Guests Hosts Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi Mike Herchel - herchel.com - @mikeherchel MOTW Quicklink This module provides an implementation of Google Chrome Lab’s Quicklink library for Drupal. Quicklink is a lightweight (< 1kb compressed) JavaScript library that enables faster subsequent page-loads by prefetching in-viewport lin

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 OpenACR https://github.com/GSA/openacr https://gsa.github.io/openacr-editor/ Accessibility Scanner Editoria11y Pa11y + Axe Cypress-axe Open source & accessibility (including list of open source tools) Site improve Purple hats WCAG-EM Fable tech labs Least accessible site Spoke truing tool GAAD Pledge Guests Mike Gifford - mgifford.medium.com @mgifford Daniel Mundra - danielmundra.com Hosts Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi Mike Herchel - herchel.com - @mikeherchel MOTW Editoria11y Editoria11y (“editorial accessibility”) is a user-fri

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/project/storage https://www.drupal.org/project/inline_entity_form https://www.drupal.org/project/tasks https://www.drupal.org/project/quick_links https://www.drupal.org/project/autogrid https://www.drupal.org/project/auto_entitylabel https://www.drupal.org/project/microcontent https://www.drupal.org/project/ideas/issues/607396 https://www.drupal.org/project/content_moderation_link Guests Martin Anderson-Clutz - @mandclu Hosts Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi Mike Herchel - herchel.com - @mikeherchel MOTW Preview Link Provides a preview link that is token

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 Waste podcast Chats with Gerry McGovern and guests about digital sustainability and Earth Experience Design Book How is your website impacting the planet? How green is your site? Sustainable Design Tom Greenwood: Sustainable Web Design Make greener design choices for better experiences and a healthier planet. https://abookapart.com/products/sustainable-web-design Macarthur foundation Circular Economy Guests Gerry McGovern - gerrymcgovern.com @gerrymcgovern Hosts Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan John Picozzi - www.epam.com @johnpicozzi Mike Herchel - herchel.com - @mikeherchel MOTW

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.epam.com @johnpicozzi Chris Wells - redfinsolutions.com - @chrisfromredfin