Talking Drupal

Today we are talking about Drupal Architecture, Common Site Building questions, and How we solve things with Drupal with guest Alexander Varwijk. We’ll also cover Drupal 10.3 as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/457 Topics Where do you start when thinking about a new site or feature. Where is the line for extending vs forking Do you have solutions that you default to when building a feature Do you find people come to Drupal with specific third party requirements What do you think about Headless When do you choose to contribute a new module to Drupal Will recipes change your architecture How do you learn about new ways of doing things Where did you get your username, are you the king of the Netherlands Resources Drupal Core Issues to split "Site builder" functionality into more granular chunks "Administer Users" permission should be separate from "Administer Account Settings" Enabling "List User" without "Administer Users" Fibers for concurrency in core (and the Revolt

Today we are talking about DDEV, The DDEV Community, and It’s Future Sustainability with guest Randy Fay and Andrew Berry. We’ll also cover DDEV Drupal Contrib as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/456 Topics What is DDEV In March you posted the DDEV Project Plan for 2024, what is the contributor training initiative DDEV has grown rapidly over the past few years, what do you attribute that to You seem to be the face of DDEV, who else is involved How is DDEV funded What happens when you retire Does the DDEV Foundation have employees What is DDEV coded in What is your favorite feature of DDEV What is next How can people get involved Resources DDEV Project 2024 Plans DDEV Contributor Live Training Scheduling and signup DDEV Discord Nerdsniping XKCD Comic Level one learning xz utils Guests Andrew Berry - deviantintegral Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Randy Fay - rfay MOTW Correspondent Martin Anderson-Clutz - mand

Today we are talking about AI Tips for Drupal Devs, AI Best Practices, and Drupal Droid with guest Mike Miles. We’ll also cover AI interpolator as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/455 Topics Top 5 tips Idea Generation (Ideation) Code Generation Debugging Content Generation Technical Explanations How do you suggest people use AI for Ideation Is MIT Sloan using AI to help with Drupal Development Does that code get directly inserted into your sites What are some common pitfalls Is your team using AI for debugging Any best practices you have found helping when working with AI Is MIT Sloan using AI for content generation What is an example of how you use AI for technical explanations What is your view ont he future of AI in Drupal, do you think AI will replace Drupal developers Resources Drupal Droid Talking Drupal - Drupal Droid Workflows of ai AI guidelines https://ist.mit.edu/ai-guidance https://mitsloanedtech.mit.edu/ai/ Using AI as a Development Tool Drupal Starsh

Today we are talking about Drupal’s API Client, What it does, and why you might need it with guest Brian Perry. We’ll also cover Iconify Icons as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/454 Topics Brian what is new with you! Elevator pitch for Drupal API Client What was Pitchburg like Is this a normalizer for JSON API Why is this JS framework agnostic What is typescript and how does Drupal API Client use it Looking at the quick start guide the second step is to create an instance, where do you do that Who is this module for Will Drupal API Client be added to core What is on the roadmap How does this relate to Chapter Three and Next.js What is the spin up time How will Starshot impact this Resources API Client API Client Quick Start NPM Packages Ideas Queue Issue - Promote API client packages to Drupal NPM namespace Drupal at your Fingertips Open collective JSON API Schema Guests Brian Perry - brianperry.dev brianperry Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan Joh

 Today we are talking about Urban Institute, What they do, and How they use Drupal with guest Josh Miller. We’ll also cover Access Unpublished as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/453 Topics Tell us how you got started with Drupal What does Urban Institute do What do you do at Urban Institute Number of people on dev team Number of sites How does Urban Institute use Drupal Are you using a custom upstream How many sites on Drupal 7 Are you doing Page builders What kind of front end tools do you use What is the preferred local development tool Why did Urban Institute choose Drupal What is the hardest part of using Drupal at a large non profit What is the most interesting interactive experience you have built for Urban Institute Resources Urban Institute https://www.urban.org/ https://datacatalog.urban.org https://upward-mobility.urban.org/ Josh's new custom home Urban Institute at DrupalCon 2023 DKAN Drupal GovCon Post-recording https://www.palantir.net/blog/open-all

Today we are talking about web design and development, from a group of people with one thing in common… We love Drupal. This is episode #452 Starshot & Experience Builder. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/452 Topics What is Starshot What is Experience builder How will Starshot build on Drupal Core Will Experience builder be added to Core Listener thejimbirch: When will people hear about their pledge Listener brook_heaton: Will experience builder be compatible with layout builder Will Experience builder allow people to style content Listener Matthieu Scarset Who is Starshot trying to compete with Listener Andy Blum Does the DA or other major hosting companies plan to set up cheap, easy hosted Drupal Listener Ryan Szarma Who does this initiative serve in the business community How can people get involved Resources Drupal Starshot Experience Builder Guests Lauri Eskola - lauriii Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Matthew Gra

Today we are talking about Drupal Marketing with version numbers, what competitors are doing, and Learning to Just Saying Drupal with guest Ivan Stegic. We’ll also cover Trash as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/451 Topics What is the premise of Just Say Drupal Why do you think it is important to drop the version number Where do you suggest we drop verison numbers In sales, if you don't mention version, how do you talk to clients Why could using version numbers be detrimental What do you suggest we call Drupal 7 Have you spoken to the Drupal marketing team At Drupalcon they unveiled a new Brand Guide What do you think of Drupal Starshot Where do we go from here Resources Ten7 Blog - Just Say Drupal https://ten7.com/blog/post/just-say-drupal https://justsaydrupal.org Drupal issue Drupal Brand Guide Drupal.org Issue Starshot https://www.drupal.org/starshot https://www.hojtsy.hu/blog/2024-may-13/drupal-11-deep-dive-watch-recording-present-your-own-free-slides https://he

Today we are talking about Certification & Exam Prep, Resources for studying, and tips to get a passing grade with guests Chad Hester & Martin Anderson-Clutz. We’ll also cover Quiz Maker as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/450 Topics Why are exams and certifications important to dev's After going through the Talking Drupal Skills Upgrade mini series do you feel preparted to take an Acquia certification How should someone get ready What are some struggles people may have getting ready What does the plan look like for someone getting ready Does Acquia provide pre tests Did Skills Upgrade prepare you for this type of assessment What happens if you do not pass How do you know you're ready Tips and tricks for taking a test Where do you take the test Questions to someone who has taken the test Special surprise Resources Acquia Certification Study Guides Acquia Certification Information Widgets Burritos D8 Certification Study Guide certification@acquia.com for questions

Today we are talking about Agile Methodologies, How to pick the best one, and why they matter with guest Chris Wells. We’ll also cover CKEditor Text Transformation / AutoCorrect as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/449 Topics Drupal FL Camp talk Fundamentals of Agile How do you square long term planning What is Redfin Solutions's preferred methodology What is Crystal Agile Methodology Do other methodologies have web specific versions Would you agree that large companies can use different agile methodologies Have you ever used Scrumban Listener Question: Shivan xamount:: Story points are usually equated to fibonacci numbers. These are not supposed to correlate to hours, what do you think about that? Resources Drupal Camp FL - Letting Agile Emergeupal Camp FL - Letting Agile Emerge Scrum vs Kanban vs Scrumban Pirate module Alfred auto expansion 4 Kitchen’s talk - Consultancy scrum Sam Ryan project management methodologies Guests Chris Wells - chrisfromredfin.dev chrisfromr

Welcome back to “Skills Upgrade” a Talking Drupal mini-series following the journey of a D7 developer learning D10. This is the final episode, 9. Topics Review status of Chad's Smart Date test Panel discussion Chad, What was your biggest takeaway? Mike, How do you approach this type of one on one mentorship differently than your courses? AmyJune, do you think there are other types of focused mentorship like this that would be valuable to the community? Chad, what was the most surprising thing you learned in Modern Drupal vs Drupal 7? Michael, what did you learn through this process? How do you think people will use this journey to help their learning process? Chad, what are your plans for your next contribution? Resources Chad's Drupal 10 Learning Curriclum & Journal Chad's Drupal 10 Learning Notes The Linux Foundation is offering a discount of 30% off e-learning courses, certifications and bundles with the code, all uppercase DRUPAL24 and that is good until June 5th https://training.linuxfoundation

Today we are talking about Drupal 11 Readiness, What you need to think about, and PHPStan with guest Matt Glaman. We’ll also cover MRN as our module of the week. For show notes visit: [www.talkingDrupal.com/448https://www.talkingDrupal.com/448) Topics What do we mean by Drupal 11 Readiness How will this be different than 9 and 10 Top 5 tips D11 Meeting and slack channel Will this be easier Major issues What is PHPStan How does it play a role How is PHPStan Drupal different than PHPStan Does using PHPStan with drupal reduce the need for tests How do you see it evolving over the next few years Drupal 12 wishlist Resources PHPStan Drupal PHPStan Herodevs DrupalCon Party Smart date BC calls Contrib semantic versioning thoughts Change records Drop is always moving Project analysis Gabor article Drupal rector Project update working group LTS even odd PHP version PHP stan rule levels Title issue Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Matt Glaman - mglaman.dev

Welcome back to “Skills Upgrade” a Talking Drupal mini-series following the journey of a D7 developer learning D10. This is episode 8. Topics Review Chad's questions What is the process of creating a new issue, reviewing automated tests, and creating a merge request for review by the project maintainer? https://www.drupal.org/docs/develop/git/using-gitlab-to-contribute-to-drupal https://www.drupal.org/docs/develop/git/using-gitlab-to-contribute-to-drupal/creating-issue-forks My example issue: https://www.drupal.org/project/smart_date/issues/3432819 My example merge request: https://git.drupalcode.org/project/smart_date/-/merge_requests/94 If we're not using Composer to pull the contrib module, how do we make sure that all dependencies are handled? How can someone navigate so many complex issues without getting lost or "barking up the wrong tree"? Tasks for the upcoming week Work toward getting the merge request accepted. Document learning bullet points for this journey. Resources Chad's Dru

Today we are talking about Drupal Single Sign On, The Benefits it brings to the Drupal Community, and A new book called Fog & Fireflies with guest Tim Lehnen. We’ll also cover Drupal.org Username Field as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/447 Topics What is Single Sign On (SSO) Does Drupal already support SSO Why is SSO on drupal.org important Camps using SSO Other possibilities Gitlab login Cloud IAM Why did the Drupal Association choose Cloud IAM How do you see the collaboration growing Where are we now What are the next steps How far are we from this becoming a reality What does onboarding look like Will third party sites be able to use D.O SSO Can the community help Fog & Fireflies First book Can you buy it now Resources Single Sign On is coming to Drupal.org thanks to Cloud IAM A new book called Fog & Fireflies Open ID Connect module Keycloak Neil Drumm Lucas Heddn Marco Villegas Tim Lehnen Guests Tim Lehnen - aspenthornpress.com hestenet Hosts Nic Laf

Welcome back to “Skills Upgrade” a Talking Drupal mini-series following the journey of a D7 developer learning D10. This is episode 7. Topics Review Chad's goals for the previous week Test Example Set up phpunit.xml Start with FrontPageLinkTest.php Review Chad's questions In the testing_example module, the file "src/Controller/TestingExampleController.php" has a function for simpletestDescription(). Is this an outdated artifact that should have been removed at some point? The module itself doesn't appear to use Simpletest elsewhere and appears to only rely on PHPUnit. What do you recommend for the minimal code structure to include for any given test type? Is the Testing Example module an ideal model or are there other resources I should review? The testing reference from Selwyn was helpful. In the "FrontPageLinkDependenciesTest.php" setUp() function, the createContentType() function is called without specifying the type. Is that set somewhere else? I may have overlooked it. Nevermind—it's set using ra

Today we are talking about Test Driven Development, Why it’s important, and How it improves development with guest Alexey Korepov. We’ll also cover Test Helpers as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/446 Topics What does the term Test Driven Development (TDD) mean Does Drupal make use of TDD What makes TDD different from other methods of Development Do you have to change your way of thinking What are some good resources to learn TDD Do you have any pointers for teams looking to get started Are certain kinds of projects better suited to TDD How have dev teams adapted to TDD Any advice on environment setup Any special tools Resources Open telemetry QA Engineer Kent Beck Test Driven Development: By Example Needs tests tag Local unit tests PHPUnit Guests Alexey Korepov - korepov.pro Murz Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu Matt Glaman - mglaman.dev mglaman MOTW Correspondent Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu Brief description: H

Welcome back to “Skills Upgrade” a Talking Drupal mini-series following the journey of a D7 developer learning D10. This is episode 6. Topics Review Chad's goals for the previous week Review Chad's questions Array structures accordion.html.twig D7 to D10 migrations Tasks for the upcoming week [testing_example](https://git.drupalcode.org/project/examples/-/tree/4.0.x/modules/testing_example? Be sure to install drupal/core-dev dependencies using composer require –dev drupal/core-devref_type=heads) from Examples module. Set up phpunit.xml file in project root - using this file to start Run existing tests using command line from the project root. Something like: phpunit web/modules/contrib/examples/modules/testing_example/tests Review test code in module. Start with FrontPageLinkTest.php, then FrontPageLinkDependenciesTest.php, then TestingExampleMenuTest.php Resources Understand Drupal - Migrations Chad's Drupal 10 Learning Curriclum & Journal Chad's Drupal 10 Learning Notes The Linux Foundation

Today we are talking about The Drupal Bounty Program, How it supports innovation, and how you can get involved with guest Alex Moreno. We’ll also cover WebProfiler as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/445 Topics What is the Drupal Bounty program How and when did it start What issues and tasks are included Has the bounty program been successful Why was this program extended Do you see any drawbacks Can anyone participate How are issues for the second round being selected What do you see the future of the bounty program looking like Could this become like other bounty programs with cash Do you think the bounty program will help maintainers get sponsorship Resources Introducing The Bounty Program Bounty Program Extension Bjorn Talking Drupal #425 - Modernizing Drupal 10 Theme Development Guests Alejandro Moreno - alexmoreno.net alexmoreno Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Matt Glaman - mglaman.dev mglaman MOTW Correspon

Welcome back to “Skills Upgrade” a Talking Drupal mini-series following the journey of a D7 developer learning D10. This is episode 5. Topics Review Chad's goals for the previous week .gitignore Field Example module Plugin API Drupaal 10 Masterclass book Review Chad's questions Field Example follow up Tasks for the upcoming week Examples module: js_example module js_example.libraries.yml hook_theme() implementation in js_example.module JsExampleController template files Resources .gitignore Drupal 10 Masterclass Modernizing Drupal 10 Theme Development Chad's Drupal 10 Learning Curriclum & Journal Chad's Drupal 10 Learning Notes The Linux Foundation is offering a discount of 30% off e-learning courses, certifications and bundles with the code, all uppercase DRUPAL24 and that is good until June 5th https://training.linuxfoundation.org/certification-catalog/ Hosts AmyJune Hineline - @volkswagenchick Guests Chad Hester - chadkhester.com @chadkhest Mike Anello - DrupalEasy.com @ultimike

Today we are talking about design to development hand off, common complications, and ways to optimize your process with guest Crispin Bailey. We’ll also cover Office Hours as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/444 Topics Primary activities of the team Where does handoff start Handoff artifact Tools for collaboration Figma Evaluating new tools Challenges of developers and designers working together How can we optimize handoff What steps can the dev team take to facilitate smooth handoff Framework recommendation Final quality AI Guests Crispin Bailey - kalamuna.com crispinbailey Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Anna Mykhailova - kalamuna.com amykhailova MOTW Correspondent Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu Brief description: Have you ever wanted to manage and display the hours of operation for a business on your Drupal site? There’s a module for that Module name/project name: Office Hours Brief history How old: cre

Welcome back to “Skills Upgrade” a Talking Drupal mini-series following the journey of a D7 developer learning D10. This is episode 4. Topics Review Chad's goals for the previous week Install Drush Setup git repo Examples module Review Chad's questions .gitignore Core file naming Tasks for the upcoming week Reminder of the capstone goal: create MR for new automated test in contrib module. Examples module: field_example. New RGB field type with formatter and widgets. Focus on stuff in field_example/src/Plugin/Field Background info on Plugins: https://www.drupal.org/docs/drupal-apis/plugin-api Focus on the following sections: https://www.drupal.org/docs/drupal-apis/plugin-api/plugin-api-overview https://www.drupal.org/docs/drupal-apis/plugin-api/why-plugins https://www.drupal.org/docs/drupal-apis/plugin-api/annotations-based-plugins Resources Chad's Drupal 10 Learning Curriclum & Journal Chad's Drupal 10 Learning Notes The Linux Foundation is offering a discount of 30% off e-learning co