Talking Drupal

Today we are talking about Violinist.io, Managing Composer Dependencies, and automation with guest Eirik Morland. We’ll also cover Composer Patches as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/443 Topics What is Violinist.io How does it work How much technical knowledge do you need Is this a security risk How much does it cost Patron question: Peter: Difference between violinist and dependabot What are the major differences in plans Who is the ideal user Can you self host Can this help with Drupal 11 readiness Complementary tools Notable users Why did you start this What is it like using Drupal for a SAAS Is it open source Pros and cons of open source for a SAAS How can the community support What is on the roadmap Resources Violinist.io Violinist on D.o Guests     Eirik Morland - violinist.io eiriksm Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu Anna Mykhailova - kalamuna.com amykhailova   MOTW Correspondent Martin Anderson-Clutz

Welcome back to “Skills Upgrade” a Talking Drupal mini-series following the journey of a D7 developer learning D10. This is episode 3. Topics Review Chad's goals for the previous week DDEV performance improvements Install Drupal 10 Install drupal/core-dev Configure and test phpcs Test phpstan settings.local.php Install Devel module Review Chad's questions Rancher Desktop appears to be holding on to port 443 after I installed it. Although I changed the port to something else, do you have any suggestions to update the setup to use ports 443 and 80 instead? How are tools like phpcs and PHPStan used by the Drupal community for contrib? Are they a part of drupal.org's testing automation? Starting a new D10 website from scratch in DDEV is one thing … How would I typically work with an existing D10 website? Do I start with the community config, then overwrite the code, database, and files? Is there a better approach? Tasks for the upcoming week Install Drush using Composer Examples module https://dru

Today we are talking about Mercury Editor, What it does, and how it could change your editorial life with guest Justin Toupin. We’ll also cover Webform Protected Downloads as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/442 Topics What is Mercury Editor What is powering Mercury Editor Do you see any risk building on top of Paragraphs Does Mercury Editor cost anything Can companies hire Aten to add features What are some key features What makes Mercury Editor unique How stable is the content What happens if Paragraphs stops being supported How can the community help Resources Mercury Editor Layout Paragraphs Episode Layout Paragraphs Paragraphs Library Sub-module of Paragraphs Style options Layout Paragraphs restrictions Guests Justin Toupin - atendesigngroup.com justin2pin Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Anna Mykhailova - kalamuna.com amykhailova MOTW Correspondent Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu Brief description:

Welcome back to “Skills Upgrade” a Talking Drupal mini-series following the journey of a D7 developer learning D10. This is episode 2. Topics Review Chad's goals for the previous week DDEV Installation Docker for Mac vs other options IDE Setup Review Chad's questions Tasks for the upcoming week DDEV improve performance Install Drupal 10 Install drupal/core dependencies Configure and test phpcs Test phpstan Set up settings.local.php Install devel module Resources DDEV Performance DDEV Quickstart Drupal Core Dependencies How to Implement Drupal Code Standards Running PHPStan On Drupal Custom Modules Why you should care about using settings.local.php Rancher Desktop Chad's Drupal 10 Learning Curriclum & Journal Chad's Drupal 10 Learning Notes Hosts AmyJune Hineline - @volkswagenchick Guests Chad Hester - chadkhester.com @chadkhest Mike Anello - DrupalEasy.com @ultimike

Today we are talking about CI for Drupal modules, How it helps us build Drupal, and the ongoing work and improvements being made with guest Fran Garcia-Linares. We’ll also cover Require on Publish as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/441 Topics What does CI mean How do Drupal modules use CI When we talk about Drupal CI are we talking about the website itself or the CI that supports contributors What tools does Drupal use for CI How do maintainers interact with CI What changes have happened in the last year Speed improvements Drupal CI vs Gitlab CI Process to convert When is Drupal CI being shut down What improvements are coming If someone has an issue where do they get help Resources Gitlab templates module Gitlab CI Drupal Support ElasticSearch 8 [#3279558] | Drupal.org Slack channel for ci questions #gitlab DrupalCI and all patch testing will be turned off on July 1, 2024 | Drupal.org Testing a Drupal module | Basic module building tutorial: Lorem ipsum generator Gitl

This is the first episode of Skills Upgrade, a Talking Drupal mini-series following the journey of a Drupal 7 developer learning Drupal 10. Topics Chad and Mike's first meeting Chad's Background Chad's goals Tasks for the week Resources Chad's Drupal 10 Learning Curriclum & Journal Chad's Drupal 10 Learning Notes Hosts AmyJune Hineline - @volkswagenchick Guests Chad Hester - chadkhester.com @chadkhest Mike Anello - DrupalEasy.com @ultamike

Today we are talking about the cost around Drupal, common misconceptions, and how you get what you pay for with guest Jeff Robbins. We’ll also cover Module Instructions as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/440 Topics What is new! How did you get started with Drupal Selling Drupal and the cost How much is the technology vs the complexity of projects that lend themselves to Drupal Value of Drupal What can the Drupal community do to make it more widely attractive Versionless Drupal marketing Resources Drupal.org README.md Documentation Drupal versioning discussion Talking Drupal #390 - Employee Owned Companies Talking Drupal #429 - The Drupal Association Board Talking Drupal #439 - Drupal 7 Long-Term Support Visibox Jeff Robbins MySQL PHP Guests Jeff Robbins - jjeff.com jjeff Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Ivan Stegic - ten7.com ivanstegic MOTW Correspondent Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu Brief description: H

Today we are talking about Drupal 7 Long Term Support, common security tips, and support services you can use with guests Greg Knaddison, Aaron Frost, and Dave Welch . We’ll also cover Storybook as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/439 Topics Drupal 7 EoL Drupal will not stop working Security team perspective Security concerns Extened Community Support Long Term support HeroDevs Never ending support (NES) PHP Hosting Security Contrib Product advisor Colorado Digital Service Resources herodevs.com Colorado Digital Service Guests Greg Knaddison - morrisanimalfoundation.org greggles Aaron Frost - herodevs.com aaronfrost Dave Welch - herodevs.com dwelch2344 Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Ivan Stegic - ten7.com ivanstegic MOTW Correspondent Mark Casias - markie Module name/project name: Storybook Brief description: The storybook module makes it easier to create a connection between Drupal and Storybook. It

Today we are talking about CKEditor 4 End of Life, Moving to CKEditor 5, and what you can expect from CKEditor 5 now and in the future with guest Wim Leers. We’ll also cover CKEditor 5 Premium Features as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/438 Topics CKEditor 4 end of life June 2023 Issues people might see if they are still on CKE4 Why a third party library and not roll our own Are there other alternatives Why did Drupal decide on CKEditor Drupal 10 moved to CKE5 How should people update Upgrade gotchas What's new in CKE5 What is on the roadmap regarding Drupal and CKE5 Is there going to be a CKE6 Native Web Components Does CKE in core affect Gutenberg Resources CKEditor 4 End Of Life Contrib Core, prioritized upstream blockers Core, all issues blocked on upstream (currently 29), if we look just at bugs there's 17 (1 of which is critical, 6 major) Drastically improve the linking experience in CKEditor 5 Drupal Image ability to opt in to SVG image uploads Native and U

Today we are talking about sending email with Drupal, The Easy Email Module, and Drupal Mail Best Practices with guest Wayne Eaker. We’ll also cover Content Access by Path as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/437 Topics Current state of email What happened to swiftmailer Do you still need the mailsystem module Why Symfony Mailer New dependency in core Difference between Symfony Mailer module and the Symfony Mailer Lite module How does the Easy email module make it easier What are the features of Easy Email Why not use PHP mail JMAP Do you have a roadmap How do we communicate the different module options Are you looking for help Resources Easy Email Module Symfony Mailer Lite Module Symfony Mailer Module Mail System Module hook_mail replacement issue Swiftmailer / Symfony mailer issue JMAP FastMail Free Easy Email Webinar Guests Wayne Eaker - drupaltutor.com zengenuity Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Ivan Stegic

Today we are talking about AI within Drupal, How AI can help, and Modules to use with guest Martin Anderson-Clutz. We’ll also cover Augmentor AI as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/436 Topics Terminology IMF analysis Prompt engineering AI in Drupal Best way to try modules Best use of AI Other ways of integrating Resources Augmentor AI Open AI Prompt Engineering: Get the Most From Your Drupal Site's AI Integration Terminology NLP - work with text provided in a conversational format, understand the intended meaning, and provide a relevant response AI - A subset of CS that aims to develop systems that can mimic human response, or automating sophisticated behavior ML - subset of AI that aims to act without explicit guidance, by extrapolating from known data Deep learning - a subset of ML which uses artificial neural networks with representational learning to develop and leverage their own means of classification and other feature detection LLM - an AI algorithm that uses D

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 #435 UI Suite initiative. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/435 Topics Elevator Pitch What do you mean by implementing design systems Is this to thel themers or site builders What is the expected outcome The project page says initiative, but this is not on the community initiatives page, is this an intitiative How does this implement public design systems Does this work with Single Directory Components Youtube Channel Getting involved Roadmap Use cases Do you see this going into core Resources UI Suite Initiative UI Suite YouTube UI Suite Slack Guests Pierre Dureau - LinkedIn pdureau Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi MOTW Correspondent Chris Wells - chrisfromredfin Brief description: Have you ever wanted simple but accessible dropdown navigation on your Drupal website? There’s a module for that. Mo

Today we are talking about te show itself. We’ll also cover Autosave Form as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/434 Topics Update on the show Guest hosts MOTW Correspondent Newsletter Sponsorship Open Collective Content New content in 2024 Expanding team Resources Open Collective Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Stephen Cross - stephencross.com stephencross MOTW Correspondent Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu Brief description: Have you ever wanted an autosave feature on your Drupal site’s forms, so content creators won’t lose their work if they accidentally close the window or lose power? There’s a module for that. Module name/project name: Autosave Form Brief history How old: created in Nov 2016 by Hristo Chonov of 1x Internet, who is also one of the organizers of Drupal Dev Days 2024 in Burgas Versions available: 8.x-1.4 which works with Drupal 9 and 10 Maintainership Actively maintained, most rece

Today we are talking about The Drupal 10 Masterclass book, How it’s different from other Drupal books, and why you need it on your bookshelf with author Adam Bergstein. We’ll also cover Dashboards as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/433 Topics What is Drupal 10 Masterclass about Who is this book for Why did you write the book Can you explain the subtitle a bit How does this differ from other recent Drupal books Can you tell us about the authoring experience What can our listeners do to make this book a success Do you think you’ll write another book Simplytest.me update Resources Drupal 10 Masterclass: Build responsive Drupal applications to deliver custom and extensible digital experiences to users Drupal 10 Development Cookbook by Matt Glaman and Kevin Quillen Modernizing Drupal 10 theme development by Luca Lusso Modern Drupal by Selwyn Polit Rachel Lawson Mike Herchel Guests Adam Bergstein - @n3rdstein Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picoz

Today we are talking about Portals, Community Websites, and Drupal with guest Ron Northcutt. We’ll also cover Private Message as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/432 Topics Why are you passionate about community sites Different types of portals you’ve worked on Common features Why is Drupal a great fit Why would you choose Drupal over a Saas or PaaS What is unique about each community How important is UX What common content models do you see Most important tip Resources Lego sorting https://news.lugnet.com/storage/?n=709 https://brickarchitect.com/guide/bricks/ PHPBB discourse Open Social Monday Guests Ron Northcutt - community.appsmith.com rlnorthcutt Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu MOTW Correspondent Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu Module name/project name: Private Message Brief description: Have you ever wanted to include a full-fledged, ajaxified system for private

Talking Drupal #431 - Live at NEDCamp On today’s show we share interviews we conducted with sponsors, speakers and attendees at New England Drupal Camp in November. Seventeen in all. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/431 Topics Interviews with: Michael Miles Nick Silverman Matt O’Bryant Ethan Aho Mike Anello Patrick Anderson Brian Perry Aubrey Sambor Brigitte Ayerves Valderas Chris Wells Richard Hood Chris Amato Ivan Stegic Philip Frilling Rod Martin Jacob Rockowitz Whitney Hess Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu Stephen Cross - StephenCross.com

Today we are talking about Drupal in 2024, What we are looking forward to with Drupal 11, and the Drupal Advent Calendar with James Shields. We’ll also cover Drupal 10.2 as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/430 Topics Advent calendar Selection process Popularity Next year Drupal features in 2024 Drupal 11 Project browser Recipes / Starter templates Automated updates Gitlab Smaller core Predictions Resources Drupal Advent Calendar A Plan for Drupal 11 Drupal 10.2 announcement Change Records for 10.2.0 https://www.drupal.org/node/3395582 https://www.drupal.org/node/3395575 https://www.drupal.org/node/3369935 Dev Days Guests James Shields - lostcarpark.com lostcarpark Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu Ron Northcutt - community.appsmith.com rlnorthcutt MOTW Correspondent Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu Drupal 10.2 Improvements include Technology Updates PHP 8.3 Includes capab

Today we are talking about the Drupal Association Board, Its Strategic Initiatives, and The Future of Drupal with guest Baddý Sonja Breidert. We’ll also cover Advent Calendar as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/429 Topics Former member of Board of Drupal Association What does the board do How does the board operate Are there term limits How does someone get on the board Strategic Initiatives Innovation Marketing Fundraising Now that you are no longer on the board what’s next CEO of 1xInternet How did you get started with Drupal Resources Try Drupal Guests Baddý Sonja Breidert - 1xinternet.de/en baddysonja Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Ron Northcutt - community.appsmith.com rlnorthcutt MOTW Correspondent Martin Anderson-Clutz - @mandclu Advent Calendar Brief description: Have you ever wanted to reveal content a day-at-a-time, in an interactive advent calendar? There’s a module for that. Brief history

Today we are talking about Being a Digital Nomad, common nomadic hurdles, and realized work/life benefits with guests Chad Hester and Shelley Goetz. We’ll also cover Flag as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/428 Topics What does digital nomad mean? When did you first start to think about this What was your physical journey like What do you do for work What is the biggest win How did this affect family dynamics What was the biggest gotcha Tips and tricks Long term plan Why not Europe or South America Question from Stephen: As a Patriots fan what are your thoughts on the 2023 season, is Bill Belichick staying or going Resources The Flag module US-CA Nomads on Instagram US-CA Nomads on Flicker Chad on LinkedIn Chad’s website Chad’s d.o profile Shelley on LinkedIn Shelley on Instagram An off-grid (on Vancouver Island) youtube channel that inspires Chad and Shelley Snowshoe Fondue on Mt. Washington Guests Shelley Goetz - shelleygoetz Chad Hester - chadkhester.com chadhester

On today’s show we are turning the tables and Nic and John will be interviewed by our guest host Melissa Bent. We’ll also cover Content Model Documentation as our module of the week. For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/427 Topics What made you decide to start the podcast Who does what tasks The first episode was on May 30 2013. What do you know now that you wish you knew then When did the guest host start What has been your favorite episode How did you come to this format Where did the tagline come from What technology do you use in production The show is supported by multiple platforms, would you recommend this What advice would you give someone just starting Resources GovCon Session for Content Model Documentation First Episode Three hundred The Night before DrupalCon Wade Wingler Jono Bacon Dries’ First Episode Needs Review Issue Queue Sustainability Guidelines A Website’s Carbon Footprint vdo.ninja kdenlive Audacity Patreon Youtube Libsyn Kid3 Auphonic Midjourney Trello Hackmd.io Guests Nic