Today we are talking about Single Directory Components, How best to work with them, and their future with Drupal with guest Brian Perry. We’ll also cover Embedded Content as our module of the week.

For show notes visit: https://www.talkingDrupal.com/487

Topics

What are Single Directory Components (SDC)
Why the switch to SDCs
What is there in common between decoupled and SDCs
Can you give us an overview of your workflow
Common pitfalls
How should someone get started working with SDCs
Does it work with Paragraphs and Blocks?
Does it need to be all at once
How do you think SDCs will evolve
Do you see this leading to more Decoupled front ends
What contrib modules make working with SDCs easier

Resources

Guests

Brian Perry - brianperry.dev brianperry

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Scott Weston - scott-weston

MOTW Correspondent

Jacob Rockowitz - jrockowitz.com jrockowitz

Embedded Content
Brief description:
Brief history
- The concept and code started as the CKEditor5 Embedded Content module, created in August 2022.
- In October 2023, CKEditor5 Embedded Content was renamed to Embedded Content.
Versions available:
- 2.0.3 - January 22nd, 2025
- Works with Drupal: ^9 ^10 ^11
Maintainership
- Actively maintained? yes
- Security coverage? Yes
- Test coverage? Yes
- Documentation? Video and an example module
Number of open issues:
- All issues: 6 open, 17 total
- Bug report: 6 open, 15 total
Usage stats:
- 509 sites report using this module
- 1,263 sites report using this module (using old version)
Maintainer(s):
- Teun van Veggel (nuez)
- https://www.drupal.org/u/nuez
Module features and usage
- Insert themed content in Ckeditor5 using Drupal plugins without having to write rich HTML and CSS
- Render these results directly in the CKEditor
- Create 'inline' embedded content that sits inline with the text, like footnotes.
- Provides
- Embedded Content plugin
- CKeditor 5 plugin.
- Ecosystem
- Embedded Content: Examples for examples of how to build your own plugins.
- Embedded Content: Entity for embedding content entities
- Embedded Content: SDC for single directory components (under development)
- Potential Challenges
- Example of the embedded content tag.
- Translations via TMS (data is serialized via an attribute)

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