Talking Drupal #421 - The Future of Drupal

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Oct 23, 2023

Guest Ricardo Marcelino discusses the challenges and future of Drupal, including declining popularity, hiring challenges, and acquiring clients. They analyze the unique selling proposition of Drupal and explore strategies for attracting more users. The podcast also covers building React-based frontend with Drupal backend using the Next JS module and the advantages of open source compared to proprietary software.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Next JS: Building React-based Frontend with Drupal Backend

01:37 • 8min

The Future of Drupal: Challenges and Perspectives

09:27 • 21min

The Next Evolution of Drupal: Shareable Components and Easier Website Setup

30:05 • 2min

The Unique Selling Proposition of Drupal

31:43 • 12min

Contributions and Advocacy for Drupal

43:53 • 17min

The Advantages of Open Source and Discussing a Keynote Presentation

01:00:38 • 3min

Today we are talking about The Future of Drupal article, What Challenges Drupal may have, and How we can overcome them together! with guest Ricardo Marcelino.

For show notes visit: www.talkingDrupal.com/421

Topics

Can you describe the article this topic is based on
Module percentages
Drupal’s challenges
Drupal’s unique selling proposition
How can Drupal expand relevance
Why is relevance important
How does Drupal move forward
What’s next for Drupal
Do you think this is a natural change for a project like Drupal
How do we ensure the future of Drupal

Resources

Guests

Ricardo Marcelino - omibee.com rfmarcelino

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi Mark Casias - kanopi.com - markie

MOTW Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - @mandclu (Next.js)[https://www.drupal.org/project/next]

Brief description:
- Have you ever wanted to build a website with a React-based front end, but with lots of the robust and mature CMS capabilities that Drupal provides? There’s a module for that.
Brief history
- How old: created in Jan 2021 by shadcn, who continues to support it, including in the #nextjs channel in Drupal slack
Versions available:
- 1.6.3 for Drupal 9 & 10
Maintainership
- Actively maintained, though it uses a Github repo as its place for collaboration, including issues
Number of open issues:
- 135 open, 12 of them bugs
Test coverage? Y
Usage stats:
- 1,249 sites
Maintainer(s):
- shadcdn, who continues to support it, including in the #nextjs channel in Drupal slack
Module features and usage:
- For anyone not familiar with Next.js, it’s a React framework for building front-end applications that gives developers a number a number of useful capabilities, such as dynamic routing, performance optimizations, integrations, and more
- The Next.js module for Drupal optimizes your Drupal backend for use as the content repository for a Next.js front end
- It add functionality like headless preview of unpublished content, even across multiple front end apps
- It also supports Incremental Site Regeneration, a best practice to ensure your front end site can serve static pages for the fastest possible delivery, but without the risk of serving stale content
- Works with the JSON:API Menu Items and JSON:API Views Drupal modules to allow even more of your front end site to be managed within your Drupal backend
- There’s even a Next.js Webform module that allows your Drupal site builder to create webforms, and have the React forms automatically created
- There is also a specialized version of Next.js, a “next-drupal-basic-starter”, also maintained by shadcn, that helps to get your Next.js front end working with Drupal more quickly