Talking Drupal #433 - Drupal 10 Masterclass

Jan 15, 2024

In this podcast, the hosts discuss The Drupal 10 Masterclass book and its benefits, including its unique approach compared to other Drupal books. They also cover the Dashboards module, which allows users to add customizable dashboards to their Drupal sites. The speakers explore the advantages of this module and the different features it offers. Additionally, they talk about Hero Devs' partnership with the Drupal 7 core team and provide insights into the process of writing a book. They discuss their writing experience, collaboration methods, and potential future book editions. The podcast ends with updates on the release of the book and plans for the Simply Test Me platform.

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Introduction

00:00 • 4min

Discussion on Dashboards in Drupal

03:49 • 4min

Discussion on Quick Access to Information in Commerce and Plans to Try the Feature

07:53 • 2min

Hero Devs Partnership and Introduction to Drupal 10 Masterclass

09:25 • 6min

Audience, Features, and Dependencies

15:21 • 22min

The Writing Process

37:42 • 22min

Considering Future Books and Taking a Break

59:47 • 2min

Book Release Update and Future Plans

01:01:59 • 6min

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

Guests

Adam Bergstein - @n3rdstein

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi

MOTW Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu

Brief description:
- Have you ever wanted to add a dashboard to your Drupal site, to provide at-a-glance information to editors? There’s a module for that.
Module name/project name:
- Dashboards with Layout Builder
Brief history
- How old: created in Nov 2019 by Erik Seifert of 1x Internet
- Versions available: 2.0.8 and 2.1.6 versions available, the latter of which works with Drupal 9 and 10
Maintainership
- Actively maintained
Test coverage
- 13 open issues, 5 of which are bugs on th 2.1.x branch
Usage stats:
- 1,878 sites
Module features and usage
- Allows for the creation of dashboards as exportable config entities, using Layout Builder to define the layout and placement of blocks
- It’s possible to create unique dashboards per user
- Out of the box you get a number of dashboards components to embed views, show recent errors, display content from RSS feeds, and more
- Dashboard components are defined using a new plugin base, so you can also create custom components to meet the unique needs of your site
- The dashboards are also optimized for use with Gin, which isn’t a surprise because 1x Internet is also a sponsor of the Gin admin theme. If your site is also using Gin then this module will provide a central dashboard that seamless integrate with the backend UI
- If you’re looking to implement dashboards on your site, you can also look at Moderation Dashboard and Homebox as other options. The latter of those is even more widely used, but mostly by D7 sites. That said, drupal.org is one of those sites, so if your team is active on drupal.org then the interface will be very familiar
- There is also a Dashboard Initiative that has been started by some core maintainers, so using one of these modules can set you up to weigh in on what the ideal state for the initiative might look like