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Talking Drupal is a weekly chat about web design and development by a group a guys with one thing in common, we love Drupal. With hosts Stephen Cross, John Picozzi and Nic Laflin.
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Apr 3, 2024 • 35min
Skills Upgrade #5
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

Apr 1, 2024 • 1h 19min
Talking Drupal #444 - Design to Development Workflow Optimization
Design and development handoff optimization discussed with expert Crispin Bailey. Topics include challenges, collaboration tools like Figma, and framework recommendations. Also, exploration of Office Hours module in Drupal for managing business operation hours efficiently.

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Mar 27, 2024 • 50min
Skills Upgrade #4
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 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

Mar 25, 2024 • 1h 5min
Talking Drupal #443 - Violinist.io
Eirik Morland discusses Violinist.io, a tool for automating composer dependencies. Topics covered include security risks, costs, differences with dependabot, ideal users, self-hosting, and support from the community. They also explore managing patches with composer, open-source benefits, and future plans for Violinist.io.

Mar 20, 2024 • 38min
Skills Upgrade #3
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://drupal.org/project/examples routes/controllers/forms Review: https://www.drupal.org/docs/drupal-apis/routing-system/introductory-drupal-routes-and-controllers-example Go through the "Page example" module from the Examples module. Check back for "docker context use rancher-desktop" stuff. Create a new Git repository for your D10 site with Composer dependencies not committed to the repository. .gitignore stuff cp web/example.gitignore web/.gitignore Create ./.gitignore with: /vendor /web/core /web/modules/contrib/ /web/themes/contrib/ /web/profiles/contrib/ /web/libraries/ *.sql.gz 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.org/certification-catalog/ Hosts AmyJune Hineline - @volkswagenchick Guests Chad Hester - chadkhester.com @chadkhest Mike Anello - DrupalEasy.com @ultimike

Mar 18, 2024 • 1h 9min
Talking Drupal #442 - Mercury Editor
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: Have you ever wanted to have downloadable content on your website, only available to visitors who have filled out a webform? There's a module for that. Module name/project name: Webform Protected Downloads Brief history How old: created in Sep 2010 by berliner, but the most recent releases are by james.williams of Computer Minds Versions available: 7.x-1.1 and 8.x-1.0-alpha2 versions available, the latter of which works with Drupal 9 and 10 Maintainership Actively maintained, the latest release was a week ago Security coverage Introductory blog linked on the project page Number of open issues: 18 open issues, none of which are bugs against the current branch Usage stats: 804 sites Module features and usage Having thought leadership content like white papers or reports gated behind a lead capture form is a common pattern for websites, and this module is designed to make that easy to set up You use the module by adding a handler to your webform, similar to triggering an email send In the configuration for your webform protected download handler you have options for how much verification you want for the download link, whether or not the link should expire after a period of time, and so on, in addition to uploading one or more files that can be downloaded by people who submit the webform The module provides tokens for the download URLs, so you can easily include them in a submission confirmation message or email

Mar 13, 2024 • 36min
Skills Upgrade #2
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

Mar 11, 2024 • 1h 14min
Talking Drupal #441 - CI for Drupal modules
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 Gitlab CI getting started GitLab CI | Using GitLab to Contribute to Drupal WIP: Create a space to document how to customize each of the GitLab CI jobs [#3423238] | Drupal.org will generate https://project.pages.drupalcode.org/gitlab_templates/ We are pushing for a basic version to be fully live this week [Meta] Switching to Gitlab CI [#3424725] | Drupal.org Guests Fran Garcia-Linares - fjgarlin Hosts Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan Stephen Cross - stephencross.com stephencross Anna Mykhailova - kalamuna.com amykhailova MOTW Correspondent Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu Brief description: Have you ever wanted to have content fields that could be optional until a piece of content is published, or ready to be published? There's a module for that. Module name/project name: Require on Publish Brief history How old: created in Apr 2018 by Mike Priscella (mpriscella), though recent releases are by Mark Dorison (markdorison) of Chromatic Versions available: 8.x-1.10 Maintainership Actively maintained, latest release just over a month ago Security coverage Test coverage Number of open issues: 18, 8 of which are bugs Usage stats: 3,001 sites Module features and usage With this module enabled, form to configure fields for you content types will have a new checkbox labeled "Required on Publish" Check this new box instead of the normal "Required field" checkbox to have the field only required if the content is being published or already published Useful for publishing workflows where you want content creators to be able to quickly get started on content, but ensure that fields will be filled in before publishing Useful for fields that will optimize the content for SEO, social sharing, search, and so on

Mar 6, 2024 • 30min
Skills Upgrade #1
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 @ultimike

Mar 4, 2024 • 1h 21min
Talking Drupal #440 - The Cost Of Drupal
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: Have you ever wanted to have easy access to the README, CHANGELOG, and INSTALL files for the contrib modules on your Drupal site? There's a module for that. Module name/project name: Module Instructions Brief history How old: created in Apr 2012 by Ales Rebec of Slovenia Versions available: 7.x-1.0 and 2.0.3 versions available, the latter of which works with Drupal 9 and 10 Maintainership Actively maintained? Security coverage Test coverage Number of open issues: 4 open issues, none of which are bugs against the 2.0.x branch Usage stats: 1,238 sites Maintainer(s): Current maintainer of the 2.0.x branch is Viktor Holovachek a.k.a Aston Victor of the Ukraine Drupal Community Module features and usage The usage of the module is pretty straightforward. Once the module is installed, anyone who has access to the Modules page on a Drupal site will see links on that page to any README, CHANGELOG, or INSTALL files that are available for the contrib modules in the codebase It also provides a cron job and drush command to generate the links, stored in the site state, so the application isn't doing all the work of parsing through all your contrib modules looking for the files every time someone wants to load the Modules page It does override the template for the module page to add those links, so be aware that if you're doing something very custom and have overridden that template in something like a custom admin theme, you may need to manually add some extra markup to see the links The module does also define new permissions, to manage the settings for these links, or to view them The settings really consist of specifying which of the links you want to appear, if the relevant files are available. By default it will show all three, but you could, for example, only have it show README links


