Talking Drupal

In today’s show we discuss Jeff Geerling's recent blog post, Backwards Compatibility” While we announced this post on the last show, we’ve had time to digest it. We are talking about it today and a few other things. www.talkingdrupal.com/262 Topics John - new door Nic - Taskmasters Stephen - My hero People Powered Community feedback New England Drupal Camp Layout Building and Translation Backward Compatibility Resources Taskmasters People Powered New England Drupal Camp Did breaking backwards compatibility kill Drupal? Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

 As you can tell by the show title, today we are talking about Jeff Geerling and what better person could do that than Jeff himself. www.talkingdrupal.com/261 Topics Ansible 101 Series Books Drupal VM Jeff's health YouTube - growing channel Drupal 9 and the futre of Drupal Resources Jeff Geerling Ansible 101 Series Anisble for DevOps Ansible for Kubernetes The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary Did breaking backwards compatibility kill Drupal? Youtube Channel Livestream Setup   Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan Guest Jeff Geerling  @geerlingguy   www.jeffgeerling.com

One year, almost to the day, we recorded episode #224 with Shane Thomas and Grant Glidewell about Gatsby. Today we talk with Shane again about what is new with Gatsby’s integration with Drupal. www.talkingdrupal.com/260 Topics Move to Gatsby in February 2020 Gatsby 101 “Gatsby Live Preview & Incremental Builds” module Gatsby and Drupal Getting Started Resources Developer Tools Initiative - Part 6: Update on Merge Requests Drupal Association Board Elections, 2020 Gatsby Gatsby Live Preview & Incremental Builds Lando Druapl Gasby Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan Guest Shane Thomas  @smthomas3  www.CodeKarate.com

Drupal 9 is out, while most commonly used modules are ready or will be soon, what about those modules that haven’t been maintained in a few years? In comes the Maintainers Support Project. We have Damien McKenna and Greg Boggs joining us to tell us all about it. www.talkingdrupal.com/259 Topics Stephen - Arizona John - Sabbatical  - reading Nic - Big storm yesterday, class action Damien - #causeascene Greg - Chess Overview of the Maintainers Project Project origin Project tasks Number of contrib projects on the list How to get on the list How to help Resources People Powered Stephen's Arizona Blog Post Maintainer Support  Project The Maintainers Intiative #causeascene Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan Guest Damien McKenna  @DamienMcKenna  drupal.org/u/damienmckenna Greg Boggs  @gregory_boggs  www.gregboggs.com  

Today we learn about how we reply to RFP’s and whether we can host a show without Stephen. www.talkingdrupal.com/258 Topics What is an RFP Where do you find them How to determine if an RFP is for you? How many do you respond to Writing your own RFP Hosts John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

Today we learn about Kubernetes. What it is, how it’s used and why we should care about it. We are joined by Michael and Toby from amazee.io to explain this all.. www.talkingdrupal.com/257 Topics Elevator pitch for Kubernetes How Kubernetes is used in the Drupal world Threshold for using Kubernetes with Drupal Lagoon and Amazee.io Resources Kubernetes Amazee.io Lagoon Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan Guest Michael Schmid  @schnitzel    www.amazee.io Toby Bellwood  @tobybellwood    www.amazee.io  

Today is all about DrupalCon Global. www.talkingdrupal.com/256 Topics Stephen John - Elissa’s talk at San Francisco Drupal Group Voting API Nic - New Arbor - orchid Three days in - first HIGH LEVEL impressions Software Keynote Format Summits vs Sessions Pre-recorded Sessions Panels Social Events Resources San Francisco Drupal User Group - Voting API Talk Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan  

 While most of our shows focus on one topic, every now and again we have a show where we chat about various topics. This is one of those, and they are our favorites. www.talkingdrupal.com/255 Topics John - Topical Storm Fay Nic - Niece Stephen - Hamilton Drupal Swagshop DrupalCon Global TalkingDrupal Three modules - Mailhog, Google Analytics Counter, Layout Build Admin Theme Olivero   Resources DJ’s Talk about SEO and Drupal Google Analytics Counter Drupal Swag Shop   Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

Webform was one of those modules that seemed abandoned on Drupal 7 until Jacob Rockowitz stepped in. Since then webform has not stopped evolving. Jacob joins us to talk about the most recent enhancements. www.talkingdrupal.com/254 Topics Jacob - Covid-19 Stephen - Haircut Nic- Chair John - New Ventures Services, Corp Sharing Webforms - Anywhere Webform Cards Webform Variants Listener Questions Resources Sharing Webforms...Anywhere!!! Webform Cards Webform Variants  Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan Guest Jacob Rockowitz  www.jrockowitz.com  @jrockowitz  

Over the past six months we have touched on Drupal 9, today we are all Drupal 9.0. We talk about what’s here now and what’s coming. www.talkingdrupal.com/253 Topics Stephen - Hamilton John - Helping on Drupal Stack Nic - Garden Story Drupal 8.9 and Drupal 9.0 Drupal 9 Requirements What's new? What is being removed from Drupal 9 Drupal 7 Support Drupal 8 EoL Drupal 9 EoL The Maintainers Initiative Resources America Is Reopening. Coronavirus Tracing Apps Aren’t Ready. What changes are there for third-party dependencies? How and why we deprecated code on the way to Drupal 9 Fixing Composer issues with a Drupal 9 upgrade Maintainer Support Hosts Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan