Friday, January 20, 2023
We started with Drupal-related notes:
Drupal 9.5.2 released- Drupal 10.0.2 released
- drupal.sh deprecated, will be removed in Drupal 11
- media items will default to left aligned
- CKEditor 5 now respects row value setting
- Claro bulk operation form redesigned
- account notification email configuration now respected
- Drupal-specific tags removed from node and taxonomy term pages
- what's new on Drupal.org for Q4 2022
- core committer "xjm" hired to work full-time on Drupal core after Acquia layoff
- why sponsor a core committer?
- Drupal Global Contribution Weekend coming soon
- 5 reasons to attend DrupalCon Pittsburgh 2023
- evaluating Drupal community modules
- the value of having a Drupal.org profile and biography
- installing Drupal 9 on Windows Subsystem for Linux
- getting personal with dates and times
- how one person discovered open source and Drupal
- using context definitions to create context aware plugins
Next, we went into general web notes:
- Composer 2.5.0 released
- jQuery 3.6.3 released
- CKEditor 5 v35.4.0 released
- help choose the syntax for CSS nesting
- Giphy adding alt text
- An Event Apart no more
- 2022 roundup of web research
- how to communicate effectively as a developer
- getting the most value out of an answer
- clever code considered harmful
- Tango browser extension for Chrome, to make it easier to create how-to guides
- Twitter officially bans third-party clients
- stop littering the web with social media icons
- things CSS could still use heading into 2023
- CSS-Tricks 2022 thank you article
- RenderingNG deep-dive: LayoutNG block fragmentation
- using HTML attributes for very specific third-party reasons
- CSS style queries
- Safari does announce list semantics when list-style:none is used if the list is inside a element
- ::backdrop doesn't inherit from anywhere
- CSS challenge: skewed highlight
- :has() is an unforgiving selector
- sibling scopes in CSS, thanks to :has()
- more real-world uses for :has()
- pixel art studio for pure CSS art
At the end of the meeting, we recommended people watch "AI Powered Drupal: A new era for content creation and management" from DrupalSouth 2022 Brisbane.
These "regular" Web Dev Rev meetings generally happen once every 3 weeks. For this term, we've moved sessions to the afternoon. The next one will be Friday, February 10th at 2:00pm.