Web Dev Rev wrap-up for 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 <nav> 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.