Friday, April 14, 2023
We ended up cancelling a couple of Web Dev Rev sessions, and have gotten behind on the wrap-ups - our apologies! These events are still happening, so feel free to join us live so you get all the info right away.
We started with Drupal-related notes:
- Drupal 10.0.7 released
- Drupal 9.5.7 released
- Drupal 7.95 released
- DiffEngine deprecated and replaced
- UI added to allow file deletion
- added a token to get the site's base URL
- country names are now sorted by the language they are displayed in, instead of always English
- action.module now labeled as "Actions UI module"
- new option for views pages to always use admin theme
- default timestamp formatter now has an option to show the date as a time difference
- image preload option to boost actual and perceived performance
- new block content permissions
- debugging your render cacheable metadata in Drupal
- the Drupal 10 Development Cookbook is out
- Drupal Global Contribution Weekend 2023 wrap-up
- strategic initiatives: distributions and recipes
- the legacy of DrupalVM's impact on a career
- how to choose the right cache expiry lifetime
- why content management systems can outperform static site generators
- using the bundle specific list cache tag for entity types
- why Drupal is the smart choice for higher education
- OpenAI / ChatGPT module release
- the evolution of Drupal's composability
- community needs to do a better job at quickly reviewing code
- small update to the Drupal 10.1 release schedule
- 7 security modules for Drupal
- defining the project scope for a Drupal 10 upgrade
- CKEditor 5 premium features module now stable
- hands on with the project browser
- a method for multiple authors on a single node
- an accidental web developer
- visual regression testing for Drupal migrations with Playwright
- don't let imposter syndrome keep you from trying
- getting single directory components in Drupal Core
- creating your first single directory component within Drupal
- keep showing up and the job is yours
- crafting Drupal 10 content with CKEditor 5
- performance checklist for Drupal websites
- AI, the future of content management, and the web
Next, we went into general web notes:
- Homebrew 4.0.0 released
- CKEditor 4.20.2 released
- WebKit features in Safari 16.4
- Firefox 111.0 features, updates, and fixes
- new to the web platform in February
- Microsoft forcibly removing Internet Explorer from most Windows 10 machines
- seeking feedback on Composer Patches 2.x
- how a single engineer brought down Twitter
- Twitters $42,000-per-month API prices out nearly everyone
- Twitter disabled likes, replies, and retweets for Tweets with Substack links
- YouTube overlay ads going away in April
- GitLab raises prices for premium customers by more than 50 percent
- the rise of OpenAI and ChatGPT
- ChatGPT plugins
- guardrails and content authoring flexibility: finding the right balance
- troubleshooting a slow Mac
- when JavaScript fails
- why you should stop using .dev for local domains, and use .test instead
- Ahmad Shadeed's CSS wishlist
- container queries land in stable browsers
- do we need CSS flex-wrap detection?
- how designers can build interfaces that avoid the "white default"
- getting started with style queries
- improved font fallbacks
- reverse orphan word with CSS
- Flex basis vs. width
- a guide to accessible form validation
- how to give a great sprint demo
- building a Chrome extension to steal everything
At the end of the meeting, we recommended people watch "Accessible Audio & Video" from Florida DrupalCamp.
These "regular" Web Dev Rev meetings generally happen once every 3 weeks.