Friday, April 26, 2024
We started with Drupal-related notes:
- single directory components module now stable and merged into core
- new permission for taxonomy module to view vocabulary labels
- new option to show only the start/end date in datetime range formatters
- admin pages now grant access if the user has access to any of the child pages
- user_validate_name() deprecated and replaced with UserNameValidator service
- super user access policy can now be turned off
- plan for deprecating and eventually removing the super user access policy
- development settings toggles moved from state to raw key/value storage
- sites can programmatically opt in to accept more image type uploads in CKEditor 5
- celebrating the women in Drupal part 2 (and part 3)
- 2024 Drupal Developer Survey seeks global input
- crafting the future of web development
- for Drupal to remain well and alive
- writing tests first saves time and money later on
- help create a "promote Drupal" image library
- supporting Drupal transitions at DrupalCon Portland 2024
- new administrative toolbar underway
- do's and don'ts of GitHub Copilot for Drupal developers
- Sydney Opera House using Drupal
- how to create custom tokens in Drupal
- format Drush output for easy wins
- modules and options for creating image carousels on a Drupal website
- adding extra user account protection
- building a modern Drupal theme with Storybook
- ChatGPT experiments acting as Drush
Next, we moved on to general web (and other) notes:
- Gemini 1.5 pro now available in 180+ countries
- introducing Meta Llama 3
- ugrading jQuery: working towards a healthy web
- Speedometer 3.0
- approaching theming with modern CSS
- testing HTML with modern CSS
- (Frontend|UI|UX) Developer/Engineer Handbook 2024
- how to think about HTML responsive images
- DevTools tips and tricks
- should designers code?
- help invent CSS standard for "masonry" layout
- layered toggles: optional CSS mixings
- gap is the new margin
- things that can break aspect-ratio in CSS
- cascade and specificity primer
- the issues with long alt text
- Curious Geckos: CSS-only position-aware mini-game
- building Wordle with just HTML & CSS
- JS Naked Day
- "if this one guy got hit by a bus, the world's software would fall apart"
- botched attempt to replace "twitter.com" links with "x.com"
At the end of the meeting, we recommended people watch "stupendous date tricks" from DrupalCamp NJ.
These "regular" Web Dev Rev meetings generally happen once every 3 weeks; the next session is scheduled for May 16th.