Friday, April 5, 2024
We started with Drupal-related notes:
- Drupal 10.2.5 released
- Drupal 11 will require PHP 8.3 and MySQL 8.0
- SQL storage schema for existing fields becomes changeable
- install profiles become uninstallable
- Pitchburgh updates for March 2024
- ensuring Smart Date works for all versions of Drupal 10 and 11
- DrupalCamp NJ insights
- what you missed at DrupalCamp Florida 2024
- not just another Layout Builder article
- Drupal is missing a comprehensive list of its features
- the "too long; didn't read" version of Pantheon's docs
- Pantheon closes its community forum (with one day's notice)
Next, we moved on to the handful of general web (and other) notes:
- new to the web platform in March
- Interop 2023 updates
- introduction to next paint becomes a core web vital
- improving performance in Firefox and across the web with Speedometer 3
- implementing vertical form controls
- what you need to know about modern CSS (spring 2024 edition)
- an interactive guide to CSS container queries
- why Ui designers should understand Flexbox and CSS grid
- how to kill the (CSS) cascade
- text-emphasis in CSS
- CSS colour-scheme-dependent colours with light-dark()
- the power of :has() in CSS (hey, CSS-Tricks seems to be back!)
- the value of design tokens in modern web development
- how screen readers read special characters
- front-end developer's identity crisis
- a list of AI agents and robots
At the end of the meeting, we recommended people watch the videos from "the "too long; didn't read" version of Pantheon's docs", the first of which is embedded below.
These "regular" Web Dev Rev meetings generally happen once every 3 weeks; the next session is scheduled for April 26th.