Thursday, August 29, 2024
We started with Drupal-related notes:
- Drupal 10.3.2 released
- Drupal 11.0.1 released
- new Views Entity Reference filter for all entity reference fields
- default date formats have changed
- GitLab CI templates will make Drupal 11 the default
- Recipes can now accept command line input
- Docker4Drupal 6.0.16 released
- Drupal 11 launch release
- Experience Builder week 11 update [week 12] [week 13]
- latest breakthroughs in the Starshot initiative
- growing the Starshot team
- Starshot's product strategy [PDF with full info]
- bounty program: Starshot edition
- next stages for the Starshot trial experience
- Drupal CMS: the official name for Drupal Starshot
- Why it's "Drupal CMS" and not "Drupal"
- choosing between Drupal Core and Drupal CMS
- behind the Events Recipe for Drupal CMS
- out-of-the-box functionality survey results
- Tag1 Consulting announced as partner for Drupal 7 extended security support
- the evolution of the Drupal membership program
- why be a Ripple Maker
- introducing Dresktop, a multi-platform tool for Drupal project management
- ECA is for every Drupal site
- extended review of backward compatibility questions when upgrading to Drupal 11
- "Drupal at Your Fingertips" is designed as a quick reference for experienced developers
- an introduction to batch processing with the batch API
- DrupalCon 2024 - a chat with Simon Morvan
- recap of Drupal GovCon 2024
- five ideas for the Drupal Association
Next, we moved on to general web (and other) notes:
- the rising costs of site ownership
- the CSS contain property
- letting iOS "text size" setting affect web font size
- relative colour syntax - basic use cases
- make your web page faster before it even loads
- Chris Coyier speaking at Toronto's Front End Developer Conference in October
- writing to the clipboard in JavaScript
- custom range slider using anchor positioning and scroll-driven animations
- HTAccess tester
At the end of the meeting, we recommended people watch "Using Devops/Webops to Empower Site Builders FTW!" from DrupalCamp NJ.
Recommended video
These "regular" Web Dev Rev meetings generally happen once every 3 weeks; the next session is scheduled for August 29th.