Friday, July 4, 2025
We started with Drupal-related notes:
- Drupal releases 10.5.0; 10.5.1; 11.2.0; 11.2.1; 11.2.2; CMS 1.2.0
- Drupal 11.2.0 is now available
- Drupal AI 1.1.0 is out
- Drupal core will adopt Gin admin theme to replace Claro
- system/base will be split into more conditionally loaded libraries
- specifying CKEditor5 icons without the "icon"-prefixed name is deprecated
- widget elements can be written using an object oriented approach
- new object oriented approach for working with form/render arrays
- marketplace share out #6 - preparing for the MVP proposal
- DrupalCon North America 2026 evolution (including lower rates)
- June 2025 update on what's new in the Drupal CMS user guide
- 2025 Drupal Board election candidates
- how the "Anemone" security vulnerability was handled
- getting more people contributing to Drupal
- the new Autocreate Access module
- loading and processing large quantities of nodes in Drupal without killing performance
- Drupal 11.2 hook migration guide
Next, general web (and other) notes:
- SiteImprove release notes for May; June
- State of Devs 2025 results
- webstatus.dev, now with more data
- fun facts about PHP on its 30th birthday
- updates to the PNG image format specification
- Adobe now offers Monotype fonts in Creative Cloud
- Git's coolest, most unloved feature
- stop vibe coding every time
- the web's broken deal with AI companies
- libxml2 making security issues reported by third parties immediately public
- why words and images actually sell your landing page
- how to keep up with new CSS features
- conditional colour theming using the CSS if() function
- CSS cascade layers vs. BEM vs. utility classes
- understanding CSS corner-shape and the power of the superellipse
- quantity query carousel
- introducing pay per crawl - enabling content owners to charge AI crawlers for access
- why Matt Mullenweg went to war over WordPress
At the end of the meeting, we recommended people watch "Rise of the Refresh" from EvolveDrupal Boston 2025.
Recommended video
These "regular" Web Dev Rev meetings generally happen once every 3 weeks; however, due to holidays, the next session is scheduled for August 15th.