Friday, March 21, 2025
We started with Drupal-related notes:
- Drupal releases 10.4.4; 10.4.5; 11.1.4; 11.1.5
- security notice SA-CORE-2025-004
- \Drupal\datetime_range\DateTimeRangeConstantsInterface is deprecated
- new views UI option to add CSS classes to the table element
- classloader with support for moving/deprecating classes
- new key "submit_button" added to type button
- uninstalled extensions will be checked by Update Status by default
- jQuery is no longer included in JavaScript aggregates
- AJAX responses from views may now be cached
- Drupal CMS leadership changes
- Experience builder week 28; week 29
- should the Drupal and Drupal CMS docs be combined?
- Drupal Association recognizing Black computing pioneers
- an exploration of Drupal public data, statistics and silver linings
- open source for the win (solving Mutagen/Docker problems)
- DDEV March 2025 newsletter
- Drupal Extend plugin for IntelliJ IDEA & PhpStorm
- Drupalcon Altanta not raising prices for late registrants
- does Drupal have a future?
- PHP 5.3 and 5.5 no longer available on Pantheon
- updated New Relic Synthetics IP ranges
- Pantheon posts public roadmap with voting
- how AI could reshape CMS platforms
Next, general web (and other) notes:
- Interop 2025
- end of February 2025 changes to SiteImprove
- design systems report 2025
- reflections on Google potentially having to sell Chrome
- Linux Foundation announces the launch of supporters of Chromium-based browsers
- understanding software estimates - why "one day" isn't just one day
- leading successful product teams
- design by decision fatigue
- how core Git developers configure Git
- CSS relative colours
- custom property fallbacks
- using attr() in CSS for columns, colours, and font size
- how @scope can reduce concerns about source order
- full bleed layout with modern CSS
- the one key difference between :is() and :where()
- styling counters in CSS
- Atkinson Hyperlegible font
- the agentic AI information asymmetry problem
- "vibe coding" is a revolution for optimistic creatives
- not all AI-assisted programming is vibe coding
- improved relative time
At the end of the meeting, we recommended people watch "Experience Builder: Transforming Drupal for Its Next Chapter" from Florida Drupalcamp 2025.
These "regular" Web Dev Rev meetings generally happen once every 3 weeks; the next session is scheduled for April 11th.