Friday, May 2, 2025
We started with Drupal-related notes:
- Drupal 11 alpha phase begins May 7
- new AtLeastOneOf constraint for config validation
- new Views filters for null states
- new config_schema_checker service
- template_preprocess_HOOK become defined as callbacks in the theme hook
- hook implemenation ordering
- hook implementation removal
- hook implementation altering
- procedural hooks ordered before object oriented hooks
- reordering hook implementations in other modules
- announcing four new Drupal core leaders and a strategy update
- Drupal now has 3 Composer UIs
- exploring a marketplace for Drupal site templates
- marketplace call for input and volunteers
- marketplace share out #1 - what's been heard so far
- marketplace share out #2 - surfacing critical assumptions
- impact of DrupalCon Atlanta
- CKEditor visits DrupalCon
- community first, business second, build everything with Drupal
- IXP graduates from initiative to program
- Claude Code module introduces AI integration for Drupal Development
- AI code review for Drupal
- UI Suite is announcing a new Display Builder
- what the keynote speakers are bringing to Drupal Developer Days 2025
- Drupal Open University initiative expands with "Drupal in a Day" workshop at Drupaljam 2025
- SmartLinker AI for Drupal
- real Drupal site dependency testing
- how AI and machine learning help Drupal in 2025
- enhanced Drupal integration for Pantheon's Content Publisher
- learning how to build a Drupal module using AI
- new IXP program users in fresh Drupal talent with incentives for employers
- Drupal called me
Next, general web (and other) notes:
- end of April 2025 changes to SiteImprove
- Pantheon adding interstitial warning pages on sandbox sites
- fostering an accessibility culture
- WCAG in plain English
- skip links: what, why and how
- the European Accessibility Act: everything you need to know
- what it really means for a site to be keyboard navigable
- why CMS usability is tough
- 2025 AI index report
- Claude Code best practices
- using modern image formats to improve performance
- the moral imperative to compensate free software authors
- future-proofing your design system
- is Chrome even a sellable asset?
- newfangled browser alternatives
- State of Dev: a survey for every developer
- polishing your typography with line height units
- item flow, a new unified concept for layout
- introducing Kermit, a typeface for kids
At the end of the meeting, we recommended people watch "Don't put it all on the homepage" from DrupalCon Atlanta.
Recommended video
These "regular" Web Dev Rev meetings generally happen once every 3 weeks; the next session is scheduled for May 23rd.