Friday, May 23, 2025
We started with Drupal-related notes:
- Drupal releases 10.4.7
- newly added prefix and suffix on hook attribute class now removed
- preprocess functions in modules now support object oriented implementations
- newly added FormAlter attribute now removed
- views blocks items per page setting can no longer be none
- new recipe unpack composer function
- new config action to add a component to a layout
- experimental Symfony mailer module
- custom keys in $_SESSION are deprecated
- expanding the hook attribute is no longer directly supported
- the cachetags database table is now purged during cache rebuild
- marketplace share out #3 - value and incentives
- marketplace share out #4 - building trust, governance, and real-world value
- Drupal Console no more
- DXPR Builder delivers free AI writing to every Drupal site
- hacking the AI module in Drupal CMS
- Drupal, Schema.org, and AI for government
- Drupal Association endorses UN's open source principles
Next, general web (and other) notes:
- what's new on Pantheon
- Pantheon site traffic now visible from workspace site list
- Pantheon release notes
- what's new in web
- WCAG 3.0's proposed scoring model
- HTML email accessibility report 2025
- 100 things Google announced at Google I/O 2025
- Axe assistant: expert answers to any digital accessibility question
- the European Accessibility Act impacts everyone
- publish your designs on the web with Figma Sites
- Figma's new Sites produces no semantic HTML at all
- GitHub's pledge to help improve the accessibility of open source software at scale
- Cloudflare CEO warns AI and zero-click internet are killing the web's business model
- ways for an accessibility specialist to use AI
- vibe coding is not an excuse for low-quality work
- ChatGPT creates obsolete and broken solutions to problems we hadn’t had for ages
- what is HDR?
- the ins and outs of successful content migration
- IKEA's web fonts
- how to title your blog post or whatever
- how should masonry support be handled in CSS?
- how to have the browser pick a contrasting colour in CSS
- easier layout with margin-trim
- custom and nested lists in CSS
- style alt text like any other text
At the end of the meeting, we recommended people watch "Drupal Workspaces - Revolutionizing Content Staging and Workflows" from DrupalCon Atlanta.
Recommended video
These "regular" Web Dev Rev meetings generally happen once every 3 weeks; the next session is scheduled for June 13th.