Talking Drupal #450 - Certification & Exam Prep
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about Certification & Exam Prep, Resources for studying, and tips to get a passing grade with guests Chad Hester & Martin Anderson-Clutz. We’ll also cover Quiz Maker as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics Why are exams and certifications important to dev's After going through the Talking Drupal Skills Upgrade mini series do you feel preparted to take an Acquia certification How should someone get ready What are some struggles people may have getting ready What does the plan look like for someone getting ready Does Acquia provide pre tests Did...
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Talking Drupal #449 - Agile Methodologies
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about Agile Methodologies, How to pick the best one, and why they matter with guest Chris Wells. We’ll also cover CKEditor Text Transformation / AutoCorrect as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics Drupal FL Camp talk Fundamentals of Agile How do you square long term planning What is Redfin Solutions's preferred methodology What is Crystal Agile Methodology Do other methodologies have web specific versions Would you agree that large companies can use different agile methodologies Have you ever used Scrumban Listener Question: Shivan xamount:: Story...
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Skills Upgrade #9
Talking Drupal
Welcome back to “Skills Upgrade” a Talking Drupal mini-series following the journey of a D7 developer learning D10. This is the final episode, 9. Topics Review status of Chad's Smart Date test Panel discussion Chad, What was your biggest takeaway? Mike, How do you approach this type of one on one mentorship differently than your courses? AmyJune, do you think there are other types of focused mentorship like this that would be valuable to the community? Chad, what was the most surprising thing you learned in Modern Drupal vs Drupal 7? Michael, what did you learn through this process? How...
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Talking Drupal #448 - D11 Readiness & PHPStan
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about Drupal 11 Readiness, What you need to think about, and PHPStan with guest Matt Glaman. We’ll also cover MRN as our module of the week. For show notes visit: [) Topics What do we mean by Drupal 11 Readiness How will this be different than 9 and 10 Top 5 tips D11 Meeting and slack channel Will this be easier Major issues What is PHPStan How does it play a role How is PHPStan Drupal different than PHPStan Does using PHPStan with drupal reduce the need for tests How do you see it evolving over the next few years Drupal 12 wishlist Resources Change records ...
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Skills Upgrade #8
Talking Drupal
Welcome back to “Skills Upgrade” a Talking Drupal mini-series following the journey of a D7 developer learning D10. This is episode 8. Topics Review Chad's questions What is the process of creating a new issue, reviewing automated tests, and creating a merge request for review by the project maintainer? My example issue: My example merge request: If we're not using Composer to pull the contrib module, how do we make sure that all dependencies are handled? How can someone navigate so many complex issues without getting lost or "barking up the wrong tree"? Tasks for the...
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Talking Drupal #447 - Drupal Single Sign On
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about Drupal Single Sign On, The Benefits it brings to the Drupal Community, and A new book called Fog & Fireflies with guest Tim Lehnen. We’ll also cover Username Field as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics What is Single Sign On (SSO) Does Drupal already support SSO Why is SSO on important Camps using SSO Other possibilities Gitlab login Cloud IAM Why did the Drupal Association choose Cloud IAM How do you see the collaboration growing Where are we now What are the next steps How far are we from this becoming a reality What does onboarding look...
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Skills Upgrade #7
Talking Drupal
Welcome back to “Skills Upgrade” a Talking Drupal mini-series following the journey of a D7 developer learning D10. This is episode 7. Topics Review Chad's goals for the previous week Test Example Set up phpunit.xml Start with FrontPageLinkTest.php Review Chad's questions In the testing_example module, the file "src/Controller/TestingExampleController.php" has a function for simpletestDescription(). Is this an outdated artifact that should have been removed at some point? The module itself doesn't appear to use Simpletest elsewhere and appears to only rely on PHPUnit. What do you...
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Talking Drupal #446 - Test Driven Development
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about Test Driven Development, Why it’s important, and How it improves development with guest Alexey Korepov. We’ll also cover Test Helpers as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics What does the term Test Driven Development (TDD) mean Does Drupal make use of TDD What makes TDD different from other methods of Development Do you have to change your way of thinking What are some good resources to learn TDD Do you have any pointers for teams looking to get started Are certain kinds of projects better suited to TDD How have dev teams adapted to TDD Any...
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Skills Upgrade #6
Talking Drupal
Welcome back to “Skills Upgrade” a Talking Drupal mini-series following the journey of a D7 developer learning D10. This is episode 6. Topics Review Chad's goals for the previous week Review Chad's questions Array structures accordion.html.twig D7 to D10 migrations Tasks for the upcoming week [testing_example](? Be sure to install drupal/core-dev dependencies using composer require –dev drupal/core-devref_type=heads) from Examples module. Set up phpunit.xml file in project root - using to start Run existing tests using command line from the project root. Something like:...
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Talking Drupal #445 - Drupal Bounty Program
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about The Drupal Bounty Program, How it supports innovation, and how you can get involved with guest Alex Moreno. We’ll also cover WebProfiler as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics What is the Drupal Bounty program How and when did it start What issues and tasks are included Has the bounty program been successful Why was this program extended Do you see any drawbacks Can anyone participate How are issues for the second round being selected What do you see the future of the bounty program looking like Could this become like other bounty programs with...
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www.talkingDrupal.com/434
Topics
- Update on the show
- Guest hosts
- MOTW Correspondent
- Newsletter
- Sponsorship
- Open Collective
- Content
- New content in 2024
- Expanding team
Resources
Hosts
Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan
John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi
Stephen Cross - stephencross.com stephencross
MOTW
Correspondent
Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu
- Brief description:
- Have you ever wanted an autosave feature on your Drupal site’s forms, so content creators won’t lose their work if they accidentally close the window or lose power? There’s a module for that.
- Module name/project name:
- Brief history
- How old: created in Nov 2016 by Hristo Chonov of 1x Internet, who is also one of the organizers of Drupal Dev Days 2024 in Burgas
- Versions available: 8.x-1.4 which works with Drupal 9 and 10
- Maintainership
- Actively maintained, most recent comment less than 3 months ago
- Test coverage
- 38 open issues, 20 of which are bugs
- Usage stats:
- 6,414 sites
- Module features and usage
- Works by automatically saving the content of the current form every 60 seconds, though the time period is configurable
- When a user opens a form, if an autosaved state exists for that form a dialog will be shown asking if they want to resume editing or discard any autosaved states
- Once a form is submitted, any saved states will be automatically deleted
- Notionally it should work with both content entity forms and config forms, but the majority of development and testing has been with entity forms in mind
- The project page also mentions an issue with nested entity reference inline forms, and has links to relevant Drupal core issues
- Worth noting that this module uses AJAX to save the states to the Drupal database, separate from entity revisions
- If you want a solution that save form states into the browser’s localStorage instead, you can check out the Save Form State module, using the jQuery Sisyphus plugin