Talking Drupal #482: Meet your host: John Picozzi
Talking Drupal
On today's show we are talking with John. This is our chance to learn more about our beloved Talking Drupal show host. For show notes visit: Topics Talking Drupal Non-Code Contribution Solution Architect Personal Background and Interests Drupal Guests John Picozzi - Host Stephen Cross-
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Talking Drupal #481 - Drupal Marketing & Drupal CMS
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about Drupal Marketing, how it applies to Drupal CMS, and what a Drupal and Drupal CMS Marketing Future look like with guest Suzanne Dergacheva. We’ll also cover Drupal 11.1 as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics Drupal marketing moves New brand Marketing people at the DA Goal of marketing How does this impact Drupal CMS Drupal CMS marketing How will you educate people about the differences between core and CMS Any challenges How do you like the new homepage Next steps to move the brand forward Case studies Why did you volunteer If someone wants to...
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Talking Drupal #480 - Ripple Makers
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about The Ripple Makers program, How it benefits Drupal Association members, and Why it’s important to Drupal with guest Julia Kranzthor. We’ll also cover Migrate Boost as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics What is Ripple Makers Taxes Why did the Drupal Association (DA) membership program need overhauling Are DA individual memberships different than Ripple Makers Do people have to sign up if they are already a DA member Coming up with the benefits Where did the name come from Does this have new benefits What has the impact been Resources ...
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Talking Drupal #479 - Drupal CMS Media Management
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about Drupal CMS Media Management, How media management has evolved, and Why managing our media is so important with our guest Tony Barker. We’ll also cover URL Embed as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics What do we mean by media management in Drupal CMS How is it different from media in Drupal today Why is media management important How are you applying these changes to Drupal What phase are you in Will this be ready for Drupal CMS release in January What types of advanced media will supported Do you see it growing to replace some DAMs Are there...
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Talking Drupal #478 - WEBAssembly
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about WEBAssembly, How it’s used, and cool things you can use it for with Drupal with guest Matt Glaman. We’ll also cover Darkmode JS as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics What is WebAssembly Progressive Web Aoos Open source Does it have a community Browser support How does it work Common use cases How can you use this with Drupal This was an early concept for Drupal trial Challenges Wordpress playground Pieces that do not work for PHP Are there risks Are there resources for people that want to use WebAssembly Do you see it being used with Drupal ...
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Talking Drupal #477 - Drupal Association CTO Then & Now
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about being the CTO of the Drupal Association, How the job has changed, and How its impacted Drupal with guests Josh Mitchell & Tim Lehnen. We’ll also cover Automatic Anchors as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics How long ago were you CTO Josh Tim when did you take over DA infrastructure Drupal Credit System Josh's proudest moment Tim's proudest moment Growth Josh if you could do one thing differently Tim if you could make one change Future of the CTO job Resources Guests Tim Lehnen - Hosts Nic Laflin - John Picozzi - Joshua...
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Talking Drupal #476 - Off The Cuff #10
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about some things are on our mind including, The DOJ Accessibility ruling,Drupal CMS Event Recipes and Tooling for core development with our Hosts. We’ll also cover @font-your-face as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics DOJ Accessibility Ruling Drupal CMS Tooling for core development Open University Resources PHPUnit testing Guests Martin Anderson-Clutz - Hosts Nic Laflin - John Picozzi - Martin Anderson-Clutz - Joshua "Josh" Mitchell - MOTW Correspondent Martin Anderson-Clutz - Brief description: Have you ever wanted to...
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Talking Drupal #475 - Workspaces
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about Workspaces, What They are, and How They Work with guest Scott Weston. We’ll also cover Workspaces Extra as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics What are Workspaces in Drupal What's a common use cases for Workspaces Are Workspaces stable Do Workspaces help with content versioning What does the module ecosystem look like for Workspaces Inspiration Workspaces best practices Any interesting ways it is being used Is there a way to access workspace content in twig Navigation integration Workspaces and workflows What aspects of a Workspace are limited...
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Talking Drupal #474 - Revolt Event Loop
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about the revolt event Loop, what it is, and why it matters with guest Alexander Varwijk. We’ll also cover IEF Complex Widget Dialog as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics What is an event loop Why does Drupal need an event loop What will change in core to implement this What problem does this solve Does this make Cron cleaner and long running processes faster What impact will this have on contrib How would contrib use this loop What does this mean for database compatibility What inspired this change Test instability Why Revolt Will this help with...
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Talking Drupal #473 - Color in CSS with Sass
Talking Drupal
Today we are talking about Color with CSS, Sass, and bringing it all into Drupal with guest Aubrey Sambor . We’ll also cover Navigation Extra Tools as our module of the week. For show notes visit: Topics A little career background Why Front end Do you prefer JS or CSS How do colors work today in CSS Is this different from the past What is gamut Can color functions help with contrast What color functions make you the most excited Is Sass still a thing Do you use preprocessors with color functions Post CSS in Drupal Any modules you can recommend to help with CSS colros Any benefit for...
info_outlineToday we are talking about Config Actions, The Panels Favorite Drupal Modules, and Drupal Contribution. We’ll also cover Transform API as our module of the week.
For show notes visit:
www.talkingDrupal.com/459
Topics
- New Config Action: Place Block
- Favorite Contrib modules
- Slack channels
- Preparing for Drupal 11
- Drupal events
Resources
- Config Action Place Block
- Front End Editing Drupal Module
- Gin Admin Theme
- Migrate Boost
- Keysave
- Navigation
- Matt Glaman Smart Date Code Blog Post
Hosts
Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan
John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi
Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu
Baddý Sonja Breidert - 1xINTERNET baddysonja
MOTW
Correspondent
Martin Anderson-Clutz - mandclu.com mandclu
- Brief description:
- Have you ever wanted to expose your Drupal site’s data as JSON using view modes, formatters, blocks, and more? There’s a module for that.
- Module name/project name:
- https://www.drupal.org/project/transform_api
- Transform API
- Brief history
- How old: created in Sep 2023 by LupusGr3y, aka Martin Giessing of Denmark
- Versions available: 1.1.0-beta4 and 1.0.2 versions available, both of which work with Drupal 9 and 10
- Maintainership
- Actively maintained, in fact the latest commit was earlier today
- Security coverage
- Documentation: in-depth README and a full user guide
- Number of open issues: 14 open issues, 3 of which are bugs, but none against the current branch
- Usage stats:
- 2 sites
- Module features and usage
- After installing Transform API, you should be able to get the JSON for any entities on your site by adding “format=json” as a parameter to the URL
- To get more fields exposed as JSON, you can configure a Transform mode, using a Field UI configuration very similar to view modes
- You can also add transform blocks to globally include specific data in all transformed URLs, in the same way you would use normal blocks to show information on your entity pages. The output of transform blocks is segmented into regions,
- Where Drupal’s standard engine produces render arrays that ultimately become HTML, Transform API replaces it with an engine that produces Transform Arrays that will ultimately become JSON
- Where Drupal’s standard JSON:API supports more or less exposes all information as raw data for the front end to format, Transform API allows for more of the formatting to be managed on the back end, where it will use Drupal’s standard caching mechanisms, permission-based access, and more
- Transform API also supports lazy transformers, which are callbacks that will be called after caching but before the JSON response is sent
- You can also use alter hooks to manipulate the transformed data