In episode #227 Stephen, John and Nic catch up after on few months hiatus. We talk about Drupal 8.8, Drupal 9 readiness or retiring core modules.

www.talkingdrupal.com/227

• What we've been up to
• Drupal 8.8 Release
• Drupal 9 Readiness
• Drupal core modules that should be contrib

Breathe Life Back Into Your Late 2013 Or Older Apple Mac With Linux

Mac Mini (mid-2011) on Linux

NEDCamp Session Recordings

Drupal 8.8.0 is available

Drupal 9 Readiness

Oomph: WEBINAR: Upgrading to Drupal 9. When? Why? How?

Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

In episode #228 Kristiaan Van den Eynde tells us about the Group module.

www.talkingdrupal.com/226

• What is the Group module
• Group use cases
• Basic concepts
• Feature roadmap
• Experience as a maintainer

Group Module

Kristiaan Van den Eynde @Magentix

Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @s tephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

In episode #223 we explore the Tome module with maintainer Sam Mortenson.

www.talkingdrupal.com/225

• What is Tome
• Tome origin story
• How Tome works
• Tome pieces: Static, Sync, Netlify, Lunr
• Stephen's experience with Tome
• Tome vs other products

Tome Module

Tome Documentation

Tome Websites

Tome Documentation Umami OVH jpoesen Hike with Gravity GNUSCHICHTEN Badzilla aikido essen karnap Poop PDX Switching to Linux

Sam Mortenson @DrupalSAM mortenson.coffee/blog

Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @s tephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

In episode #224 we talk with Grant and Shane from Third and Grove about Gatsby.

www.talkingdrupal.com/224

• What is Gatsby
• How Gatsby is paired with Drupal
• Use cases for Gatsby
• When Gatsby is not a good fit
• Gatsby / Drupal Ecosystem
• Third and Grove's use of Gatsby
• Drupal Preview
• How to get started with Gatsby

Blog Series - Site Speed - Part 1 and Part 2

Gatsby JS

Gatsby Module

Live Preview for Drupal + Gatsby

Gatsby Theme Drupal

Shane Thomas @smthomas3 www.CodeKarate.com

Grant Glidewell @GrantGlidewell

Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @s tephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

In episode #223 we learn about GitLab and how Drupal.org is using it with Tim Lehnen.

www.talkingdrupal.com/223

• How Drupal using git today
• What is gitlab?
• Features of gitlab are important to Drupal
• What features are available today
• Were there other viable solutions, why was gitlab selected?
• Gitlab as a partner
• Project status

31 days of Drupal

Voting for the next community elected Director at large member of the Drupal Association board

Fairvote

Last Year's Results

Tim Lehnen @TimLehnen www.drupal.org/u/hestenet

Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

In episode #222 we talk with Kaleem Clarkson about Drupal Camps.

www.talkingdrupal.com/222

• Drupal Event Organizers Working Group
• Group mission
• How it got started
• Current initiatives
• The biggest obstacles for camp organizers
• Status of COD
• Why should camps charge more?
• How people can help

Meet the candidates

DrupalCamp Organizers Unite: Is it Time for Camp Organizers to Become an Official Working Group?

Policies and procedures for banned individuals?

Kaleem Clarkson @kaleemclarkson kaleemclarkson.com

Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

In #221 we are live at Drupal GovCon talking with organizers Kirsten and Nina, John, Tim Lehnen, Leslie Glynn, Jacob Rockowitz and Kevin Thull.

www.talkingdrupal.com/221

In episode #220 we learn about Acquia's open source product, BLT, from Mike Madison.

www.talkingdrupal.com/220

• What is BLT?
• What is your involvement with BLT
• What type of project is it used for? Size/Scope
• What are the benefits of using BLT and similar tools
• As an Acquia project, is BLT tied to Acquia services
• What local tools are supported with BLT?
• Why is Lightning installed by default?
• Versioning with Drupal 8
• How do you recommend someone gettings started?
• How many people work on BLT at Acquia

Acquia BLT

BLT on Github

BLT 10

Mike Madison @mikemadison mikemadison.net

Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

In episode #219, Stephen, John and Nic talk about tech things they are interested in, Drupal and otherwise.

www.talkingdrupal.com/219

• Show Transcripts
• Drupal Boston Meetup - Project Nights
• Gatsby
• Using composer to pull in custom project
• iStat Menus
• Tome
• Lando - yarn and custom commands
• I switched to Linux, you can too

Otter.ai

Lando Gatsby Drupal

Lando Exclude "Turbo Mode"

iStat Menu

Tome Module

Stephen Cross - www.stephencross.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

In episode #218 we get an update on Backdrop, the Drupal fork, from Jen Lampton.

www.talkingdrupal.com/218

• What is Backdrop and how did it get started.
• What is the target audience for Backdrop.
• What is the target websites for Backdrop, is it based on size or complexity.
• How do you position Backdrop as an alternative to Drupal, what are the benefits of moving from Drupal to Backdrop.
• Is there a migration process from Drupal 7.
• How does Drupal 7 EOL impact Backdrop.
• What has been most satisfying about co-foundering a project like Backdrop, and the most challendging?

Backdrop CMS

Backdrop Forum

Backdrop CMS Live Chat

More resources

Jen Lampton @jenlampton www.backdropcms.org

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan