Drupal, Tulips, and a Beer Snake: My First Journey to MidCamp mherchel Sun, 04/30/2023 - 21:30

Join us at Stanford WebCamp on May 11 and 12, 2023

Quant is excited to participate in Stanford WebCamp 2023 in May and talk about decoupled and static website solutions!

kristen.pol Sat, 04/29/2023 - 12:48 April 28, 2023

Thank You For Making MidCamp 2023 A Success! Thanks to everyone who helped make MidCamp great!

MidCamp 2023 is a wrap, and we couldn't have done it without all of you. Thanks to our volunteers, organizers, contributors, venue hosts, sponsors, speakers, and of course, attendees for making this year's camp a success. 

Replay the Fun

Find all of the sessions you missed, share your own session around, and spread the word. Videos can be watched on the MidCamp's YouTube channel or on drupal.tv.

Please note, professional image editing captions will be made available within two weeks.

Share Your Feedback

If you didn't fill it out during camp, please fill out our quick survey. We really value your feedback on any part of your camp experience, and our organizer team works hard to take as much of it as possible into account for next year.

Also, don’t forget to rate any sessions you attended (these can be found on each session node).

And now announcing... MidCamp 2024!

Mark your calendars: next year MidCamp will be late March 2024. The final dates will be coming soon.

Explore other Upcoming Drupal Events

Need more Drupal Events to tide you over to next year? Head over to the Drupal Community Events page!

One Last Thanks

MidCamp wouldn't be possible without our amazing sponsors. See the entire list of 2019 sponsors on the site, and think about adding your name to the list next year. (2020 prospectus coming soon!)

Keep the madness going all year by joining in the MidCamp Slack! We look forward to seeing you at MidCamp 2024.

The book will guide the readers through Drupal 10 module development towards becoming a pro in it. The book is not only for experienced developers.

Drupal 8 Security Best Practices & Hardening Modules Editor Fri, 04/28/2023 - 14:35

Security is one of the most important considerations for anyone creating a website. Any site needs a reliable security system with a minimum number of vulnerabilities. Personal data must also be protected. Sometimes it is too expensive to deal with the consequences of avoiding an unpleasant situation. 
It is not the purpose of this article to discuss how useful and convenient Drupal is. We'll talk about steps you can take to improve your security. And now, let's look at some Drupal features that will help you to avoid various threats and security vulnerabilities.

Did you know that more than two billion websites are powered by Drupal globally? This implies that a majority of sites have chosen Drupal as a companion in their continual process of business growth. With Drupal's upgrade and migration services, you can easily keep your website up-to-date and take advantage of the latest features and security updates. If you have also tapped into the enormous potential of the powerful CMS, you already know the magic it can create.

With its relentless pursuit to elevate itself further, Drupal persistently releases higher versions that are equipped with cutting-edge technology and top-notch features. Drupal 9 is the latest version of the CMS which boasts its innumerable ingenious tools and features capable of introducing quantum leaps in the world of content management.

Let’s call her Jane. My friend Jane was to leave on a '4:00 pm' bus. She was traveling to another state for work and wanted to have one last visit to a friend who lived 2 minutes away. Given the proximity, 2’O clock in the afternoon seemed ideal for a visit, and leaving at 3:15 would give her sufficient time to get to the bus station. And so she did.

She got to the station but then found herself arguing with the bus driver on the Phone because she missed the bus. Jane was LATE. After that embarrassing argument, she confirmed the timing to realize that; She WAS LATE.

The bus had left at 3:30 pm and was waiting at the next stop, 30 minutes away. So they drove, not hoping for traffic which, of course, was inevitable.

Cause implies Effect. If I wake up late, then I eat breakfast late. If I eat my breakfast late, I will miss the bus, and if I miss the bus, I will reach school late. The equation goes something like this;

C ⇒ E ⇒ C ⇒ E ⇒ C

It was probably Plato who first stated the principle of causality

“every­thing that becomes or changes must do so owing to some cause; for nothing can come to be without a cause” (Timaeus 28a)

Aristotle then had 4 types of explanations for the theory of causation. Many others, like Immanuel Kant, followed up on or added to the theory of causality.

Long story short, if I started writing down this newsletter much later, it wouldn’t write itself, and I would be slightly panicked as my lateness would lead to a series of delays.

Or simply C ⇒ E

Wake up late (C) ⇒ Reach school late (E)

Similarly, in the Case of Jane, She missed her bus because she misread the timings?!

Miraculously, Jane made it to the bus and sent me a detailed voice message of all the running around she did. It was probably because of another one of Aristotle’s theories of causality, the definite works of “The Uncaused Cause.”

So, I will let my efforts pay off and list a few selected stories TDT covered over the past week. Mind that, I have prepared this on Friday and it will be despatched on Monday. 

Our major story for the week was an interview with Matt Glaman, ‘The Boy Who Built His Website, at 11. In it, he speaks about the importance of documentation and what consists of documentation. The interview was held as part of MidCamp 2023. 

We have an interview with Kalaiselvan Swamy, a speaker at Midcamp 2023. The interview is titled ‘Assess Current Needs and Take Websites to the Next Level.

Gitlab’s 7-Day Online Hackathon took place, and ticket sales opened for DrupalCamp Asheville. DrupalCamp Poland has called for Birds of a Feather sessions as well as DrupalCon Lille had their Last Call to Submit Sessions.

We also picked a few blogs to narrow down your search for Drupal knowledge

Why Drupal Is the Best for a Mobile Friendly Website, Is Drupal the Best Choice for Non-Profits, Key Benefits of Using Open Source Software, 7 Points Why Drupal Is the Best for Healthcare Institutions, and lastly, Zyxware Lists Down 4 Must-Have Drupal Modules.

That's for the week. 
Sincerely,
Alethia Rose Braganza
Sub-Editor, TheDropTimes

Drupal 7's end-of-life comes with more questions than answers. Chris and Mark discuss the complexities that come with retiring Drupal 7 and outline the basis of the communication gap between the Drupal Association, the Drupal 7 Soft Landing Initiative, and its users; taking a hard look at the possible steps to come.

Apart from having a composable and modular model, it provides a secure and accessible platform for websites. Healthcare Institutions have their own specific needs and interests. Here, we list down 7 main points why Drupal is considered the best choice for building web infrastructure for healthcare.

Machine Learning has a lot of applications in Drupal, particularly for editors. The community is already using many modules, the latest being the integration of ChatGPT. 

My talk "Lessons learned from helping port the top contrib projects to Drupal 10" from MidCamp is now on YouTube. You can also download the slides. In this session, I talked about lessons learned from Acquia's Drupal Integration Team (my team) effort to track 180 contributed modules for Drupal 10 compatibility. 

There are no second thoughts when it comes to Fortune 500 companies being the most prestigious organizations in the world. These largest companies from the United States have fabulously established themselves globally and earned the enormous stature that all other organizations envision accomplishing. If we dig deeper into their success stories, we’ll realize that it is a product of the intersection of multitudinous small fragments. Employing an incredible management team, deploying a user-centric strategy, using cutting-edge tools, and having a strategic focus are some of them. When it comes to the list of top-notch tools employed by a majority of these organizations, Drupal tops the list. It is basically a content management system (CMS) and e-commerce software solution. 

How We Got our Entire Drupal Team Acquia Certified?

At Debug Academy, we pride ourselves on having a team of highly skilled Acquia Certified Drupal developers. This wasn't a goal we set or a requirement for employment, yet every developer who has ever worked with us has become certified while working here at Debug Academy.

 

How did we do this? 

 

Many people and companies struggle to find the time and resources to prepare for the Acquia Certification exam. And not preparing is not an option. Even experienced Drupal developers can fail the exam without proper preparation. The Acquia Certification exams are notoriously difficult for several reasons: 

• They cover a vast range of Drupal knowledge, including topics that many developers are not familiar with

• They test on best practices, meaning there may be multiple technically correct answers, but only one that is the best practice approach

Amani.Mansour Wed, 04/26/2023

Previously in this series, we looked at the Aegir5 front-end interface architecture, as well as the lower level entities, Tasks and Operations that provide building blocks. As mentioned in the first part of the series, our most recent work on Aegir5 itself has been reworking the queue system. In this post, we explore this topic in more detail. The Aegir5 queue is implemented using Celery, which is a full-featured Python-based task queue, built atop RabbitMQ.

Today, having an e-commerce website is indispensable for making your business move in an upward spiral of growth. Drupal Commerce, a powerful e-commerce framework built on Drupal, is undoubtedly the most preferred content management system (CMS) across the globe. Online shopping has become so prevalent that if you stick only to your brick-and-mortar store, you are going to miss out on something that can fast-track your business’s growth. According to research, 67% of Millennials and 56% of Gen Xers prefer to shop online rather than buy from traditional stores.

Drupal 10 module development - the fourth edition of the Drupal module development guide by Daniel Sipos is now available and can be purchased on Packt, Amazon and all the major retailers.

Test your Drupal website with Cypress cobadger Wed, 04/26/2023 - 03:00

Testing makes everything better. Learn how to use Cypress for your Drupal website.

If you don't include tests in your Drupal development, chances are it's because you think it adds complexity and expense without benefit. Cypress is an open source tool with…

It's MidCamp Week!

MidCamp week is upon us and there’s so much happening! Our last post laid out the schedule for the week, and we have a few hot-off-the-press updates:

• Tuesday, 6pm: Welcome Social - Whether you're a speaker, sponsor, volunteer, organizer, or attendee you're welcome to join us for a pre-MidCamp social at Parson's Lincoln Park . We'll have a running tab and food and drink options for all - including many non-meat and non-alcoholic options. Parson's is fully wheelchair accessible.
• Hybrid/Remote Session Schedule - We have a full schedule of sessions that we’ll be live-streaming . Streams will be free to all and will be posted on the @MidCamp YouTube channel shortly before their start. Q&A will be available for remote viewers and we’ll have a virtual moderator to assist with discussion.
• #DrupalKaraoke returns to MidCamp - Join our Slack and then check out this thread for more details.

Health & Safety

Please exercise COVID-safety precautions before and on your way to camp. 

MidCamp takes the safety of its sponsors, speakers, volunteers, and participants very seriously. Please review our Health & Safety Policy before attending. We’ve added a section detailing what to do if you become sick or test positive and request that you anonymously report your case .

PORTLAND, Ore., 25 April, 2023 – The Drupal Association is thrilled to announce that Drupal, the most powerful open source content management system in the world, has been approved as a Digital Public Good (DPG) by the Digital Public Good Alliance (DPGA). Drupal's registration as a DPG is a recognition of the positive global impact that Drupal has had in promoting equity as an open source technology.

“Registration as a Digital Public Good is an acknowledgment of the important role that Drupal and the Drupal Community plays in advancing the Open Web.” commented Tim Doyle, CEO of the Drupal Association. “We are proud to be a part of the registry and support the efforts of the Alliance in prioritizing open source digitalisation for the improvement of public service delivery.”

Drupal is now listed on the Digital Public Goods Alliance DPG Registry. For Drupal, being recognized as a Digital Public Good—defined as open source software, open data, open AI models, open standards, and open content that adhere to privacy and other applicable laws and best practices, do no harm, and help attain the SDGs—is an honor and an important step for Drupal’s future. The official designation gives further confidence to public sector, educational, and social-impact organizations that Drupal is the best choice for building their digital presence.

The goal of the DPGA and its registry is to promote Digital Public Goods in order to create a more equitable world and help attain the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. DPGs represent an opportunity to enable countries to access cutting edge features, drive their own digital transformation processes, and grow their local ecosystems. As open source solutions, DPGs can be the basis for community building, knowledge sharing, and joint approaches. Local adaptations and iterations can be shared back with Drupal to help continuously improve it and ensure its long term sustainability. To become a digital public good, all projects are required to meet the DPG Standard.

Dries Buytaert, the founder of Drupal, has been referring to open source and Drupal as a public good for several years (see: Balancing Makers and Takers to Scale and Sustain Open Source) Formal recognition as a Digital Public Good is a further step in highlighting the benefits of open source, but also the challenges that exist in sustaining it.

Thank you to all of the community members who collaborated with us on Drupal's application and who helped make the DGP title official!

About Drupal and the Drupal Association
Drupal is the open source content management software used by millions of people and organizations worldwide, made possible by a community of 100,000-plus contributors and enabling more than 1.3 million users on Drupal.org. The Drupal Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the Drupal software project, fostering the community, and supporting its growth. Learn more, and please consider supporting Drupal’s mission.

About the Digital Public Goods Alliance

The Digital Public Goods Alliance is a multi-stakeholder initiative endorsed by the United Nations Secretary-General, working to accelerate the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals in low- and middle-income countries by facilitating the discovery, development, use of, and investment in digital public goods.

For more information on the Digital Public Goods Alliance, please reach out to hello@digitalpublicgoods.net.

Drupal 11? Yes! Drupal 11 is going to release on August 2024 or December 2024. That's only a year and a half away when writing this blog post. So, when should we start preparing modules and sites for Drupal 11? Now! Preparing for the next major version of Drupal should not be a mad dash but a consistent process.

I'll be presenting at MidCamp tomorrow about lessons learned from this past Drupal 10 readiness effort. While strenuous, the Drupal 10 readiness work for contributed modules went well. It definitely went faster than Drupal 9. And that is because we have better tooling and processes. Those tools and processes need more refinement as we prepare for Drupal 11.