Talking Drupal
Talking Drupal is a weekly chat about web design and development by a group a guys with one thing in common, we love Drupal. With hosts Stephen Cross, John Picozzi and Nic Laflin.

On today’s show we are talking about The Drupal Coffee Exchange, How it got started, and How it keeps going with guest AmyJune Hineline.

For show notes visit:
www.talkingDrupal.com/413

Topics

  • What’s new with AmyJune
  • What is the Drupal Coffee Exchange
  • How did it start
  • Who started it
  • Where was the first Drupal Coffee Exchange
  • How do you participate
    • Live
    • Mail
  • How is it live
  • Does it have to be ground or whole bean
  • Listener question: Stephen - How can it be added to a camp
  • What was your favorite coffee received
  • What was your favorite coffee given
  • John’s first experience
  • Brick of Shame
  • When is the next Coffee Exchange
  • Where is the schedule
  • Favorite type of coffee

Resources

Guests

AmyJune Hineline - volkswagenchick

Hosts

Nic Laflin - nLighteneddevelopment.com nicxvan
John Picozzi - epam.com johnpicozzi
Andy Blum - andy-blum.com - andy_blum

MOTW

Correspondent

Martin Anderson-Clutz - @mandclu
Coffee

  • Brief description:
    • Have you ever wanted to quickly search your Drupal admin UI for the specific page you need to get to? There’s a module for that!
  • Brief history
    • How old: created in Nov 2011
    • Covered as MOTW back in episode #45
    • Versions available: 8.x-1.3 (D9 & 10), 7.x-2.3
  • Maintainership
    • Number of open issues: 53 open, 13 of which are bugs against the 8.x branch
    • Does have test coverage
  • Usage stats:
    • Almost 31,000 sites
  • Maintainer(s):
    • Michaelmol, who appears to have created the module in his first year on drupal.org, now almost 13 years ago
  • Module features and usage
    • With a simple keystroke, (option-d or alt-d) you can start your search, and then see suggestions as you type
    • Can use the arrow keys to move between suggestions
    • Listeners who have used Mac apps like Alfred or Spotlight will be familiar with the experience
    • A very fast way to move between different places in your Drupal admin
    • Also includes :add as a quick way to add content of a specific type
    • Provides a hook you can use to define your own commands
    • There is a Coffee Extras module that adds more commands, but it doesn’t work with Drupal 10 and is marked as no longer developed
    • Also worth noting that the Gin admin theme comes with built-in optimization and formatting for Coffee, so you can enjoy Gin and Coffee together
Direct download: td-413-libsyn.mp3
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