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.

In episode #216 with talk with Abby Bowman about Drupal for Government. The audio has some minor issues in this episode, but the content is great.  www.talkingdrupal.com/216

Topics

  • Why Drupal is a good fit for Government?
  • Benefits of using Drupal?
  • Challenges with using Drupal?
  • Areas where Drupal may not be a good fit?
  • Challenges with Gov (in general)?
  • Accessibility. Multilanguage and Security
  • Drupal GovCon

Resources

Drupal GovCon

Digital Gov - Community of Practices

Guest

Abigail Bowman  @abowmanr www.linkedin.com/in/arbowman/

Hosts

Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

 

Direct download: TalkingDrupal216.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:58pm EDT

In episode #215 Jason Pamental joins us to talk about Component Based Theming. We also get an update from the Drupal Association with Tim Lehnen.  www.talkingdrupal.com/215

Topics

  • CSS Layout: Subgrid lands in Firefox Nightly 
  • What is component based theming?
  • What problems is it trying to solve?
  • Tools and technologies in play
  • What is a component?
  • What is the workflow?
  • How is this integrated with the Drupal twig system?
  • Does this impact the site build side of the project?
  • Project by project decision or can be used for all projects?

 Resources

Jason’s website 

Grids All the Way Down

Brad Frost - Atomic Design

Emulsify - Pattern Lab and Drupal

Phase 2 - Particle 

Ooomph Drupal 9 Webinar

 

Guest

Jason Pamental  @jpamental  www.rwt.io

Hosts

Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

 

Direct download: TalkingDrupal215.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:57pm EDT

In episode #214 we revisit Layout Builder after our first impressions in March 2018. Kathy Beck, Senior UX Engineer from Oomph, joins us.  www.talkingdrupal.com/214

Topics

  • Story - Improve Your Remote Work Productivity With the ‘Shutdown Ritual’
  • Current status of usage
  • Where does layout builder fit into today's development process
  • What about paragraphs
  • What is good about Layout Builder
  • Some struggles with Layout Builder
  • Resource to learn 
  • Supporting Modules

 Resources

Improve Your Remote Work Productivity With the ‘Shutdown Ritual’

Full Focus Planner

Layouts Revisited with Tim Plunkett

The new Layout Builder: Unleash the Power!

Layout Builder: A paragraphs killer?

Modules

Layout Builder Restrictions

Guest

Kathy Beck oomph.is/kbeck @kbeck303

Hosts

Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

Direct download: TalkingDrupal214.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:49am EDT

In episode #213 what have Nick Selvaggio join us to talk about learning PHP.   www.talkingdrupal.com/213

Topics

  • Sego Solutions and Stack Starter
  • Impact of OO PHP in Drupal 8
  • 3.5 years after launch Drupal 8
  • Opportunities beyond Drupal when investing in PHP
  • How to learn PHP?
  • Drupal Training Services

Resources

Drupalize.ME Hands on Theming

D7 to D8 upgrade tutorial: Convert hook_menu() and hook_menu_alter() to Drupal 8 APIs

Object Oriented PHP

Stack Starter

TryDrupal8.com

Guest

Nick Selvaggio   www.segosolutions.com  @direct

Hosts

Stephen Cross - www.ParallaxInfoTech.com @stephencross

John Picozzi - www.oomphinc.com @johnpicozzi

Nic Laflin - www.nLighteneddevelopment.com @nicxvan

Direct download: TalkingDrupal213.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:21pm EDT